tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post894359606792804861..comments2024-03-26T09:19:10.810+00:00Comments on BRAPA (British Real Ale Pub Adventure): BRAPA - England Saffer In Kingston Town (The Place I Long To Be) Pt 1/2Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-76274653681829919492019-11-23T23:23:38.722+00:002019-11-23T23:23:38.722+00:00"and it wasn't like we'd go to Fulham..."and it wasn't like we'd go to Fulham and stuff 'em, was it?"<br /><br />My grandfather was a Fulham supporter so, thanks for that. :)<br /><br />"Because I'm a useless South London pub ticker,"<br /><br />Wait. You didn't see the game but went to London just to pub tick? Good man! :)<br /><br />"After some smooth trains of minimal fuss resmebling a colonic irrigation"<br /><br />As someone who has had at least four colonoscopies, the last bloody thing I want up there is a train!*<br /><br />* - especially if it's the euphemism!<br /><br />"Upstaged by background Shopmobility Scooter - how utterly 'Spoons'"<br /><br />Pfft. You should know by now that a scooter is a mark of a proper pub.<br /><br />"How sad."<br /><br />Suuuuuuure.<br /><br />"The milk takes a breather"<br /><br />Egged on by the, er, eggs?<br /><br />"Don't let Tim know I've seen this"<br /><br />Pfft. Everyone knows OTIS is the Spoon's version of TARDIS. :)<br /><br />"too busy admiring the lovely carpet"<br /><br />Before Mr. "Egg and Milk Man" had a go at it.<br /><br />"and the pumpkins were looking somewhat hungover"<br /><br />They hadn't turned them all into pumpkin bloody beer by now?<br />(like they seem to do over here)<br /><br />"as Dad nearly stepped on a dog so small, "<br /><br />I was going to say... it looked like dog shit? ;)<br /><br />"(there was also a games room by the bogs dividing it into three)"<br /><br />Three bogs? Male, female and neuter?<br /><br />"(possibly cos everyone had lost their appetite)"<br /><br />Owing to you walking in? <br />(kidding!)<br /><br />"These sausage rolls have our names on them (not literally)"<br /><br />Here's me being decorous.<br /><br />"What is people's obsession with having 50 beers to choose from?"<br /><br />Probably stems from 50 Shades of Grey.<br /><br />"as England saffer (geddit?)"<br /><br />Being from "over here"... nope. :)<br /><br />"Most departed, though at least one farted."<br /><br />Perhaps that is why the others departed?<br /><br />"but in his old worlde mind, Tiffin is slang for any snack!"<br /><br />I thought 'tiffin' was slang for, well, you know.<br />(especially as you were watching the bar maid all the way down the road!)<br /><br />"IT just screamed 'LONDON PUB'"<br /><br />Blimey. Really? Bit weird that as it's in... London.<br /><br />"One man even had a Japanese head band on"<br /><br />Was it... one of these:<br /><br />http://virtualjapan.com/wiki/List_of_Japanese_bands<br /><br />"or just actual deafness,"<br /><br />(chuckle)<br /><br />"join me in part two on Sunday if I have the energy. "<br /><br />Seeing as how I've been AWOL for god knows how long*... I'll be there.<br /><br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PS - "resmebling"<br /><br />That word slightly resembles, resembling. :)<br /><br />* - Apologies for being absent for a while but apparently my mother's death has subconsciously hit me for a loop. I find I don't have my usual 'gumption' at the end of the day. I must say though, that I've found it cathartic to comment today on my 'usual' four blogs. But if I'm absent again for a bit; it's not you, it's me. ;)Russtovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11493687426847380993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-64203712506145865392019-11-22T16:26:25.342+00:002019-11-22T16:26:25.342+00:00I saw a dartboard in a Spoons recently, which seem...I saw a dartboard in a Spoons recently, which seemed very out of place.Sic1314https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483987336328474503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-30248941360263030372019-11-21T22:13:54.506+00:002019-11-21T22:13:54.506+00:00People don't appreciate how much effort these ...People don't appreciate how much effort these blogs take, do they Si ?<br /><br />Back in Christmas 2017 I wrote;<br /><br />"Plenty here for Simon to enjoy, with families dressed straight out of the John Lewis adverts and wagging dogs tripping you up."<br /><br />https://retiredmartin.com/2018/01/06/pub-royalty-in-kingston-on-thames/<br /><br />So I'm glad you did enjoy it (my beer was awful), but you're being much too nice to West London and I demand to see details of your donors. Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104772948340037150noreply@blogger.com