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http://www.sirc.org/publik/ptpintro.html

Anthropologists were asked to use the techniques they use among primitive peoples to study how Brits behave in pubs

I think it's a put up job

They emphasize the best way to be accepted into the tribe is to say "This is my round" early and often

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Bah, it's hard to find a decent pub nowadays, far too many bars around.

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interesting read.....

arfeh, whats the difference between a bar and a pub?

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oh those Brits, always trying to be out of the ordinary tongue

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Bars play loud music so you can't hear your friends talk, sell fewer draught beers and more bottles, put up the prices, turn down the lights, don't put out enough tables and chairs, don't tend to have pool tables, dart boards or quizzes

tweehonderd graden, dat is waarom ze me mr. fahrenheit noemen, ik reis aan de snelheid van het licht, ik ga een supersonische man van u maken

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bars you can go to for a one night stand


pubs are good for fun

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dont forget the good old workin mens club!.... pubs/clubs/bars have never been the same since the smoking ban... the pub trade in britain is on the bones of its arse

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yeah same for bars in the states, especially in the Midwest during winter, what's the point if you gotta stand in a blizzard to smoke

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> avogadro wrote:

> interesting read.....

arfeh, whats the difference between a bar and a pub? <

What SD said.

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yeah 3 of my local pubs have been shut down in the last couple of months, only the ones with beer gardens are staying open

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i dont buy this whole second hand smoke crap, I mean, I remember the tail end of the 70s and the 80s, we were NOT running around asking "OMG where is all this lung cancer and emphysema coming from???!!" before the 2nd hand smoke studies of the 90s told us 86,000 people had been dying every year from disease caused by 2nd hadn smoke.

I think we'd have caught on

we spotted Thalidomide and coal lung

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the pubs closing because of the economy? because of the smoking laws? because of something else?

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because if you pay for sky sports, why go to the pub to watch football?
because if you can buy a 24 pack of stella for 8.99 why go to a pub to pay 2.99 a pint?
because if at half-time you can have a quick 4-player on the Wii, why waste it queuing for a beer and taking a slash?
because if you can smoke at home...

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werent all those things true 20 years ago? but the pubs are closing now?

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> Mace wrote:

>because if you can buy a 24 pack of stella for 8.99 why go to a pub to pay 2.99 a pint?




agreed




and also sorry avogadro but no I don't think it was true that you could have a 4 player wii game 20 years ago tongue

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orly?

also, Stella is Piss water... drink some Goddamn Bitter!

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lol yeah I dont actually like beer at alll, but its the same point cuz its like

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> OmegaFlareKyle wrote:

> lol yeah I dont actually like beer at alll, but its the same point cuz its like

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but what about the unknown strangers you can meet in a pub,
or how would you find a gf...?

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I never had them for as long as I can remember!"
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thats more the bar again... my personal oponion is women and children should not be allowed in a !PUB! ... a pub is a place to go after work to watch sport, drink whatever you choose, relax, eat dirty pig fat and SWEAR!!!...

sadly they were given the vote and treated as equals

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till the end of time..

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22 Reply by The Yell (edited by Chris_Balsz 19-Jan-2010 21:10:03)

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>>>Chris_Balsz wrote:
i dont buy this whole second hand smoke crap, ........... and coal lung
>>> fail, chwis, just fail ,,

Right, every year US was losing more nonsmokers to 2nd hand smoke, than all people killed road accidents,  and didn't figure it out until somebody did a study

yeah

surrreeee

2 years of nursing school and they think they know more than an American

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you know, i really think you should buy the 2nd hand smoking crap, just like the 1st hand smoking crap
i m not saying smoking bans were vital or something

till the end of time..

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i sez thbbpptttt

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