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Originally Posted by Emil Miller
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Nice one. :cheers2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
Tonight I dined on Quorn vegetarian steak and mushrooms, with a bottle of Chateau Les Graves Lacoste 2009 from my local store. This, in itself, isn't very interesting ( is it ever?) but a notice has gone up in the window of the pub next door, to the effect that they are now offering massages for those suffering from stress. Now, as walking down any main road in London is likely to induce stress in the most docile person, I was wondering whether I should commit myself to the tender administrations of Amanda, who has years of experience, according to the notice, or investigate the matter further.
Cheese sandwich and an apple. Its lunchtime here. :D
A cheese sandwich is the best sandwich in the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dinosaurrr
:lol: This is amazing. I know that many pubs are suffering but I've never thought about the possibility of them offering massages to improve the situation. Sounds like a good idea to me as stress is all very common these days. Amanda sounds a charming creature indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
I was once in a pub that had a carpet sale, that was strange at the time too.
I have been once again enjoying top quality German lager - it is currently on the top of my drinking lists.
Yes, this particular pub has tried everything from Sky TV to poker nights, karaoke nights and visiting entertainers such as Wee Willie Harris and even a black Elvis, but massaging must be the last throw of the dice. The English pub is dying out with more and more closures each day and because Wetherspoons is opening more of them, the whole pub scene will eventually be left to the Nesbits. I popped in one for a quick pint whilst shopping yesterday and there was a foul mouthed Nesbit talking the usual rubbish so that everyone could hear it. They are the inevitable consequence of liberal democracy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
Just now, I'm eating Cheese and Onion crisps and drinking the Carlsberg Special Brew which, as you know, is 'probably the best lager in the world'.
Cleaned my laptop for the first time in weeks. Didn't stop me from sipping my iced tea near it, been a long day..
Dr. Pepper
Peanuts and Orange juice... probably not the best combo....
Just back from a great Thai restaurant with excellent service and marvellous food in the small portions that I prefer. Very pretty waitresses in traditional dress and a civilised clientele.
Having spent some time in conversation I only had a bottled beer but am now making up for it with a bottle of Languedoc red and some snacks.
Sounds great, I can imagine that you'd be too distracted by the waitresses to drink much, not the conversation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
Having a night off after two fairly heavy days with the German beers. Just having a three or four of those little french lager/beers that don't count for anything. Back with the German beers tomorrow night though. Tennis tomorrow morning.
Oh yesterday I had a little surprise to see David Blunkett down the pub, in one of my real ale haunts - some little thing going off. There was a buffet set up but for the life of me I couldn't get my brother to "borrow" some of the food.
Well it shouldn't have been too much of a surprise as MPs, with the possible exception of the late Sir Cyril Black who was head of the Temperance League, are known for their bibulous ways. Charles Kennedy, former leader of the Liberal Party and well known boozer used to drink in The Cardinal close to where I worked in Westminster City Hall and the late George Brown was an all-too-frequent habitué of the nearby Two Chairmen. One of the barmen in The Prince Albert near parliament once told me that he refused entry to Michael Foote on the grounds that dogs were not allowed in the bar. There used to be as many as six bars in the Palace of Westminster but since Blair introduced a more standard working day and axed all-night sittings, most of them have closed down; which is probably just as well because some MPs are said to have rarely paid for their drinks and habitually put it on the slate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
Right now I'm drinking Soave and eating Walker's Prawn Cocktail crisps.
You've never had it so good.
I love buffets, especially in winter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
aside quietly...you can wear parkas with big pockets!
Hold on Emil...let me get my pad out..."bibulous". Ah, there we go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
For me, two broiled pork chops and two glasses of chilled Chardonnay.
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pistachios
Peanut butter sandwich and a coke
Labatt Blue and Cheese and Crackers
Cinnamon tea.
Kebab
Nuts and a V8 (low sodium)
Whilst engaged in my bête noire of shopping today, I popped into a Wetherspoons for a couple of well earned beers (the things one does to avoid pop music) and placing myself strategically at one end of the bar, I was in pole position on Nesbit watch. Wetherspoons has become the repository of English grotesque, with enormous bellies and those weird American shorts ( do they have a name?) that emerge in what passes for the English summer, and while we can forgive the absurdities of a youthful USA, there can be no excuse for old England's less than finest for being a blot on the landscape.
There was even a female Nesbit (Nesbette?) in attendance and we can but hope that it isn't the beginning of a trend.
One young man who came into the bar was wearing a very smart suit and dark blue tie and looking the antithesis of a Nesbit until he ordered a pint of Fosters and the whole persona crumbled to dust.
So apart from a lack of pointless pop music, Wetherspoons affords an ideal opportunity to witness the UK's ongoing decline.
I'm currently drinking a French chateau bottled red following a meal of grilled Quorn steak with mushrooms.
Love the Nesbit spotting- it is a hobby my brother and I often partake of. I haven't been in a Witheredspoon pub for a while though, thank god, but granted the lack of music pollution is a bonus. We just stick to good ale pubs, less Nesbits and no/acceptable music. The problem is they are everywhere for us so nesbit avoidance is often the key.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
Some of the female Nesbits often wear earrings the size of car tyres, look out for that as it will aid you in long distance spots. (I'm afraid that female Nesbits are already here - just re-watch the video clips of Sir Jeremy Kyle if you don't believe me....ouch.)
Currently finishing off a "Biere unSpeciale" as I am not really drinking at the moment. This is because I am off to Northern Ireland Thursday-Sunday (so my usual nonsense postings will not be available in this period) and I want to save it all for then. I'm also still playing regular tennis and want to keep in good shape...ish.
I must say that I am a little worried by the trouble in Belfast as that is where we are touching down, before heading further north, but I'll probably sleep through it as the flight is 7.00am, meaning a 3.30am get up - what utter vile hours, unbelievable.:cuss: If I don't get good sleep I am extremely grumpy indeed. Here's to a grumpy wedding experience.:cheers2::cuss:
You two remind me of Stadler and Waldorf.
As for me I'm having an orange.
Ha, yes that's probably about right.Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
I have just eaten a take out pizza - I know, I know, but I have just rode 10 miles and played 4 sets of tennis as well as packed for Ireland. I've washed it down with a couple of the usual non beer beers.
3.30am get up, what nonsense is that?:Yawn:
Nothing, absolutely nothing, would get me up at 3.30am. Certainly not a wedding, I would be more inclined to send a telegram to be read by the best man. On the other hand, if you are to be best man, I would send a lookalike surrogate. My sleep is more important than just about anything I can envisage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
However, do try to enjoy the proceedings.
Just had a salad and drinking a bottle of Soave.
I feel exactly the same way and I have protested accordingly, for a year. On top of this I have had the "pleasure" of paying over £300 for the flight AND I've had to pay the hotel extra for early booking in??? CRaZy. However, at least it gets me out of work for two days, so, considering that, at least there is some compensation. (Oh and the alarm is set for 2.15, the taxi is booked for 3.30am???:yikes:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
Anyway, finishing two more little beers to help me sleep and then I'm going to lay in bed unable to sleep.
Cheers, enjoy the Soave.
Oatmeal Square cereal
I'm winding down with a Tia Maria...
Cherry cough syrup flavoured cooler. :sick:
After many attempts, I have finally tracked down Asbach Uralt, a German brandy made in Rudesheim. It's one of the most potent reminiscences of the Germany of my youth. I am now drinking it with Coca Cola, as was the fashion in those days, and wishing I had stayed there instead of returning to England's increasingly busted flush.
Diet Coke
I don't believe there is such a thing beyond what we are told.Quote:
Originally Posted by Astromaxis
Waffle and tea!
Chocolate and Caramel covered pretzels. So good.
Japanese crackers and nuts with Italian white wine.
Are you feeling all right, Emil??Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
You told us neither where the crackers were made nor how many were in the packet!
And I will not even mention the lack of year, price and retailer for the wine!
I am having tea... straight.
I'm heartened that you are interested in the details of my drinking habits. I have just finished a very nice salad and the accompanying Japanese crackers were,surprisingly, made in Japan, There were approximately 50 crackers in the packet. As for the wine, I'm ashamed to say that it is of last year's vintage even though it is Pinot Grigio and produced by Pasqua.
However, I am consoling myself with Asbach Uralt brandy and coca cola.
Thanks Emil, I too noticed the lack of detail.
Here in a bit, we will be heading out for some Chinese cuisine.
Stir fry szechuan shrimp w/ tea.
When we get back I'll crack open my new bottle of Wild Turkey 101.
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Yes, Gilliatte it's amazing how after a Chinese meal we naturally revert to type and get down to basics. I've done it so often but have usually managed to conceal it from my Oriental friends who consider alcholol, except in limited quantities, as the Devil's brew and in which they may be right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Really, do they?Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
Sipping Leffe Blonde, in the correct glass of course.
Chicken Caesar Salad. Yummy.
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I had been indulging in some deliciously wicked chocolate eclairs, but I think they're all gone
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