The Burke and Hare, Edinburgh, circa 1990
This pub was situated in what became known as "The Devil's Triangle", as it consisted of 3 pubs providing entertainment of a semi-naked, female, dancing variety.

I have no idea why I was in there of course, other than it was just round the corner from my flat. Cough.

Between shows on the stage, a 'lady' from the audience, assisted by her male companion, attempted to gain access to the stage to perform her own interpretation of the art.

Even after a significant quantity of ale on my part, she was not a pretty sight. Knocking on 50, overweight, pot-ugly, bleach-blonde hair and fag in hand, she was hardly a prize catch.

The bar manager blocked her path to the stage, probably on public decency grounds. After all, this was a high class establishment.

As news of the incident spread, the assembled crowd began to sing in unison "Show's your ****, show's your ****, show's your ****". I'll allow you to fill in the blanks at your leisure.

The manager kicked the couple out to howls of derision from the crowd. A fight kicked off, and half the pub emptied to follow the couple. Christ knows why.

The next morning, slightly hungover, I stumbled to the paper shop for the obligatory bottle of Irn Bru and a paper. Who comes towards me but the lady from the previous night. If anything she looked even uglier. Same dress (well, more of an ill-fitting sack TBH), hair and make-up all over the place, and sporting 2 enormous black eyes and a burst lip.

I never went back to the Burke and Hare. It's almost enough to make you switch teams.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Fri 6 Feb 2009, 13:54, 2 replies)

hahahahahah
I used to live near there, we referred to this area as the "hairy" triangle
(bathtub has renounced CS3 for paint.net, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 16:27, closed)

Ehh
I alway though it was the pubic triangle !
(nee22 NL ExPat, Mon 9 Feb 2009, 14:03, closed)