tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post2520762305966295562..comments2024-03-29T08:01:51.705+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Drinking in the shadow economyCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-55347896008489309512012-10-23T00:55:25.242+01:002012-10-23T00:55:25.242+01:00I think, just for research purposes, I'll do a...I think, just for research purposes, I'll do a beard count at our next Branch meeting. There won't be many, so I'm wondering whether these groups you're stalking aren't CAMRA impersonators themselves.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-20386362011335502072012-10-22T22:46:26.442+01:002012-10-22T22:46:26.442+01:00I joined under the pseudonym "Richard English...I joined under the pseudonym "Richard English Jnr" and I travel the country attending meetings and conducting my anthropological studies into the lesser spotted beer geek. I grew a beard after having my false beard pulled off in a bit of a ruckus when I suggested we ought to use the word ignoramuses rather than ignorami and refer to lager as euro piss rather than chemical fizz. All hell broke loose. I lost the fight but got some good punches in.<br /><br /><br /><br />Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-58853731981708925742012-10-22T18:39:24.532+01:002012-10-22T18:39:24.532+01:00It's rumoured he has donned a false beard and ...It's rumoured he has donned a false beard and infiltrated the group.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-49484598416080204032012-10-22T18:10:37.791+01:002012-10-22T18:10:37.791+01:00There seems to be a bearded CAMRA contingent every...There seems to be a bearded CAMRA contingent every time you go into a pub, CL, or are you just stalking them?Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-59925378164412545552012-10-22T15:03:55.948+01:002012-10-22T15:03:55.948+01:00Interesting. I liked the phrase "surrogate al...Interesting. I liked the phrase "surrogate alcohol (e.g. methanol, antifreeze, aftershave)"<br /><br />When I noticed some bearded folk leave a private room in a pub and was told they were the local CAMRA lot, and then noticed one of them nip in the all night offie for a 2 litre bottle of white lightening, is that surrogate alcohol?<br /><br /> Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.com