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El Pibe Wrote:

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> There was a very intimidatingly drunk chap at the

> bar asking where in Ireland we were from with more

> than a hint of menace that the wrong answer could

> get us killed.

> He simply couldn't compute that we weren't Irish,

> my mate tried to explain bless him

>

> - "So where you from then?"

> - "I'm from Forest Hill"

> - "Ah sure you are, but where in Ireland are you

> from?"

> - "I'm not Irish, I'm English"

> - "I get that, but where in Ireland are you

> from?"

> - "Err, England"

> - "Ah, of course you are, but your folks?"

> - "They're English too"

> - "Sure they are, but where in Ireland are they

> from?"

>

> In the end I risked mumbling something like

> "Athlone" and he was satisfied with that, allowing

> us to scuttle into a corner and cower a bit!



That was me El Pibe. Sorry about that.

A few months ago I was in the EDT watching football when a bloke came up to me and demanded know the time and if I was from "round here" - old-skool, football awayday style.


I started to tell him to politely go away, but as soon as he heard my accent he quickly changed saying something like "oh yeah, no, I can hear where you're from...sorry mate."


He then went on to rant about "all the f@@King film producers that live round here now" before moving onto someone else.

El Pibe Wrote:

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> The TV in the Castle broke and there was a Wexford

> game on.

> Luckily the TV in the Castle has since been ok.


It sounds like you have fallen into bad company ;) . I used to go to all the Irish bars. I married an English girl and now Irish pubs seem to be off the agenda. But hey, we both have a Rory. :)

I often have my revenge, poor girl has to see west ham games from time to time, and Spain's win over Ireland almost made up for a decade of Ireland panning England in the rugby!!


I managed to sneak Pedro in as a middle name for El Pibi?o mark II.

herrd Wrote:

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> As for keeping warm in the winter/while smoking, I

> suspect a gaggle of disgruntled former regulars

> may well go and torch the place when they hear of

> the ?4 scotch eggs...


xxxxxxx


Well they can go to some cheap shop, pay - what? under a pound probably? - and get some vile egg covered in mainly rusk with a tiny bit of pork hidden somewhere in it, or they can pay four quid and get a gourmet egg covered in black pudding .....


Or they can go to a chippie and get a pickled egg ....


They'll probably complain that the beer doesn't have a strange off taste, as well .....

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Seems about par for the course. Cheaper than the

> chorizo scotch egg at the Victoria Inn.



I absolutely love the new Cherry Tree!! The new managers are fantastic and very welcoming. 12 of us booked a table last Sunday to try out their Sunday lunch! I've to to say its by far the best & most delicious roast I have eaten in ages... Apart from my own ! I ordered the slowly cooked pork belly roast! Delicious my partner hd the beef , he really enjoyed it! Really nice crowd the sun was beaming all day which helped.


Im looking forward to popping along again with more friends next Sunday. Staff were great, I think it will take a while to fill up but by far the nicest bar is ED! About time!

se22crop Wrote:

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> Went there recently and liked the makeover inside

> the pub itself but seemed nothing had been done to

> improve the Gents toilets. Sort it out please,

> update sinks and taps, lick of paint, and sort out

> toilet seat (or lack of)


Did you notice if there was any hot water in there? No hot water in the Ladies although it looked up to date decoration wise. I find it hard to believe it's kosher to not have any hot water in a toilet? Hygiene?

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