When 5 or more are in a group, and you just know someone will miss their turn. Your all blind drunk, and only realise when you check your pockets next morning, that someone else is hungover, but smiling after a cheap night. We all know someone
When I was at college there was a lad in our group that always supped martini and lemonade when it wasn't his round (normally he'd sup Newcastle Brown (another expensive drink). I just used to get him lemonade and he didn't know the difference. Once I went out round Leeds with Laura on a Satrurday afternoon and dropped on all the expensive pubs. £9 for two pints of Rokederlig in a pub near Yates's. My arse nearly fell out.
I've a mate who once said to me, 'if you get the first two now, I'll get the one after'. After taking 5 minutes to process that logic, I then realised, I was the designated driver.
You did well to get a round in for under a tenner in Leeds to be fair. I usually direct people into the Sam Smiths pub hidden just off the main High Street.
Yes Leeds is expensive in some parts. But my arse dropped out in a Hilton hotel in London. (One of those cheap getaway deals. It was being refurbished and like a building site) Me and lad got pints of lager int bar. waiting for women to get ready. £16 (£8 each) and that was about 12yrs ago. Arrrrrrrr much
Once got pissed up after work and ended up in a members club in Shoreditch. 2am - 3 Espresso Martini's please. £48 please. Hometime.
Sam smiths pubs aren't cheap anymore. We called in at one between the lockdowns. Prices have doubled.
They are great if you want to get in a fight. The Angel Inn is a better choice if you don't want your drink thrown at you, if you like Sam Smiths. We used to drink in there in the early 2000's, if we had a bad week of takings in the record shop. If we'd had a good one it would be North Bar.
Aye, there was a big thing about them putting their prices up when pubs re-opened. I thought I'd heard they'd reconsidered their price increases though?
or he realised and didn't want to say anything, because he'd be rumbled About 20 years ago, I went to my wife's Christmas do at a Hotel in Ascot (near the racecourse actually) and I got a pint of beer and a glass of white wine. I gave her a £20 and received £2.50 in change. I politely asked her for the rest of my change. She said that was it. .... (NOTE - it was 20 years ago!!!)
If only they could double the quality of their beer, who knows, it might reach the dizzy heights of ‘*****’
My drink (hophouse 13) was £4.20 in my local between lockdowns.It will be interesting to see what it is next month when they open.
Good point. I hope the pubs don't get greedy and and try to recoup too much too soon. There's no way I'm paying more than £3.50 for a pint.
