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    Quote Originally Posted by oldboots View Post
    I heard that on the BBC this morning and thought that makes a change from repeating lies about alcohol consumption.

    I must say I've never broken a bone when I've been drunk so I will keep taking the medicine.
    A long time ago me Dad came home a bit worse for the drink , slipped in the bathroom , fell in the cast iron bath breaking his elbow , the sight of me Mom trying to get 17 stone of very drunk man in a lot of pain out of the bath with tears of laughter running down her face will live with me forever

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    Quote Originally Posted by Conrad View Post
    Actually the highlight for me today has been this one:
    Kingfisher diving

    I can think of no way of linking that sensibly back to pubs but it is just such an amazing image.
    he better watch his back
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    There was a story a few days ago about a guy in Dorset (I think) who has been granted a licence to sell beer at home along the lines of the old parlour bars. I can't remember the details and, sods law - I can't find the story now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hondo View Post
    he better watch his back
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    Blimey. Sharon Davies looks a bit rough these days.

    Quote Originally Posted by RogerB View Post
    There was a story a few days ago about a guy in Dorset (I think) who has been granted a licence to sell beer at home along the lines of the old parlour bars. I can't remember the details and, sods law - I can't find the story now.
    Thanks Roger. Have you any more as good as that?
    'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.

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    [QUOTE=aleandhearty;6822]Blimey. Sharon Davies looks a bit rough these days.

    she's floating about
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    There was a rather disturbing story in today’s London Evening Standard about a drunk train guard who was found to have two cans of beer and a half bottle of vodka that he had decanted into water bottles. Apparently he admitted being drunk and said to officers “I must stop drinking”, presumably because he was already too pissed. But that wasn’t the best “No Shit Sherlock” part of the article. It stated that he was found passed out and slumped over his controls, in a wonderful example of understatement the prosecutor was quoted as saying “ This is not normal practice for safety reasons”

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    Apparently, a multi-billion pound research quango has discovered that in 100% of cases, being born results in death. A new committee has welcomed the report, and is planning to combat this terrible statistic by raising taxes on all products to do with 'living'

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    Quote Originally Posted by Millay View Post
    There was a rather disturbing story in today’s London Evening Standard about a drunk train guard who was found to have two cans of beer and a half bottle of vodka that he had decanted into water bottles. Apparently he admitted being drunk and said to officers “I must stop drinking”, presumably because he was already too pissed. But that wasn’t the best “No Shit Sherlock” part of the article. It stated that he was found passed out and slumped over his controls, in a wonderful example of understatement the prosecutor was quoted as saying “ This is not normal practice for safety reasons”
    A minor point, perhaps, but do train guards have controls to slump over?

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    Quote Originally Posted by rpadam View Post
    A minor point, perhaps, but do train guards have controls to slump over?
    I did wonder about that bit, I suspect he may have been in the drivers cab at the back of the train, not a great sight for anyone watching the train leave. Perhaps we need a trainspotters emergency helpline.

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    Do they still have guards on trains? I thought they'd all been replaced by ticket collector/door operators?


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