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11-05-2017, 07:19
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It’s not very often that I come across an article in the media that has me nodding vigorously in agreement throughout, but this one in Spectator Life certainly qualifies: Ten commandments for the public house (https://life.spectator.co.uk/2017/05/10-commandments-for-the-public-house/). Do read the whole thing, but the ten points very much come across as a Mudgie manifesto. He’s even got posing tables in there as #6!
Don’t be pretentious
Don’t serve food that takes more than six words to describe
Don’t change your name
Don’t pipe music
Don’t offer tasters of beer
Don’t fill the room with those bizarre high chairs
Don’t fetishise the handled glass and its quaint dimples
Don’t allow tables to be reserved
Don’t upgrade your toiletsDon’t plaster the walls with TVs
Incidentally, for the benefit of mobile readers, I’ve recently added a General Election poll (http://poll.pollcode.com/47586484) to the sidebar of the desktop version. I’ll publish the final figures on June 8th, but please don’t share it around social media as it may distort the results.
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It’s not very often that I come across an article in the media that has me nodding vigorously in agreement throughout, but this one in Spectator Life certainly qualifies: Ten commandments for the public house (https://life.spectator.co.uk/2017/05/10-commandments-for-the-public-house/). Do read the whole thing, but the ten points very much come across as a Mudgie manifesto. He’s even got posing tables in there as #6!
Don’t be pretentious
Don’t serve food that takes more than six words to describe
Don’t change your name
Don’t pipe music
Don’t offer tasters of beer
Don’t fill the room with those bizarre high chairs
Don’t fetishise the handled glass and its quaint dimples
Don’t allow tables to be reserved
Don’t upgrade your toiletsDon’t plaster the walls with TVs
Incidentally, for the benefit of mobile readers, I’ve recently added a General Election poll (http://poll.pollcode.com/47586484) to the sidebar of the desktop version. I’ll publish the final figures on June 8th, but please don’t share it around social media as it may distort the results.
More... (http://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2017/05/tablets-of-stone.html)