Swear to god the names of pubs were sent to test my nerves. You expect me to remember what The Hope & Crown or The Dog & Horses or The Duke of fucking any county at all are? And everybody just keeps a mental map of all pubs?? I'm supposed to just know??? I can and will blame straight men for this - ThreadSky

casparsalmon.bsky.social • 37 days ago

Swear to god the names of pubs were sent to test my nerves. You expect me to remember what The Hope & Crown or The Dog & Horses or The Duke of fucking any county at all are? And everybody just keeps a mental map of all pubs?? I'm supposed to just know??? I can and will blame straight men for this

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kerlarsenickoff.bsky.social•36 days ago

It's a fair cop

janthie.bsky.social•37 days ago

Retired straight man here. In my latest, under the editing hammer, story there's a bar called:

The Shredding Goose.

The owner had wanted a Spanish menu; with shredded goose. He tried to shred 5 live geese in his shed. Mind you, that was the widow's story. There was a big wood shredder in the shed.

ghostlad.bsky.social•37 days ago

I'm afraid us from Edinburgh may not have helped matters. We make a sport of it by using them for directions for getting around. "Navigating by pub" 😄

loucooks.bsky.social•37 days ago

Not Edinburgh but I used pubs but then they closed them so now its 'past that car park that was the Nellie, turn left then right down to the crossroads with what was the crown and anchor on your right, go straight ahead and left at the end past what was the Waldorf... '

casparsalmon.bsky.social•37 days ago

Other people: "Shall we go to the Coach & Rabbits?"
Me (with a thin, crisp smile): "Lovely, which one is that again"
Them: "You know... that nice one with the board games... bit of a real ale vibe"
Me (crying): "Yes! See you there, at this pub I know well"

dorianlynskey.bsky.social•37 days ago

Same. I used to remember Villiers Terrace in Crouch End because it was named after a song but then the new owners changed the name to something I can't remember, like The Lambert or The Sun and Clock or whatever

moonjonny.bsky.social•37 days ago

The Alex, then The Princess Alexandra

Now it's The Good Reader

dorianlynskey.bsky.social•37 days ago

Good knowledge

casparsalmon.bsky.social•37 days ago

Yeah if there was a pub called The Great Big Sex Robot I would never forget it

danmud.bsky.social•37 days ago

There was a pub opposite me in Islington called the Three Johns, which was a fine name because of the group.

Then it changed its name to J-cubed. Which was not fine as I HAVE SOME DIGNITY.

theoriginalcq.bsky.social•36 days ago

Haha my partner has - more than once - turned up at the wrong The George.

helloben42.bsky.social•37 days ago

Or it's The Fox and Hounds or Riverside where there's at least 2 called that in every town in the country

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