right folks.
I'm finally deciding what to do for my bash in november. It's going to be in London.
I've pretty sure I want to spend the day at the London Zoo but not sure where a good pub is that's relatively closeby for afters. Any suggestions?
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:09, 71 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

There is one next to Buckingham Palace
which is just down the road from London Zoo, near the big pond in the village green.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:12, Reply)

Is the the one called
The Rub-A-Dub-Dub?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:13, Reply)

Yes
Old Phil is in there most evenings until Lizzie comes to take him home and give him his supper.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:15, Reply)

are you being serious or just pulling my leg?

(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:17, Reply)

Deadly serious
Old Phil brings his kids in on hot days sometimes for a glass of lemonade. Charlies alright, but Andy is a right little bastard. Eds okay, but he doesn't really say much.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:22, Reply)

see now I know you're just fibbing.

(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:23, Reply)

Just because you Australians like to put our royal family on a pedestal
to us Brits they're just like our other neighbours.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:24, Reply)

But Liz is the head of the Village Council

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:27, Reply)

Rigged vote, Got the rest of the family tonvote for her.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:43, Reply)

yeah yeah.

(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:27, Reply)

Annie's outside in a pram with a lid

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:23, Reply)

stop stealing my childhood!

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:24, Reply)

Did your parents ever leave you anywhere?

(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:24, Reply)

not that I remember
but I was the sort of child that got lost a lot
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:25, Reply)

I'm sure that's what your parents told you

(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:29, Reply)

it was just
the bad sense of direction. You haven't lived until you've experienced the growing panic of getting lost in a supermarket
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:33, Reply)

Hahaha
afternoon treacle
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:25, Reply)

'noon
how is the nose?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:30, Reply)

Unfortunately it looks exactly like it's always looked
I wanted a slightly broken one like my mum's to reduce the ski-slope effect.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:37, Reply)

Also, on a serious note
London Zoo in November is likely to be cold and wet and not much fun at all.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:15, Reply)

yes but that's the only time I'll be there.

(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:18, Reply)

are you only in London
for one day?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:20, Reply)

I'll be back towards the end of january, but for the first part of my trip, no, I won't be in london.
I'll be travelling about the good old countryside.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:21, Reply)

Countryside is rubbish
it's full of cows and poo. Stay in London, it's where all the miserable misanthropic cunts live.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:23, Reply)

I love the countryside. It's peaceful.

(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:26, Reply)

You've clearly never seen the british countryside
Smackheads on every corner and prostitutes waiting to facerape you on the verges. You'll fit in just fine.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:48, Reply)

All the prostitutes have qualifications in carrying plates
and the smackheads all have British passports so they occasionally go and work elsewhere in the EU without bothering to get a visa.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:55, Reply)

sounds fun
but a suggestion might be not to spend all day at the zoo. I speak from experience when I say I went to the zoo three times during childhood at various birthday parties, and it doesn't get more engaging
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:23, Reply)

well I'm thinking the afternoon more then the whole day.

(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:25, Reply)

You are WRONG, the zoo is BRILLIANT.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 14:21, Reply)

z L

tee hee
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 0:01, Reply)

You old misery guts.
Its just as likely to be a bright sunny day, if a little chilly.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:19, Reply)

I can deal with cold and wet,
I love zoos. I have to go visit it.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:20, Reply)

Hmm, I wonder when the Motorhead gig is?
Late November I think.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:25, Reply)

EDIT
27th Actually
(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:28, Reply)

Well I'm up town for that, and could go to the zoo too.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:29, Reply)

It's really expensive too
but if you buy a train ticket (any train ticket) you get two for one entry so if you can get yourself a cheap single from one station to the next for a couple of quid, you can save about ten quid on your entry.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:27, Reply)

thank you!
that's very helpful, I'll bear that in mind.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:33, Reply)

Its right close to Camden, which has loads of shite pubs.
Can't think of a single good one.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:18, Reply)

I had a nice time in Camden in a pub by the canal
and I saw a sign telling me how many miles by canal it was from Liverpool
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:23, Reply)

That's some swim.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:24, Reply)

Even worse when you're loaded down with hubcaps
Oh dear god - I've spent too much time with PJM.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:26, Reply)

I'd fashion them into a raft
and hiya ;)
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:26, Reply)

*waves*
Hope your nose is alright now.
Personally I think him hitting you was an attempt at turning his back on the calm Swedes - he's fighting the Stockholm Syndrome. So it could be a good thing.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:29, Reply)

My family think it's a positive thing in general
I haven't had a public thrashing since 1992.
Good old Mummy.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:33, Reply)

I could do it if someone walked along the bank dangling chips

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:26, Reply)

kind of like encouraging a barge horse with a carrot?
i could do that too. at a spanking trot if i were galumphing towards a mulberry handbag.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:28, Reply)

Exactly like that
And are you mental, woman? Handbags taste RUBBISH.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:29, Reply)

i would run (and i use that term loosely, much like my jiggling flesh)
faster for a designer handbag than i would for food. the thing with food is, you can always fuck it and go buy your own!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:33, Reply)

First of all you're eating handbags and now you're fucking food
Get out of my canal, you pervert!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:35, Reply)

you know
when you put it like that, and then you add al's bondage imagery below, i don't come out of this very well at all, do i. hmmm. i'd best go visit some sick old nuns to refresh my wholesome image.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:47, Reply)

I bet you'll be fingering their bums and gushing like a fucked fire hydrant within about ten minutes

(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:48, Reply)

you do know i said elderly nuns, right?
i'm not going down the children's ward again, even for you.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:55, Reply)

You couldn't if you wanted to
they've got people on the look out for you down there now. I did tell you, rubbing your fetid mimsy over the faces of terminally ill kids isn't cool.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:56, Reply)

hey
my mimsy is the cure for all ills, i tells you.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:03, Reply)

You mean I've had a cold all weekend
because you were too lazy to come to the pub on friday and let me touch you up in the toilets?
(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:05, Reply)

i was paying
good money to be felt up by some oil slathered blonde masseuse!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:13, Reply)

That lucky bastard

(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:15, Reply)

I'm picturing you in a leather harness
trotting and being spanked.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:29, Reply)

just a normal tuesday morning around here then
(whoa there boy)
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:33, Reply)

Worlds end is alright

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:49, Reply)

For some reason at the end of this morning's jog my left buttock hurt
Just the left one. Answers on a postcard.

I can't be of much help re: London pubs so am changing the subject. Sorry. I hope you have an awesome day in London. The zoo is wicked, to be fair
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:28, Reply)

Can't help with the pub
but I'm off punting in half an hour. Pimms is being supplied, now what snacks should I take. Strawberries naturally, but what else?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:32, Reply)

how good is your punter?
snacks may or may not require waterproofing to remain edible!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:34, Reply)

Cream for the strawbs
Grapes, fudge, ew, sounds like Kenneth Williams' biography
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:34, Reply)

these all sound like good ideas
a new fudge shop has opened nearby as well. Expensive but very nice
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:35, Reply)

Where are you punting?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:36, Reply)

River Styx

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:37, Reply)

Stoppit!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:38, Reply)

on the Isis I think

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:39, Reply)

Larvely

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:44, Reply)