A Question for Ronan?

ronan did you just break the bbc website?

Ronan fixed it!

thanks lads

so are you going to answer gales question?

I still feel bad for revealing to Gale (on another thread) that Chris De Burgh once committed adultery.

i don't know the answer max. i've laid awake at night wondering who the lords of the table are, or when they might toss me a crumb, or if they even exist at all.

He plays the innocent, but how does a picture of him come to prominently feature on every page of the website of this shadowy organisation?

ronan did i see you in the holborn whippet last night?

you did indeed, that was me! i didn't think you were living in london. went on a bit of a pub crawl of the good beer places around there last night, exmouth arms, the queen's head, that new longroom place, and finally holborn whippet. not a bad little pub.

ha, i knew it! i was half cut, so i wasn't sure (and i would have made a v bad first impression in any case). spent basically the whole day in the public bar there. good times.

You missed the Craft Beer Co out of that crawl!

I like the beer at the Holborn Whippet more than the pub itself, that converted Sicilian Avenue sandwich bar doesn't really lend itself to group drinking very well. The beer selection is obviously great though.

It'll be terrific in summer when you can spill out onto the avenue.

yeah we skipped craft beer co just as it's kinda pricey. the whippet is extremely good value relative to its local peers, in that regard. definitely agree about the room, it's very basic. is the food any good?

also caek, i too was fairly wasted, perhaps another more sober time we can meet!

They have half-decent burgers but I wouldn't make any special trip to eat there.

yeah the food is ok. only one veggie option (halloumi sandwich). the chips are good. beer was excellent. i had a great many half pints. it was recommended by a friend (i was just passing through the UK and wanted somewhere central).

i was meeting about 20 people, and the public bar (which is basically a room with space for 50 and about 6 stools) is perfect for that sort of thing. the street does look like it will be good in nice weather

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