*serves up a Banana Daiquiri*
They put a "g" at the end of words for no reason?? Is it like *g*......as in *grin*??
Otherwise, I'm as lost as you are
Let me have another ginebra con agua tonica, and think about it.
*C J punches a tune on the jukebox*
.......uh-oh......seems to be Punk Revival Night
*starts pogoing to the Buzzcocks, then slips on a carelessly discarded icecube*
― C J, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
The G thing, hmmm, I think Katie or Sarah or Alang might have the explanation!
― jel --, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Well, if you're truly all right, could you fix me a lemonade (American-style lemonade) with a shot of creme de cassis?
Oh, and I'm Julia, from Washington, DC.
― j.lu, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Yep, I'm fine. Might be a bit of bruising there tomorrow, and I may have trouble sitting down for a while......but I'll live!
*fixes Julia a lemonade (American style) with a shot of creme de cassis*
Are you still at work, then? What do you do?
― Dave M., Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
*pours two glasses of vodka, Kahlua and cream*
Mmmmmmm..........
Cheers, all! Nice to meet you
― Graham, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I'll take an extra-dry Bombay Sapphire martini while you're pouring...
― Dan Perry, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
*C J frowns*
Is "Mang" andything like "Ming"?
*looks mildly confused*
Pours a Bombay Sapphire martininininini for Dan
Care for a cashew nut with that?
"Yes, I'm allowed to drink alcohol, I'm 35, really!..."
*shows his ID, ppl laugh, one Dr. Pepper coming up*
― erik, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
"Mang" means "Man". The ending 'g' is there for comedic emphasis. People have found this to be so amusing that it's been extended to other words ending with '-an'. So, if you see references to "Dang", someone is likely talking about me.
Okay, who wants to explain "Ptee/Ktee"?
I didn't realise I would have to learn a whole new language to understand what's going on here.
I speak a bit of French, German, Spanish and Cantonese.......but I'm lost when it somes to ILE-speak. Maybe I'll just stay very quietly in the corner and hope I don't make a fool of myself.
*passes a Dr Pepper (smirk) to Erik*
Cheers!
Hey Graham, what was that symbol you put in the Bangbus thread, the one that looks like a little package of felt tip markers? Christine "Leafy Dragon" used it too, what does it mean?
Could I have a Bloody Mary with extra celery, CJ? Thanks. I call the hammock.
― Arthur, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Tracer, what do you mean you don't have any Redd Kross, what the fuck!?!? Oh, OK, "Silver Machine", will have to do...
― Chupa-Cabras, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
*mixes a very very strong Bloody Mary for Arthur*
Careful in the hammock - nothing too acrobatic now - I don't want to have to extract that celery from any orifice. I only have basic first aid knowledge.
Hello Tracer - you don't need to DJ, as the juke box here has every record known to man on it. Grab a barstool and come and chill out instead.
*C J plonks herself down on a barstool, and starts swivelling round very fast on it, just for fun*
Well, it must be going-home-from-work-time for those of you in the States, no? Gone 11pm here, and I'm starting to fade. It's been a long day.
Maybe one for the road, though.
Not old enough, eh lad?
It's OK. It's all make-believe in here. Just don't tell them it was me who served you, OK?
I have my reputation to protect, you understand.
― Aimless, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― anthony, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Are you in the UK too?
You won't need to trouble your manservant too much Anthony - Misu (the bar cat) is trained to serve drinks (though he prefers not to go near the jacuzzi, for obvious feline water-hating reasons.
I'd love to sit about and be entertained by some of your ribald stories - I may even come up with an anecdote or two of my own - 'cept it's nearly midnight and I'm a bit cream-crackered so I'll have to leave it for now. *yawns and rubs eyes*. It's been a long day.
*tosses the keys to the bar to Misu*
Hey Misu - keep these good people topped up with drinks and snacks for as long as they want, OK? And be sure to wash up afterwards - I want the bar looking tidy for tomorrow, in case anyone feels like popping back in for a chat again.
*Misu thows a menacing look at C J, and rolls his eyes*
Damn cat. You'd think he owns the place.
Nice to say hello to you guys and gals - hope to catch up with you again tomorrow. The bar will be open all night - and we do a great breakfast starting at 8 o'clock.
*stumbles sleepily upstairs for some shut-eye*
Night night all.........
C J
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― tired of typing in that email address, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Starsailor, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― unknown or illegal user, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Michael Bourke, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― queenoftheharpies, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Looks like there was quite a party here after hours last night - sorry I missed it! I hate it when worky worky encroaches on web-time like that.
So, Duane - an interweb crepe are you? Pleased to meet you (I think). We have chocolate sauce here in abundance, plus strawberry syrup, maple syrup and those little hundreds-and-thousands sugar sprinkles. Feel free to help yourself. Are you a well-tossed crepe? Just wondering.
And Michael - hello.......sorry, no crack cocaine (not my thang, etc) and to be honest I think Le Piat d'Or is a bit dodgy too. Try a sip of this Côtes de Beaune.......I think you'll be subtly amused by it.
A Pina Colada for you, QueenoftheHarpies? No problem......
*C J shreds a couple of fresh pineapples through the juicing machine, and the bar suddenly smells tropical and exotic, and redolent of a Caribbean beach*
*sigh*
Wish it was holiday time.
Ah well, back to work. I'll just have a coffee to get me kick- started this morning.
*C J wipes the bar down, tidies away the empty Doritos packets, and wonders if anyone else will call in to say hello today*
― C J, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Queen Don't you point those squiggly things at G, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― anthony, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― katie aka Ktee sometimes, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Don't worry about Geoff - Misu The Vicious Bar Cat will keep him in line.
C J : Misu, keep an eye on Geoff......I'm told he's a trouble-maker Misu : Oh, right (smiles slyly and decides to make friends with Geoff and secretly wreak havoc)
What can I get you for breakfast Anthony? The Full English? (the delicious smell of grilled bacon, fried eggs, sausages, mushrooms and hash browns wafts though the bar)........or just a croissant and some of my home made strawberry jam? Help yourself to coffee, btw.
Hello Ktee! *hands over a large tumbler of freshly-squeezed orange juice and a couple of Paracetamol to help the hangover*
I'm still getting over my weekend hangover - went to a brilliant birthday party involving a cool rock-covers band, rather too much wine and a bouncy castle. I'd tell you more about it, but my memory is rather patchy, especially regarding the events after 2am. I expect someone will have photos though. Unfortunately.
What on earth was going on in here last night?
(Misu smiles slyly, again)
― Alan Trewartha, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― katie, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jeskam, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― alext, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Gary Numan, eh? He flies helicopters now I believe. He's come a long way from being the boy on the Blackbird Leys housing estate in Oxford. The boy done good.
Hello all ....... I'd love to stay and chat but I'me a bit snowed under. Worky worky etc. Help yourselves to a drink - Misu will clear up after you - and I'll be popping in later to see who's about.
Have a good Tuesday!
I brought ar snacks though. Deep fried whitebait, parmesan cheese, tortilla and capers.
― Ed, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I thought it would be a good way to get to know you all ..... I'm v. glad you're all willing to play along! I hardly feel like a newbie at all now.
*passes a plate of hot buttered toast around to those still wanting breakfast*
Alan - what's IRC and MUD? is IRC a chat thingy (in which case, no - I don't tend to do that). I thought MUD was a 70s Glam Rock band?
*starts singing Tiger Feet, badly, and out of tune*
slips a few quid in the jukebox and lines up some Mingus and Coltrane for the next few tunes, bah bah bing boom bah.
You can't hear anything, see anything, smell anything, feel anything, or taste anything, and do not even know where you are or who you are or how you got there
― rip van wanko, Saturday, 29 October 2016 00:35 (seven years ago) link
do we really love sincerity or is it just that we like it compared to gen x
― Mordy, Saturday, 29 October 2016 00:51 (seven years ago) link
it's true, those gen xers are always laying way back on the beanie bag playing with the holes in their jeans, saying they don't care about stuff
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Saturday, 29 October 2016 01:06 (seven years ago) link
us otm
― mookieproof, Saturday, 29 October 2016 01:21 (seven years ago) link
gen ilx
― the kids are alt right (darraghmac), Saturday, 29 October 2016 03:38 (seven years ago) link
remember mojitos?
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 29 October 2016 04:58 (seven years ago) link
I'm a fiend for mojitos
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Saturday, 29 October 2016 05:26 (seven years ago) link
#7Fuck everyone
― calstars, Saturday, 29 October 2016 21:58 (seven years ago) link
it's ok to leave the bar and go home every once in a blue moon iirc
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 29 October 2016 22:57 (seven years ago) link
About to enter bar no. 3! 4?
― calstars, Saturday, 29 October 2016 23:02 (seven years ago) link
― calstars, Saturday, October 29, 2016 2:58 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i can get behind this
wdw calstars
― brimstead, Saturday, 29 October 2016 23:32 (seven years ago) link
Don't sell yourself
― calstars, Sunday, 30 October 2016 00:25 (seven years ago) link
Don't even remember wrltimg this
― calstars, Sunday, 30 October 2016 00:27 (seven years ago) link
the only reason millennials are more insufferable than genXers is internet
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Sunday, 30 October 2016 01:08 (seven years ago) link
they also want to order fireball shots at the ile bar
― Treeship, Sunday, 30 October 2016 01:27 (seven years ago) link
i think they discontinued Aftershock by the time I was old enough to drink
american drinking culture is fucked up beyond belief, tbh, gen x or y
― brimstead, Sunday, 30 October 2016 01:31 (seven years ago) link
meant to post a sadface :( after that first remark
― brimstead, Sunday, 30 October 2016 01:32 (seven years ago) link
looks like it's still around actually
goldschlager is ok
Never had HOT DAMN
― brimstead, Sunday, 30 October 2016 03:10 (seven years ago) link
The bartender is the preacher at the altar of Bob Seger
― calstars, Monday, 5 March 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link
This color of the hair of this chick next to me is A plus and I would like to talk to her but I’m married with children so what’s the point.
― calstars, Monday, 5 March 2018 22:34 (six years ago) link
― calstars, Monday, 5 March 2018 22:40 (six years ago) link
Sexist!
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Monday, 5 March 2018 23:33 (six years ago) link
what's wrong with being sexy?
― calstars, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 02:46 (six years ago) link
tfw you can answer customer questions about the beer better than the bartender
― calstars, Saturday, 31 March 2018 17:54 (six years ago) link
a few years ago i was in the mood for a gin sling, which i sometimes make at home but rarely ask for at a bar. the bartender had never heard of it, and when they asked me how to make it i couldn't remember the portions of gin and cointreau, and then they carded me!
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 31 March 2018 18:02 (six years ago) link
Outside it might be 2018 but in here Huey Lewis’ “the power of love” has just hit the radio
― calstars, Saturday, 31 March 2018 18:41 (six years ago) link
Gin sling= singapore sling? I would've paused on that too. When I bartended in Hawaii a couple of years ago, I was a little tense about about someone ordering a zombie or grasshopper or some other out of fashion but in fashion for old people vacation drink.
― Yerac, Saturday, 31 March 2018 19:06 (six years ago) link
Now on to Winwood’s “Valerie”...heaven by the afternoon light
― calstars, Saturday, 31 March 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link
I'm here!
*orders Hendrick's martini with a twist, looks for boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal*
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 March 2018 19:11 (six years ago) link
it was originally synonymous, i think, but nowadays the singapore sling is more fruity (usually with grenadine or benedictine or pineapple juice or something else), whereas the gin sling is usually more minimal.xposts
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 31 March 2018 19:11 (six years ago) link
*eyes alfred suspiciously and cards him*
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 31 March 2018 19:12 (six years ago) link
Do they normally serve Hendricks with cucumber that side of the pond? Currently a tinny of Tennants with a shot of aperol in the top..the old union special
― carrotless, turnip-pocketed (fionnland), Saturday, 31 March 2018 19:45 (six years ago) link
Tennents**
― carrotless, turnip-pocketed (fionnland), Saturday, 31 March 2018 19:50 (six years ago) link
big star at the bar
― calstars, Monday, 2 April 2018 20:03 (six years ago) link
that's cool
― alomar lines, Tuesday, 3 April 2018 04:25 (six years ago) link
I'll just take a good slug of fine Irish whiskey with a spot of water on the side and go sit at that dark table in the back corner. You can join me, if you're in a quiet mood.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 3 April 2018 04:30 (six years ago) link
6 Guinnii
― calstars, Tuesday, 3 April 2018 22:37 (six years ago) link
I'm propped up at the bar drinking a salty dog looking at my phone
― Louis Jägermeister (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 3 April 2018 22:42 (six years ago) link
Mine's a double Rittenhouse 100 on the rocks. *Contemplates seeing if there's anyone at the bar with whom to flirt, versus going home and watching a Max Linder short*
― Polly of the Pre-Codes (j.lu), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 00:49 (six years ago) link