Comments on: Session #65: Drinking Alone is a Compromise

By: Wee Beefy

Wee Beefy — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:32:29 +0000

I often find myself heading off to the pub alone, but usually hope to bump into someone I know. As a result of the failiure of this practice, I seem to know a lot of bar staff, although ost of them are good eggs.

In order to cover the shame of Billy no mates supping I have carefully attributed the euphemistic title of “research” to such practices. This at least makes me less aware of the sad emptiness of my pub visits from time to time.

Still, when I do bump into folks its always a nice surprise, and at least I can be honest with them. Meeting Mr Paul the DJ and his friends in the Red Deer he said “this is wee beefy, he’s a beer officianado”. “Don’t be daft” I said, “I’m just a lush”. How we laughed (etc)……

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:45:10 +0000

Just curious… Does Boak have a boyfriend?

By: Professor Pie-Tin

Professor Pie-Tin — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 11:25:31 +0000

It doesn’t bother me – give me a decent newspaper and a tasty pint and I’m quite happy.
But then I like nothing better than being in an unfamiliar place and strolling round the next corner to see if there’s a good pub. It’s one of life’s great pleasures when you find one.
Why, only yesterday while staying at a hotel in the middle of nowhere just outside Belfast I decided to go for an evening stroll to see what turned up.
Three of the shittiest boozers I’ve ever encountered, to be honest, with not a single cask beer on offer ( but then Northern Ireland is truly the shittiest of shitholes when it comes to decent beer .)
But I did come across the fag-end of a funeral wake in one which made for interesting theatre, a friendly local in another who happily nattered away with me and a heavily-tattooed and ear-ringed barman in an empty third pub glad of my company.We chinwagged about the Troubles, agreed all politicians are dickheads and ended up attacking a bottle of Famous Grouse with gusto and vengeance.
The pubs were forgettable but I had an enjoyable evening and it was certainly better than pulling my wire to some tepid hotel soft porn back in the room.
Happy days.

By: Bailey

Bailey — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:21:23 +0000

Cos we’re lazy arses?

By: Bailey

Bailey — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:21:07 +0000

Ha. We did hesitate at the smugness of that opening line…

By: landells

landells — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:13:00 +0000

“taking up one seat at a table”

Pah! Clearly you don’t subscribe to the Bar Philosophy of Hemingway: why sit at a table when you can stand at a bar

By: Ron Pattinson

Ron Pattinson — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:35:32 +0000

As I keep saying, I hate people. I prefer drinking alone in an empty pub. I tolerate the occsional presence of barstaff as an unfortunate necessity.

By: ATJ

ATJ — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:39:06 +0000

I like going to the pub on my own, I read, I write (it’s an office of sorts) and I watch people, oh and I drink, usually slower cause I’m not in a round — and I’m sitting in a pub on my own at the moment, perfectly content with the life that goes on me, not even having got halfway down my pint in the last 30 mins

By: Gareth

Gareth — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:41:55 +0000

Fair play, I don’t bother with pubs unless I’m meeting friends or I’m with my (thankfully beer loving) other half. Given I used to live in a pub (and have stayed in many others) I have spent plenty of time very much alone in pubs though!

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:31:07 +0000

PS My social life’s not quite that bad really – I just wanted to out-miseryguts you.