Christmas freebies
A couple of Christmases ago, having wandered into town to see who was about and what was happening, I found myself drinking with a girl who'd been in my year at school, and her friend who had been a year below. We did a round of the pubs and bars until, at around 11:30, we found ourselves in a fairly recently-opened place.

The lighting was low, the heating just a touch below warm, and the punters were elsewhere. Aside from the barman, we were the only people there. Given that everywhere else was rammed, and my hometown at the time had almost as many pubs as people, this was unexpected. Still, we took advantage of the fact that we could get a seat, and went to order drinks.

"Look," said the barman, "I've had enough of this. Since it's Christmas, you can have these on the house. But I'm bored, so could you drink them quickly so I can go home?"

So we did.

Not long after, the bar closed. That was less surprising than the discovery that it had been some kind of front for gang activity - but only a touch less.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 9 Feb 2009, 10:24, Reply)