The TRL Virtual Pub

[Oxford]

1 hour ago, Bleep1673 said:

Very South Lancashire

Magic and the best corner of the virtual pub all the Clients of the Giro Arms drink in this bit too!

[Wiltshire Warrior Dragon]

10 hours ago, Wiltshire Rhino said:

Here at "The Wiltshire Watering Hole" there is a lot of cider available. 

Great news!  Draft perry too, I hope!

[Padge]

Tonight's offerings.

[Trojan]

19 hours ago, John Drake said:

Now this is the sort of thing I love about TRL! 

Some folk still talk about that legendary night the 'old' forum closed down and the regulars had a party and trashed the place. 

Wonder what lobster based snacks are available behind the bar...? Anyone dare ask...? 

Yeuck

[Wiltshire Warrior Dragon]

6 hours ago, Futtocks said:

To foil hoarders, all the bogroll in the pub toilets will be Izal from this point onwards.

Aah, you're getting me all nostalgic, Futtocks - used it a time or two and still have the rectal scarring to prove it!  Izal made a disinfectant fluid too, which no doubt inspired this nursery rhyme parody in Verse and Worse, a Faber Editions' collection of humorous poetry:

"Ding, dong bell, Pussie's in the well, but now we've put some Izal down, and never mind the smell!"

 

[Trojan]

6 minutes ago, Padge said:

Tonight's offerings.

Taylors Landlord?  Sam Smiths Yorkshire Stingo? Youngs London Special, Rudgate Mild (a strong mild, goes down like milk)   Bushmills Black Bush Whiskey.    The RL on loop should be Leigh v Fev from last September.

[Trojan]

6 hours ago, Futtocks said:

To foil hoarders, all the bogroll in the pub toilets will be Izal from this point onwards.

Why are people hoarding foil?

[Wiltshire Rhino]

1 hour ago, Wiltshire Warrior Dragon said:

Great news!  Draft perry too, I hope!

Yes, but only because you called it by its proper name. 

There is no such thing as pear (or any other fruit mix) cider. Cider is apple! 

[Wiltshire Warrior Dragon]

1 hour ago, Padge said:

Tonight's offerings.

Wot, no bottles of Corona Beer? 

….just asking!

[Padge]

15 minutes ago, Wiltshire Warrior Dragon said:

Wot, no bottles of Corona Beer? 

….just asking!

 

Sold out after someone Tweeted drinking 20 bottles of it made you immune.

 

[Wiltshire Warrior Dragon]

8 minutes ago, Wiltshire Rhino said:

Yes, but only because you called it by its proper name. 

There is no such thing as pear (or any other fruit mix) cider. Cider is apple! 

At one time, WR, I would have completely agreed with you.

However, you and I both know that proper perry is made with special pears, not suitable for anything else, and, in this country, grown in a fairly small area concentrated on the Gloucestershire/Herefordshire border, around towns such as Ledbury.

So the problem then is what to call the utter p*ss made from concentrated culinary or dessert pear juice.  Reluctantly, I can see a case for calling it pear cider, if only to ensure the good name of 'perry' is not sullied.

Like you, I hate the growing trend for calling cider in this country 'apple cider', which is an American importation.  You are absolutely right; just 'cider' means it is made from apples, or should do.  The irony is that we have imported the 'wrong' phrase, as, if I have got this right, 'apple cider' in the USA tends to mean a non-alcoholic drink, whereas the proper stuff is called 'hard cider'.  Is it the same in Canada?  Could any local TWP fans confirm or correct this?

The French cider/perry-making area in Normandy and Brittany also uses commendably simple terms - 'cidre' and 'poire'.

[Derwent]

20 hours ago, GUBRATS said:

Is it a real ale pub ?

No it’s pretend ale, they give you lager and sunglasses.

[Ullman]

What time does the cockle man usually come in?

[Northern Eel]

9 minutes ago, Ullman said:

What time does the cockle man usually come in?

Have you got any crabs on yer, cock?

[Padge]

2 minutes ago, Ullman said:

What time does the cockle man usually come in?

 

Cockles, cockles!!! We have lobster round these parts, we have Mobyclaw and Clawphin, take your pick

[Ullman]

3 minutes ago, Padge said:

 

Cockles, cockles!!! We have lobster round these parts, we have Mobyclaw and Clawphin, take your pick

That's going to end well 

[Ullman]

7 minutes ago, Northern Eel said:

Have you got any crabs on yer, cock?

What kind of whelkome is that?

[Padge]

1 minute ago, Ullman said:

What kind of whelkome is that?

We can do without people flexing their muscles.

[graveyard johnny]

I didn't know it was comedy night in this pub on a tuesday

[Northern Eel]

8 minutes ago, Padge said:

We can do without people flexing their muscles.

Perhaps I will help myself to some nuts instead!

And a pint of Single Hop too please, Barman.

[Ullman]

8 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

I didn't know it was comedy night in this pub on a tuesday

You think that's bad?

It's karaoke night tomorrow.

[Oxford]

7 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

I didn't know it was comedy night in this pub on a tuesday

It's a virtual pub so every night is comedy, curry or kareoke night etc etc so long as they don't spoil the view of when the ref signals TRY for Hesketh anything goes!

[Bearman]

28 minutes ago, Northern Eel said:

Perhaps I will help myself to some nuts instead!

And a pint of Single Hop too please, Barman.

I'm not your servant. Wait your turn I'm busy. Booldy irregulars nip in here 'cos their usual is shut.

[SSoutherner]

2 hours ago, Wiltshire Warrior Dragon said:

At one time, WR, I would have completely agreed with you.

However, you and I both know that proper perry is made with special pears, not suitable for anything else, and, in this country, grown in a fairly small area concentrated on the Gloucestershire/Herefordshire border, around towns such as Ledbury.

So the problem then is what to call the utter p*ss made from concentrated culinary or dessert pear juice.  Reluctantly, I can see a case for calling it pear cider, if only to ensure the good name of 'perry' is not sullied.

Like you, I hate the growing trend for calling cider in this country 'apple cider', which is an American importation.  You are absolutely right; just 'cider' means it is made from apples, or should do.  The irony is that we have imported the 'wrong' phrase, as, if I have got this right, 'apple cider' in the USA tends to mean a non-alcoholic drink, whereas the proper stuff is called 'hard cider'.  Is it the same in Canada?  Could any local TWP fans confirm or correct this?

The French cider/perry-making area in Normandy and Brittany also uses commendably simple terms - 'cidre' and 'poire'.

Talking about Perry i find the story of babycham quite interesting - that is a Perry and from Shepton Mallet which is outside your area. Also the first alcoholic drink ever advertised on UK TV

[gittinsfan]

2 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:

I didn't know it was comedy night in this pub on a tuesday

Best show this side of the Pennines.

Parky's on in 10 minutes.