tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post493950026363151339..comments2024-03-12T03:21:57.355+00:00Comments on BRAPA (British Real Ale Pub Adventure): BRAPA - Silent, WidnesSi 'BRAPA' Everitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-23110206554891631392018-04-04T21:32:51.797+01:002018-04-04T21:32:51.797+01:00Oh goody, the 'mixed up lyrics game'. :)
...Oh goody, the 'mixed up lyrics game'. :)<br /><br />The first time I heard AC/DCs "Dirty Deeds and they're done Dirt Cheap" I could have sworn they sang "Dirty Deeds and the Thunder Chief". (LOL)Russtovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11493687426847380993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-91535464628007382502018-04-04T13:09:37.904+01:002018-04-04T13:09:37.904+01:00Great post Simon - emphasising the sheer dedicatio...Great post Simon - emphasising the sheer dedication of the serious GBG ticker...<br /><br />"lines like "real pies with sides". WHATTT? "<br /><br />Absolutely - what a daft thing to say...<br />...what would be the point of a pie without sides - the bl**dy meat and gravy would run out out all over the place...<br />;)garden hermithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02729468804899958277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-1217011857708982512018-04-04T08:00:55.903+01:002018-04-04T08:00:55.903+01:00As I mentioned on Saturday, while the Ferry is sti...As I mentioned on Saturday, while the Ferry is still a very nice pub, I remember it many years ago when it was a warren of small, cosy, wood-panelled rooms full of nautical memorabilia. It was a Wilson's pub, and it had the relatively rare metered pumps which consisted of a glass sphere with a rotating metal vane inside it.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-45299179046790632552018-04-04T06:44:59.423+01:002018-04-04T06:44:59.423+01:00The first time I heard Marvin Gaye singing "C...The first time I heard Marvin Gaye singing "Can I get a witness?" when I was a kid, I genuinely thought it was "Can I get a Widnes?" 🙄<br /><br />Did I mention that both my parents came from Widnes? Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-16696621521906908812018-04-04T05:41:49.137+01:002018-04-04T05:41:49.137+01:00"and sat in my standard Pi position, on the l..."and sat in my standard Pi position, on the left hand wall three tables back."<br /><br />A bit like Wild Bill Hickok and his dead man's hand. ;)<br /><br />"Nice beer, something about United Nations"<br /><br />And just down from that is one called Fubar, which describes the UN when you think about it. (LOL)<br /><br />"when the ankles become tanned "<br /><br />Nice to see the jeans are artfully ripped to prove the tan is on more than just the ankles. :)<br /><br />"I perched, said 'ow do' to anyone who came in,"<br /><br />Not something like 'watcha' or 'ay-up' or some such? ;)<br /><br />"called Mangata which am sure came out as 'Magenta' and then 'Mangina'!"<br /><br />(chuckle)<br /><br />"If I'd gone for the Avarice, I'd surely have called it Orifice."<br /><br />See above. :)<br /><br />Bloody long day Si, but a goodun there at the end. <br /><br />CheersRusstovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11493687426847380993noreply@blogger.com