It's rich and abundant in great pubs with excellent ranges of ales to appeal to Sad Old Men like me
And its Winter Ale Festival is without par.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 11:57, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

But, and this, like Beth Ditto's, is a big but
Those pubs are full of people from Manchester
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 12:00, Reply)

Funnily enough, wherever you go, the pubs will be full of people from that area
And, whilst I will admit that I was largely quite intoxicated during most of these excursions, the atmosphere in most of the Mancunian pubs was generally more jovial than in most London boozers.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 12:03, Reply)

That's like saying that syphilis fills one with a greater sense of joie de vivre than does gonhorrea
The most disappointing pubs I've been to in that respect were in Dublin. I was expecting boisterous gaelic bohnomie; instead I got dead-eyed musicians peddling identical Levellers-lite drivel, eyeing the room for a fellow Paddy amongst the sea of tourists and immigrants. All of whom were looking into their wallets and feeling like they'd been raped.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 12:06, Reply)

Your counterarguments give me the distinct impression that you don't particularly like The Pub.

(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 12:10, Reply)

It's more that I don't like London pubs
Although this is also due to the aforementioned wallet-raping. That and massive pretentiousness. You don't get that in Norwich.

Speaking of which, I'm on lunch now, and I'm going to the pub.

So there.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 12:12, Reply)

Of course he doesn't.
It's all about the cocktail bars and cabaret with Darth.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 12:12, Reply)

Manchester is ace.
The rest of Lancashire is not, places like Blackburn/Preston/Bolton/Blackpool/Burnley need quarantining. All the people in the aforementioned places are backwards messes with funny shaped heads.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 12:02, Reply)

Preston is good for a night out, but I agree on the rest of the places.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 12:14, Reply)

I heartily recommend Chorley
I pulled there once - when I was young and good looking. Come to mention it, she was neither....
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 8 Feb 2011, 13:08, Reply)