On My Pub Name Top Ten

[danieldwilliam]

I would never actually want to own a pub. At least I’d never want to the be the owner / manager of a pub.  It strikes me as a job with long hours, which requires compulsory sociability and which isn’t particularly financially rewarding. Also, you don’t get to sit and enjoy the beer. I’m much more likely to set up a rum distillery in Grenada than a pub but in keeping with my general life philosophy, often discussed with MLW(1) and widgetfox (2) that all of life can be usefully considered in terms of a top ten list here are the top ten of names I would give my pub if I owned one.

1. The Fighting Thomas Cochraine (in honour of my favourite Georgian naval captain, radical politician and the larger than fiction model for Lucky Jack Aubrey)
2. The Monkey Puzzle
3. The Preferential Vote
4. The Righteously Bare Arms (this pub would feature a weekly burlesque evening)
5. The Gravitas Out
6. The Twenty-First Amendment (clearly an over 21 only venue)
7. The Spanker (if the pub were near a yachting club)
8. The Gastro-Pub at the End of the Street
9. The Truth in Comedy
10. The John Cartwright

(1) my list of top sandwiches (3) was included in MLW’s speech at our wedding.

(2) I actually have a top ten of widgetfoxes.

(3) pastrami, gherkin, tomato, with whole-grain mustard on a savoury bagel.

Comments

[widgetfox.livejournal.com]

Does your top ten of widgetfoxes somehow have more content than (1) widgetfox (2) widgetfox (3) widgetfox (4) widgetfox (5) widgetfox (6) widgetfox (7) widgetfox (8) widgetfox (9) widgetfox (10) widgetfox?

[widgetfox.livejournal.com]

Also, this.

[hano.livejournal.com]

Oooh, good call.
1. The Admiral Cunningham (in honour of Admiral Andrew Cunningham 'ABC' the Royal Navy's finest fighting sailor since Nelson.
2. The Cat (in honour of, well, take a wild guess)
3. The Stone Rose (this'd be the pub with a 200 capacity music venue round the back and a jukebox full of punk, post punk and indie tunes, as selected by me)
4. The Gym (just so people can say 'I've been to the Gym for two hours' and feel virtuous
5. The Very Little Gravitas Indeed (with apologies to IMB)
6. The Red Flag (the local left need somewhere to meet and discuss revolution after all. Genuine socialists/revolutionaries/insurgents get half price beer. Just no guns or explosives in the bar please)

I had others, but I'm damned if I can remember them.
All establishments will of course have excellent Cask Marqued Ale, such that they're in the CAMRA guide. Any manager who fails to attain this standard of excellence will immediately be fired. Out of a large cannon.
There wil be lots of good reasonably priced food, a library room and the only sports shown are rugby and cricket. (GAA games available upon request) and all will several cats overseeing the place and making sure you all behave.

[widgetfox.livejournal.com]

I think you should have a pub called Ukip if you want to, the laddie's not for kipping.

[hano.livejournal.com]

Also, wouldn't a pub called The Spanker appeal to the BDSM crowd?

[andrewducker]

Also, surely most pubs would be best named after Culture vessels?