That Told Me!

[gness]

And I loved it!

I took my knitting across the border to a pub which has a lovely covered area with sofas and squishy chairs where I could celebrate the arrival of a wool shop in my town.

There is a wonderful lad employed there to clear up and keep the gardens tidy and make sure dogs are looked after.....he has many special needs....talks only to himself.....never usually to customers....

I had one cigarette in a packet......just one and quite old but I thought....this is the time to smoke this cigarette, Gness.....you have hung onto it for long enough.....enjoy the Guinness...the ciggie and think of how you are going to enjoy the new shop.....

...so I lit it.....and the lad pounced! He took away the ashtray and said....

You're not smoking that! We are closing soon and I have just cleared up around this table......!

Gx.......☺

[retrocop]

What border would you have to cross to find that friendly welcoming pub after they have taken your money??

[Hopkirk]

He was only thinking of your health - wonderful lad.

[stuey]

Retro, that would be a knit four, perl two, drop a stitch, fancy type border.

[retrocop]

Stuey
If the lad is the pub's ambassadeur then he is a knit. :-)

[Buenchico]

I celebrated my 30th birthday in a pub with loads of friends and colleagues. People kept buying me whiskies which, since I was drinking beer, I decided to save until the end of the night. As closing time approached, I'd got a half-pint glass nearly full of Scotch and I was really looking forward to it. Well before the end of drinking-up time though, one of the bar staff cleared away the 'dead' glasses, including the one containing all my Scotch!!! :(

[Hopkirk]

Anyway, who gets great pleasure out of a wool shop?

[sunny-dave]

Fortunately I know how to screen shot posts - and I have done so.

[retrocop]

chico.
never mind .It was half empty!

[stuey]

Hopkirk, reminiscing sheep.

[Psybbo]

I always carry my ashtray with me.

[Mamyalynne]

Me too.

[Baldric]

If the Pub was open and if I smoked (I don't, I'm not that daft anymore), and an employee denied me that right in an area where smoking was permitted, there would be one very big complaint being made.

[retrocop]

Could someone explain who has a sense of humour failure on this thread.
I believe I said gness had a special need for an old manky dogie at the time.
A dogie is a cigarette as in Roger Miller's King of the Road.Was that worthy of removal Sheesh ?
What the hell is wrong with people here . Is it the heat?

[Mamyalynne]

//I smoke old stogies I have found short, but not too big around
I'm a man of means by no means, king of the road.//

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/dogie

[sunny-dave]

No that's not what you said - it was deeply offensive

http://oi64.tinypic.com/2l9nrtd.jpg

gness has gone - I'm off too - you win - enjoy your poisoned chalice

Dave

[jno]

have Gness and dave abandoned theri avatars so they can run off together?

[jno]

you've confused dogies and stogies

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/dogie