PubsJeccy writes, "I've seen people having four-somes, fights involving spastics and genuine retarded people doing karaoke, all thanks to the invention of the common pub."
What's happened in your local then?
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chthonic, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 20:55)
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Regulars.Everyone knows that it's not the place or the barman that make your local so great it's the regulars. The pissed up old guys who will always keep you entertained. Here's a few at the pub where I used to work.
Des- This guy stunk and would never shut up with his tales of advice. He used to prop up the bar and get the papers for the landlady, in return he got a free pint.
The bubbled wall paper was flat where he had been leaning against it for 20 odd years.
He had his own glass which broke one day leaving him covered in lager and me in tears of laughter. He even mopped it up for me! LEGEND!
Bob- Always pissed up and had some of the worst (think cracker style) and dirtiest jokes. Much to the disgust of his wife who was sat down the bar. The sight of him trying to put his leg on the bar, he was a short-house too, after 8 pints will stay with me forever.
Trevor- He would come in and eat enough for a whole rugby team. Seriously one of the nicest guys you could meet and would buy anyone a drink. I recently heard that he had died of a massive brain tumour. Sad, but I know he enjoyed every minute of his life.
God bless regulars who make our locals what they are!
(, Mon 9 Feb 2009, 17:50, 1 reply)
My mate and I have nicknames for the regulars in my localwe have:
Rick Wakeman (he looks like Rick Wakeman)
Harold Shipman (looks like Harold Shipman)
Stalin (looks like Stalin)
The really tall guy (don't think I need to explain that one)
The really fat lazy guy (gets a taxi to his house which is two minute walk up the road)
Gimpy guy (because he has a stammer and talks wierdly. I feel a bit bad about this one)
Mad Kirsty
Glen Garry Glenross (once accosted me about and ranted and raved about the brilliance of the play that he'd recently seen)
Mr Bluetooth (a taxi driver who comes in every week, always wearing his bluetooth and a spurs shirt)
Edit: How could I forget, my mate has earned his own nickname from being so quiet and shy, he's now commonly referred to as Silent Bob.
(, Mon 9 Feb 2009, 18:03, closed)
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