tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post1053325047574022152..comments2023-08-02T04:56:49.094-04:00Comments on ampersand seven: #70Therese Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07516328708322780202noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-3060751864573544832009-12-11T10:24:04.362-05:002009-12-11T10:24:04.362-05:00Definitely vote for the hand-up-the-back text.Definitely vote for the hand-up-the-back text.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513648613788716017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-84977534243457047122009-03-21T22:53:00.000-04:002009-03-21T22:53:00.000-04:00Staff meeting at the bar- "How bout "Old...Staff meeting at the bar- "How bout "Oldest pub in Hibernia/Ierne- Caesar first drank here in, mmm, about 44 B.C." <BR/>"No, Joyce, Collins, all of that Sien Fein stuff will really pack 'em in", right then.<BR/><BR/>Thankfully, there was no "first juke joint" still standing- Unless the House of Blues chain decides to build one, but Stuttgart Ark. & the Louisiana State Prison just won't draw people- and that was a mere 100 years past.<BR/><BR/>An old pub with the cleanest taps in Dublin, Just like the "Green Mill" here in Chicago, "Al Capone's hangout", with decor to match inside- but the building is 40 years old.<BR/><BR/>If only these marketing people could live a day in the life of those names they promote- I can't see this ending... (T)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-50906529605407368402009-03-11T14:24:00.000-04:002009-03-11T14:24:00.000-04:00The article only got worse from there, sadly. Bad ...The article only got worse from there, sadly. Bad grammar and confusing logic - and that was just the first sentence. It makes for terrible journalism (not the pub's fault, for the record), but the thought of Dublin suffering a pub shortage was too amusing to resist.Therese Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07516328708322780202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-62079497978529968032009-03-11T13:03:00.000-04:002009-03-11T13:03:00.000-04:00Excuse me while I get hung up on the grammar, but ...Excuse me while I get hung up on the grammar, but what is one supposed to make of "Established <I>since</I> 1745"? Establishments that don't know what it means to establish something perhaps should cease to be.<BR/><BR/><B>fultiver</B> - The area of greatest reach and roundness where a wave comes across the shoreRay Gunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09608912826395230990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-20378001534550453102009-03-11T11:37:00.000-04:002009-03-11T11:37:00.000-04:00Oh, by the way, it was only eighteen whiskeys. And...Oh, by the way, it was only eighteen whiskeys. And he died at St. Vincent's.Therese Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07516328708322780202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-56022684685647008062009-03-11T11:34:00.000-04:002009-03-11T11:34:00.000-04:00Yeah, you'd think that because "oldest", unlike "b...Yeah, you'd think that because "oldest", unlike "best", could be proven, that it would prevent spurious claims. But where would pub lore be without spurious claims?<BR/><BR/>"Ah, Conway's. Sure wasn't that where Michael Collins was arrested and Patrick Pearse was shot by the black-and-tans and where James Joyce and Yeats used to arm wrestle."<BR/><BR/>"Ah, the White Horse Tavern. Sure wasn't that where Dylan Thomas drank twenty whiskeys, keeled over, and died."<BR/><BR/>I'd love to see a pub bore/pub lore section on Snopes.com, wouldn't you?Therese Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07516328708322780202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-5510333229103935042009-03-11T06:48:00.000-04:002009-03-11T06:48:00.000-04:00loved this post. It made me laugh (more than once)...loved this post. It made me laugh (more than once). <BR/><BR/>"Dublin's oldest pub" seems more misleading to me than signs that claim "Fame" or that they're the "best." I'm more apt to believe a sign that says it's the oldest than one that says it's the most famous... because "oldest" is so much more quantifiable...<BR/><BR/>though you're right... "We're close to being the oldest pub" doesn't quite have the same romantic ring. <BR/><BR/>lairet- a cave or alcove with dainty embellishments, usually in the form of curtains or flower beds at the entranceJackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049441039504745936noreply@blogger.com