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REASONS WHY PEOPLE HATE BENJY’S
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REASONS WHY PEOPLE HATE BENJY’S
Would you buy a sandwich from this dog?[…]

That Subway Smell.
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That Subway Smell. The legend has it that the smell of freshly brewed coffee or baking bread can add thousands to your property price, and make the place more attractive to potential buyers. An extension to this surely is The Subway Smell, assaulting[…]

THE FOLLOWING IS A TRUE STORY
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THE FOLLOWING IS A TRUE STORY
My brother and a friend were in a pub near Blackpool once when Irish funnyman Frank Carson walked out of the powder room, rubbing his hands, proclaiming “It’s a cracker”.
Unfortunately they did not take[…]

EXPERIMENT: AYINGERBRAU
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EXPERIMENT: AYINGERBRAU
The question was, what happens when I drink exclusively Ayingbrau of an evening? The location was The Blue Posts Newman Street. And the occasion was Magnus’s birthday. The results?
People have suggested that plenty of ot[…]

Where has our quest for organic,
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Where has our quest for organic, natural, and “sourced from the finest ingredients” food taken us? I shall tell you. To the brink of madness. I just had a Tyrells Naked Chip. Made proudly in Hertfordshire (as was I, but without the pride)[…]

dietary epiphenomena: a study
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dietary epiphenomena: a study
the specific diet i am imposing on myself is intended (it says here) to modify between-meals cravings and give you a scientific insight into the workings of yr own metabolism: well this morning i wz woken – actual[…]

MORE PUBLOG SCIENCE
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MORE PUBLOG SCIENCE
Wifebeater. Another name for Stella Artois. It seems to be a truth held universal that Stella Artois makes you an aggressive drunk. It is after all a strong lager. But I believe I have had nights out drinking Kronenburg, an equall[…]

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The Jeremy Bentham
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The Jeremy Bentham
Who is this handsome chappie then? Is it
a) Tim Rice
b) Jeremy Bentham
c) A bizarre look into a parallel dimension where Peter Davidson had remained as Doctor Who for twenty years?
The clue is in the name of the pub, though Tim Ric[…]

breaded fried cods roe
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breaded fried cods roe
before his parkinsons made it a bit inadvisable for him to cook (ie many years ago now) my dad, who always did breakfast, would serve up the above as an occasional special breakfast treat – and as a result i always assum[…]

The Marlborough Arms
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The Marlborough Arms
The third pub on the Star Of David Pub Crawl was a rather depressing pub when we arrived, home of plenty of punters drinking on their own. A pub I have frequented quite a lot; it has never been cheap, and is often often over-full[…]

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  1. Yes, he’d been “…making this since FOUR—TEEN YEARS OF AGE”. As if this culmination of exquisite ingredients could ever let…