This is just an open thread about the current poll “What gives you a positive feeling about a pub?”
It’s interesting to see that the obvious answer, “a real fire”, has currently been voted for by all respondents.
A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar...
"The final nails have now been hammered into the coffin of the freedom to smoke in enclosed public places. This piece of legislation must be one of the most restrictive, spiteful and socially divisive imposed by any British Government. (Lord Stoddart of Swindon)
"Raising taxes on alcohol to prevent problem drinking is akin to raising the price of gasoline to prevent people from speeding." (Edward Peter Stringham)
"There's a saying that, given time, all organisations end up as if they were run by a conspiracy of their foes." (Rhys Jones)
"A Puritan is someone who lives in mortal fear that somewhere, sometime, someone is enjoying himself." (H. L. Mencken)
"No pleasure is worth giving up for the sake of two more years in a geriatric home at Weston-super-Mare." (Kingsley Amis)
5 comments:
Bench seating with a positive no-nonsense attitude from staff..ie stopping the one person hogging a whole section with one coke for two hours waiting for their mates to turn up..this is always going to be a good sign.
However can I just say a real roaring fire with a pub cat beside it will be a real winner each time!
"However can I just say a real
roaring fire with a pub cat beside it will be a winner each time"
Now I know I got off at the wrong planet.
What use is a fire for the dead
Bolton Secure Unit
What about the 99p a pint sign?
Square meal for a round pound?
I do enjoy clean toilets. I see that was listed in your choices.
The smell of a real fire, as well as the heat, really adds to the pub experience.
I particularly recommend the Dead Poets in Holbrook and the Magpie and Parrot in Shinfield. In the former you also get beer from the jug, and both are child-free for the child-haters amongst you (joking).
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