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

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

Surely l'essence de widgetfox is would be one of my top ten perfumes.

Widgetfox in her avatar as Narcisistic does get a tangential mention in the top ten but doesn't make the final cut.

I shall finalise the list and post, haste.

(are you about for an IM chat this evening btw?)

[widgetfox.livejournal.com]

Probably yes, actually, that would be a good time.

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

Cool - I'll drop you a text to confirm just before I put the Capt to bed at about half 7, but could be a little later. His Lovely Mother is away and he's a bit unsettled by it.

[widgetfox.livejournal.com]

I'll be home at about 7.45pm but we're eating straight away. I think it's probably the kind of meal that I can parallel-process with IMing, but that is not a dead cert. Keep me posted by text and I'll do likewise.