I have never been able to understand why people's idea of a 'good pub/bar'
is one where you cannot get a seat and it takes an eternity to get a drink. I went to a bar on a static boat on the Thames recently. It was fucking heaving - literally hundreds and hundreds of people all shouting etc. It took me half an hour to get a pint and I'd drunk it before I got back to where people I knew were so I had to go back again. That is not 'a good bar', it is a shit one.

I think it's for people who want casual sex or to appear popular.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 10 Jun 2011, 14:32, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

This, in spades. Pubs are supposed to be relaxing, not causes of stress and high blood pressure.
In related news, my work local near St. Paul's has just got Tim Taylord's Landlord on as a permanent fixture. I proclaim this to be A JOLLY GOOD THING.
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Fri 10 Jun 2011, 14:37, Reply)

I will extend this further
I don't understand why people want to move from home to the pub in some situations when:
A) they'd be with the same people they already are with,
B) there is plenty of beer that has already been paid for at the current location; and
C) you can't smoke in the pub
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 10 Jun 2011, 14:39, Reply)

THIS
almost all of my evenings out are at someone's house these days - if we do eat it's either a takeout or we go back after the meal.

Bars are shit. Pubs are alright, but still not as convenient as my front room.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 10 Jun 2011, 15:03, Reply)