"Thomas" <kfuzzbox@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Feb 12, 10:42 am, "Westprog" <westp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "Thomas" <kfuzz...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >
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> > > Actually I don't drink at all anymore thanks to the Irish Vintners
> > > Association and their standard version "traditional" Irish pub.
(same
> > > 6 beers on draught,
> >
> > The choice of beer in Irish pubs must be one of the worst in the
world.
In
> > Italy or Spain you get the same beers everywhere, but at least they're
wine
> > drinking nations.
>
> This is so true. Ireland is an almost total disaster in beer. You are
> right as well about the US beer. Some of the best in world and the
> selection of quality local beers is awesome.
>
> What really annoyed me was going out for a lunch in a pub here on
> Sunday and the food was amazing. Anyways there was a good crowd of
> people there like me in for the food. At one end of the pub they have
> a TV screen the size of the Berlin Wall with the Man U v Man City
> game. Of the 50 or so people in the pub only 2 losers were watching
> the game. Both wearing Liverpool jerseys and cheering for Man City
> (?!?!) - the typical thick paddie types. Eveyone else in the pub had
> no interest in the stupid match which was blarring out at unreal
> loudness. Nobody could have a conversation.
>
> Now if you were to mention this to the publican he would come back
> with. "But English soccer on huge TVs is what the people want!" But is
> this really true? Most of the time only a handful of lowlifes with
> piss stains on their trousers are watching the English football. Most
> others are not. They just want to have a nice relaxed time. But they
> can't even talk to one another. It's shocking just how terrible the
> Irish pub has gone. Even small local old pubs had the SKY S****ts
> plasma screen blasting away constantly.
Would you say the same if a gaa match was on?
--
Now,what would Thora Hird do? Brian Potter,Phoenix Nights.
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