“You’ve been here before.”
“You’ve been here before.”

“Huh, what?” I said.

“I said you’ve been here before” said the barman who looked a bit slovenly and wore round wire glasses.

“I have never been to this place before in my life. I don’t even live in this town.”

“I have seen your face before. Is your name Phil?”

“No, it’s not Phil, it’s…well never mind what my name is. Can I have a pint of Kirin please?”

“Ok, Phil. Nice to see you again.”

“But!..” I spluttered as I looked around to see if anyone else was witnessing this cheeky insanity. The barkeep slowly moved backwards and diagonally from the bar and into an empty dimly lit room.

Another chap smartly hove into view from around the other corner.

“What’ll it be, pal?” said the ‘new’ bar keep.

“Er, I already ordered a Kirin with the other barman.”

“Eh, what other barman? I am the only one working this shift before it gets busy later.”

“Oh come one mate, don’t mess me around. The other barman, with the Lennon specs.”

“Oooh. Yeah, he doesn’t work here, he just unofficially collects the glasses. The manager feels a bit sorry for him, with his brother who was a regular dying n’all."

“Ok, this is freaking me out a bit here. Can I have a pint please?”

“Yup, one pint coming up.” The barman started to pour my pint. “Sad business and all. Derek sometimes pretends he works here. We don’t stop him. Well sometimes we do when he gets a bit excited. I think his big brother Phil indulged him a lot. There we go mate, that’s £4.50”.

That happened last week.

I don’t think I will be going back.


not at them prices.
(powervator and NONE SHALL PASS, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 15:14, 8 replies)

Cost
£4.50 for a pint, fuck was it champagne
(Sid, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 15:21, closed)

Kirin Ichiban
A rare Japanese lager.
(powervator and NONE SHALL PASS, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 15:23, closed)

So rare...
...it's only available in ninety percent of pubs around here.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 17:15, closed)

If you lived in Japan...
...then I would agree with you.
(powervator and NONE SHALL PASS, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 17:38, closed)

*click!*
Pubs... what a pain in the fucking arse they are...but we all love um, dont we???
( SpankyHanky, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 15:22, closed)

This post is bullshit and lies and typical of /qotw.

This post That price!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 15:23, closed)

Kirin
was £3.80 a pint in Vaults in Cambridge about 4 years ago.
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 15:47, closed)

Dave
Allright Dave !!
(amsterdam_neild, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 15:48, closed)