The Queen's Arms . . .

Hot tea and gin, and a hug, please.

hard tea an' huggles, comin' right up . . .

in spite of you flirting with piffka, i still like those hugs!

awwww...aint that just grand of a barkeep...glasses full and huggles too

verra cute

I ll watch the place if you need to give one o those long strong ones for the lass

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Anyone recall It was a dark and stormy night . . . from Afuzz ? Well, Phoenix has started something much the same, go here[/b]

I'll stay here where it's warm and snuggly. It's dark and stormy enough IRL. brrrrrrrrr

Puttin on a bigger pot o tea to warm the gal

And how bout a nice comfy throw as well? Or should we just turn up the heat a bit?

hmmmmmm, i just got a new polar fleece cape ... where is it, ahhhhhh ... not so convenient for drinking though ... mmmmmmm

umm..polar fleece...verra warm and soft and comfy

Oh, not only have I read it, I treasure it and it is one of my all time favorites. I doubt a funnier history has ever intentionally been written, by anyone about anything. The "Tests" are an absolute hoot! BTW, if you haven't come across it, I'd like to recommend a more serious work, the Two Volume "History of Britain" companion set to the BBC's excellent documentary series of the same name.

Either are a lot easier to read than "The Oxford History of Britain", and reading them both will give a much clearer picture of what really went down than will the stiflingly dense and cumbersome "The Oxford", which for the most part is more a collection of learned essays of opinion and position than critical history, IMHO. Not to malign "The Oxford" unduly, it is a light and cheerful read compared to Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire".



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I was just bashin' the hell out of Gibbon in the "ethical decline" thread, Boss . . . ol' Gibbon warped historical interpretation beyond belief in that one . . .

So the shabeen has been converted into a history lecture room.This is BAD news.Yo,lecturer!!!I´ll take a deathly dry martini while you´re on your feet.

Goodness! 'Tis so long since I have heard someone mention "1066 And All That" - but I still say "A bad king but a good thing" and "wrong but romantic' and suchlike.

Thank you Setanta!

Boy - do I need a drink!

The answer to that question, should there be a barperson in attendance, is "yes" by the way - I most certainly DO need a drink....

Declan's always here, darlin' . . . if ye don't see him up front, go inta the back room an' given him a kick . . .

DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

How long I be having to be a'calling that man before he come?

Hebba - we like it! Omigosh... the erudited-ness of this bar leaves me breathless... both publicans and non are providing marvels of scholarship. If only you knew the answer to the Problem of the Picts I would be even more thrilled.

Please note, have just learned that my favorite poetess, ESVM, wrote a play about a Saxon king. Anybody seen or read that?

Have put 1066 and All That on my list and thank you for the recommendation.

drooping into the bar. it's been a long long long day. almost everyone else in my work group is out of the country attending legal something or others - leaving me to field calls on every catastrophe (literally) on all of their desks - i'm not sure how many more med-evac flights i could have arranged.

i need a drink - a mug of tea, a double shot of gin, a tablespoon of sugar and about 6 lemon wedges

anyone going to the takeaway? i could really use some hot, greasy chips right now.

I do hope y'all have been paying attention.

I suspect that the trivia nights in this pub will be a cut above your average. We will all have to do some pre-reading to be allowed in the door!

No hot greasy chips, but I'd go for some hot greasy fish fillets. How 'bout I split and order of fish and chips with ya?

So is it still snowing there and causing lots of accidents?

Oh god, Margo, is there going to be a test?