The comedy court of Common Law

[aesmith]

Also, anyone who get get on Crabbie's page please click the report button.

Does that do any good? I've reported a few things, but there often doesn't really seem to be an appropriate category to select.

[hucknallred]

WKD and J2O

I suspect you'll get diabetes before getting drunk on J2O, it's a soft drink.
I had to check as it's the drink of choice for my young son if in a boozer.

[Burnaby49]

I'm largely a social drinker. I now have unlimited beer available at home (a son gets it for me) and I've had a grand total of three in the past two weeks. Two of those were when we had visitors. Boozing at local craft breweries is essentially my only outlet. So, yes, I'm hoping to get back to normal practice.

Ah, colloquialisms have tripped both of us up. Certainly amongst my circle boozing in the gutter is pretty synonymous with cheap cider and vagrancy.

Having said that we are certainly looking forward to returning to some of our normal 'watering holes' once the initial frenzy of pubs reopening has died down. I'm missing the social side the most, life is, indeed, boring without meeting ones fellow man regularly and watching others get merry and/or play the fool.

What I meant by "drinking in the gutter" was that I'm now swilling beer on temporary patios out in the street. The city has allowed local craft breweries to partition off one lane of the street directly outside their premises (if the lane is normally used for parking) and put in seating.

[Burnaby49]

Burnaby, don't make it sound too good (i.e. going out boozing) or this old trout will be getting envious as she is still largely self-isolating. That said, the most alcoholic drinks I buy (in normal circumstance) are WKD and J2O which are pop type drinks with a small amount of alcohol. A person could get 'tanked up' if they drank too many even of them I suppose - well I'll have a G&T on a special occasion. I bought some gin just before the quarantine intending to make some diy hand sanitiser but was advised it would be too difficult to get the proportions just right. I ended up drinking the gin instead (not all at once) - no I didn't drink the rubbing alcohol. I use rubbing alcohol neat on my hands if necessary (and then slather on moisturiser when it's dried).

My mother (from Yorkshire) was a huge gin and tonic fan. G&T and the occasional sherry were all she drank but she had to have her Gordons.

I don't know if you're aware of my British Boozing history. I love British heritage pubs and cask ale. A friend and I come every two years or so and hit the road pubbing. we've been from Land's End to John O' Groats (the now closed Groats Inn) and Northern Ireland. So far we've had at least one beer in 1,355 UK pubs using these books for guidance.

https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=real+heritage ... _sb_noss_1

I have the full set of 15 volumes.

[Footloose52]

What I meant by "drinking in the gutter" was that I'm now swilling beer on temporary patios out in the street. The city has allowed local craft breweries to partition off one lane of the street directly outside their premises (if the lane is normally used for parking) and put in seating.

I know exactly what you meant. We are supposed to be getting 'pavement culture' here in "Little Olde England" as well but I've seen very little evidence of it so far probably because most pubs near me only have about 3' or so of pavement outside.

[Frater I*I]

I can only hope to get my Irish dock worker tolerance back up to snuff to challenge your already considerable lead...

[John Uskglass]

We are supposed to be getting 'pavement culture' here in "Little Olde England"

Judging by the photo spreads on the Daily Mail site of collapsed revellers, 'pavement culture' is alive and well (or rather comatose and vomiting).

[grixit]

Few folk ever read t & c’s when they sign up to something on line. Quatloos now owns my eternal soul and those of my offspring for seven generations.

And it seems yours too

If only we’d read the small print.

I think you'll find our souls were collateralised and sold to The Illuminati™ some years ago.

You mean securitized.

[grixit]

I went on parler once. It had hot and cold running rightwingers, the kind that would call Greg a socialist. Also some general administration folks, including the Trumps. They even had Trumps i'd never heard of.

So i'm keeping the site in reserve, just in case i ever need a hideout for my hardcore liberal expressions.

[longdog]

Few folk ever read t & c’s when they sign up to something on line. Quatloos now owns my eternal soul and those of my offspring for seven generations.

And it seems yours too

If only we’d read the small print.

I think you'll find our souls were collateralised and sold to The Illuminati™ some years ago.

You mean securitized.

That's the Johnny

[slowsmile]

That's the Johnny

Although many of us would attribute that to Durex.

[CrankyBoomer]

A bit off-topic but I had quite forgotten from whence came Owl's name on here. Thinking of The Herbs children's series from back in the day would the Indian character be politically correct these days.

[AnOwlCalledSage]

I presume you mean Pashana Bedhi. As someone with a little south Asian heritage, he was stereotypical but not insulting. It's doubtful if he'd survive a revival but back then most Asians in Britain, like my Mum, were first generation immigrants so the idea that the character was "othering" British born Asians (which it would be if done today) was not really an issue. We were exotic and we did eat curries

It's also often missed by revisionists that the Indian characters in "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" always got the better of the stupid English. My mum loved it

[grixit]

Cute

[AnOwlCalledSage]

Cute

In case anyone isn't paying attention. Michael Bond also wrote Paddington.

[hucknallred]

In case anyone isn't paying attention. Michael Bond also wrote Paddington.

And had a cameo in the first film.

[ArthurWankspittle]

I presume you mean Pashana Bedhi. As someone with a little south Asian heritage, he was stereotypical but not insulting. It's doubtful if he'd survive a revival but back then most Asians in Britain, like my Mum, were first generation immigrants so the idea that the character was "othering" British born Asians (which it would be if done today) was not really an issue. We were exotic and we did eat curries

It's also often missed by revisionists that the Indian characters in "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" always got the better of the stupid English. My mum loved it

Being old enough to remember The Herbs, there is something else which would likely not be acceptable these days. Each character has their own little song. e.g. "I'm Bayleaf, I'm the gardener, I work from early morn?... sweeping up the lawn"
Sage's was more strident and started "I'm a rather fat feathery owl call Sage...."
I can't imagine the use of the word "fat" in there would be acceptable today.

[hucknallred]

I can't imagine the use of the word "fat" in there would be acceptable today.

Much like The Fat Controller in Thomas & Friends. Now going by his real name of Sir Topham Hat

[AnOwlCalledSage]

Sage's was more strident and started "I'm a rather fat feathery owl call Sage...."
I can't imagine the use of the word "fat" in there would be acceptable today.

Indeed, you will find more lyrics in my profile

And I'm not fat. I'm thick feathered.

[Gregg]

I can only hope to get my Irish dock worker tolerance back up to snuff to challenge your already considerable lead...

That, friends sounds like a gauntlet thrown in the path. I for one wanna be a spectator for the "Great Irish dockworker Drinking Cage Match".

Lemme know the dates so I can make sure Helena is free, and give me a bit of time to arrange my rather precise culinary and weaponry arrangements are made.

http://www.quatloos.com/Q-Forum/viewtop ... 11#p231358