FAP London

I'm not quite mentalist to come back from Manchester after less than 24 hours there.

Later is fine, as long as I can get a train out of Paddington before the Wiltshire Curfew.

And I'll be on Regent St so anywhere West End would be great. If it were less than 10 minutes walk from the Bakerloo line it would maximise my drinking time. But I'm a fast walker.

There's more to this than I thought... it was just an e-whim, honest.

Well, whoever chooses make it nearish Bakerloo Line (Oxford Circus/Picc Circus) and I'll be there.

What happens next? Do the minutes of the meeting get minuted? Does someone review the minutes of the lsat meeting? Can I doodle while pretending to look intelligently interested?

But I'm happy to try somewwhere new (and may not be allowed to make suggestions...)

I won't have web access on Monday, and would hate to miss out, having made the suggestion.

http://www.fancyapint.com/thepubs/pub30.htm

I don't know why I'm suggesting Sam Smiths pubs when it doesn't matter to me because I'm tragically off the booze again. Sob.

yes...sure you aren't. a pint of coke for you in future then.

http://www.fancyapint.com/tube/stations/T196.htm

Ship is good, a little far

Dover Castle looks GREAT - is it hard to find?

Windmill is good too - I know it though, on the other hand you don't

Argyll Arms easy peasy to find and meet at, bar probably unreachable. No fun.

Someone plump for one? How do I recognise you good people?

anyway, have fun!

w.a nozzle

And my meeting tomorrow has been cancelled so I can have a hangover without fear.

Whips gags and CHAINS no doubt.

::lays finger aside nose::

QNI for me tonight I think.

does this/will this/can this ever happen again

je repete

no

Suggest bar

I'd be up for a FAP! Old school Glasshouse Stores style of course, with bar billiards. Would anyone else?

Too skint, too unemployed, too LENT AND NOT DRINKING RIGHT NOW!!!

I'd be up for that. I'd especially relish the bar billiards.

I work about 100 metres from GHS so that works for me.

Yeah why not...

Aye

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xpost I now work about 100 yards from GHS, Colonel!

Hi Marcello!

So when?

Hi Dr C!

What, no more long High Wycombe commute?*

*Yes I know, I'm out of touch

Hell no, I haven't been doing that since last June. I'm out of touch too - are you settled in Fulham yet?

Oh yes - Lena came over just before Christmas and we're both blissfully happy in SW6!

prefer pool to bar billiards, but whatev

how about next weds?

no shove halfpenny bah

If we cd get lots of people by then, I could do Wednesday.

trust lj to prompt this and then disappear when the time comes for an actual plan to be formed

the good ol' days are here again!

bump

I can do Wednesday

I can do Wednesday too, sorry for disappearing Ken :(

wow so this may actually happen?? who else is in for weds?

maybe?

will have to find way to sneak out on wife and newborn

so probably not

guess this isn't happening then?

or is it?

who knows?

not me, that's for sure

damn this english hesitancy

I can make it from 6-8pm...

O_o

ok, how's about this: it WILL happen, and I shall be there come hell or high water

whoa hang on, steve is in BRITAIN

Anything involving billiards, nein danke.

How convenient that GHS is on the street of 1000 Japanese restaurants.

Can't make Wednesday

Me neither, which is a shame as I'd like to meet Steve.

I will try my best to make it, this 8 hour jet lag is a doozy though.

I will be wearing an American flag and very little else.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7918345.stm

no fist bump no cred

Is this on then? I will be in the GHS at about 6:30.

what's the GHS?

Ooooh yeah let's have a HISTORIC LBZC/London-old-school crossover FAP! I can vouch for both sides!

(Glasshouse Stores, apparently)

SHASTA GO HERE

might be able to make this, but have to see. I'll know tomorrow, hopefully so!

Yeah there's no way I'll be able to come to this, which sucks, 'cause I'm really in the mood for it.

any advance?

is salsa shark coming then?

what was this talk about japanese restaurants being convenient?

May stop by for a quick 'alf on my way to the ICA.

because you are not supposed to tip at a japanese restaurant? thusly saves hours of argument of ilx0rs re: tipping?

I don't know I was mostly asking out of curiosity about what GHS was, I don't think I'm very good at social things like this

^^^lies

cmon folks, show yselves

someone should compile a list of attendees louis

morelike a POLL of attendees amirite

um yeah let's start a poll of attendees for tonight, poll deadline tomorrow

in all srsness who is coming

- dom

- graham

- nicky wire in a banana suit

just walked past the GHS, it's actually closed because of a massive power cut covering that whole area. may well be open again in a few hours though.

- gabnebb

itt: people who have better things to do on the internet

well then...

i'm still stuck at the Courtauld for at least a couple more hours.

situation: critical

last call

had already agreed to go watch Anvil. would have maybe popped by otherwise.

May Will stop by for a quick 'alf on my way to the ICA.

I think I'll go along, may turn up around 6-ish.

In my role as weary ILX Steering Committee old hand I should point out that seeing as THE PUB IS CLOSED you should really be making some sort of alternative arrangement.

Is it still closed?

Yes.

Some of the more resourceful establishments such as The Crown across the street are open and operating by candlelight, but the GHS is closed.

Why not meet there then, and go elsewhere if it's a little busy?

is that also on brewer st?

sad that it has no bar billiards.

Yes, it's just down from the GHS (in the Regent St direction)

see yous there then

be there around 6:15 i suppose.

They may have reopened the GHS by then.

bang-up job guys

I can't make it cos I'm broke due to late payments. But we should do more FAPs

Brokeness is no excuse :P

I'll even buy ye a drink!

seriously I have 5.40 before I bust my overdraft.

Two drinks!

Fine, fair point.

buy me two drinks if you like!

i'll definitely come if you buy ken 3 drinks

salsa shark gotta cook mah dinner while I steal Aston Villa on the Internet

where she belongs

see those of you who are coming in a bit then.

we got 4! next time it shall be 8

good fap.

bar billiards is the crappest game in the world. (at least when you don't know the rules)

it's quite good when people compile match-winning breaks then knock a mushroom over

next time it shall be pool (and maybe darts), though, granted

i'm in next time for sure. that payment I was waiting on arrived today thank fuck

it's quite good when people compile match-winning breaks then knock a mushroom over

I was really good at doing that!

sorry that swearing was unnecessary

mr poo you were like a whirlwind at that table

I wanna come FAP with the ilxors :(
We can play pool or whatever gets you in the mood. No need to be shy.

phew, coming on a bit strong there :P

nah, we'd be delighted to have you along! the more the merrier!

~~GLEE~~

I'll let you know when we're gonna have the next one! We're not a shy bunch.

so this happened?

when is the next one?

i was at the eagle tonight, not a bad showing...

Shit, Shasta, I live around the corner from the Eagle.

i live near the eaglet

Ned's thread has inspired me...let's FAP, but this time we all attend en masse WHATEVER is being screened at the Prince Charles Cinema!

ned's thread?

oh hang on, wrong month. apols.

who wants to spend the day with me, in a pub, watching cricket

hiya,
going to be drinking at freud today from 4 as a nice birthday weekend thing. welcome to join x

we must do this

Last time we did this, no fucker turned up

... including the guy who we were organizing the FAP for!

when was that?

last fap i went to had a merry 4 people - me, uptoeleven, captain poo, ken c

I would turn up unless on 7, 8, 15, 21, 22, 23 Dec.

The infamous "Welcome to London, You Finnish Mentalist" Tuomas FAP that me and Matt DC showed up to

(xpost)

omg i want to meet dr c and challenge him to pub games* - the ultimate in doomed hubris maybe but it is fated

*not darts - i will get ruined

i couldn't make tuofap but wish i'd been there

I wish someone had been there

yah srsly when IS this gonna happen

Organize away and Yah Mo B There

You know what? You should do a FAP between Christmas and New Years.

london ilx used to do this before the entire freaky trigger brigade got butthurt by the rapidly increasing pace + americanisation of ilx and quit posting in a huff

i was at the last one and then i lost my notebook so i left abruptly - nice people, but damn they were quick to abandon project utopia

organise and... i might come. dunno about travel and if i'd have to stay in london

Louis I assume that I'll be able to stay on your couch if I make it into London, right? ;-)

I might come out of hiding/lurking for one.

will have to okay it with my family - if i somehow get a place of my own obv you can have a rug or smthng xp

Hahaha just wanted to see what you'd say. Have place to stay in Dalston if this does happen and I can make it into the city so it's all good.

You know what? You should do a FAP between Christmas and New Years.

*cough*

I'm never in London for that

yeah but they've all left ilx - they're kinda no longer clan - if they wanted to advertise it here they would do

and enbb it'll need a stronger tease than that to elicit anything other than a dead bat. not that i'm suggesting anything :p

OK, this is weird. Why? Because the that is the day after my birthday which would be fun to FAP on but also because I worked directly across the street from The Morpeth Arms for two years and that was our after work pub! Would be incredibly strange but awesome to go there again.

Oh but if it's all people who have left ILX than I wouldn't know anyone so that wouldn't be any good. :-(

Nah it's a mix of old and new normally.

I intend to attend.

I've got no problems with the old ILXors

I will probably be there but I wish they still posted! Like I say, they're good people.

Not a bad pub tha. And it IS 'er brithdays.

wait, is enbb actually coming or not?

It depends on when this happens and if I can make it into London so like don't actually plan anything around me (not that you would but just saying). I will be in England between Christmas and New Years so there is a chance I could come!

possibly exciting!

is this pivotal to your decision :P xxp oh wait erica just said that too

I'm usually up in Worcester between Xmas and New Years but this year we're going up for actual Xmas so I'll probably be around...

"I worked directly across the street from The Morpeth Arms for two years"

Working directly across the street from Morpeth er right now...:-)

Actually not directly across really but nearby...

Huh. Right on the corner of Millbank and Vauxhall bridge by any chance? GOL?

i'll be living in a room near goodge st station on my own throughout the xmas period so i am up for fap whenever tbh

Maybe I'll come and actually meet some of you. I've said that before and I've chickened out before though.

hopin to be at this. LJ offfftm re: FT krew, tho

(nt the good people bit, obv)

just persuaded the entire FT brigade to sb louis for that

in the words of DG, oh gnoes

are we gonna DO this cmon

I'm in town til the 29th, although it's my understanding that Erica's gonna be unable to attend. Unless we guilt her to f and promise a birthday cake n shit.

this fap doesn't need erica! it will still be monstrously awesome and fun-filled

(reverse psychology...stick with me here dude)

Oh I see how it is Louis. Fine then. ;p

Seriously though, I just don't see it happening this time. Too short a visit to make it into London. Unless you want to FAP at Heathrow around 7:00 a.m. on Thursday morning.

we will go on a wednesday-night pub-crawl down thru hounslow and time our arrival impeccably

shame enbb. should plan to have a drink at the boogaloo next time.

Ahhh, I miss the boogaloo. Yes, we will have to plan for that next time. :D

Nick (Upto11) and I are meeting on Monday. Anyone else who wants to come along, please do. There may be a sports emphasis to our meeting; we will be looking for a location that is showing football (or even cricket, but probably football). But it won't be exclusively sports-obsessed! Oh no. Especially not a bit later into the evening.

Post here if you're interested!

bumpe

boump

plz stop being rubbish, london ilx

not even Tuomas could get ILX London's collective thumb out of its ass. don't get your hopes up

whenever an American visits, there are like 20 of us buzzing round...I think Tuomas visited at a very bad time for fappage; I for one was irretrievably busy, and I think quite a few others were too

my excuse is that I won't be in the country.

i haven't even been able to bro down w/ mr shark and the lbzc posse since DP got the axe...just no motivation

i mean i bumped into PS while leaving a club a few weeks ago - such meagre scraps upon which we feed

Louis sadly I have plans for tomorrow but a handy hint if you want people to come to your FAP is to TELL THEM WHERE THE PUB IS.

mr shark?

I am sad I can't come tomorrow. Will be eating all the chocolate at Cadbury world and trying to hijack the Creme Egg car. Might make it into the city on Tuesday but not sure. Anway, have an extra pint in my honor and use my birthday as an excuse. ;-)

matt dc is talking a lot of sense here..

I feel chastened. The plan was to meet at Trafalgar Square and then find a pub, but since I'm being pressed...gosh I really can't think of one that has Sky! Any tips? I'm probably setting out about midday; the prospect of watching Spurs - WHUFC is quite enticing.

ENBB, if you make it into town on Tuesday I'd definitely be up for a reprise! As I suspect would a few others. I'd make sure a pub was set this time.

To repeat: this wasn't so much a FAP as me meeting Nick and wondering if anyone else fancied coming but it's true that I have been lax in the pub-revealing department.

I just look at our USA counterparts fapping like crazy and grow sad that we, inventors of the art, have lost it so comprehensively :(

i mean i bumped into PS while leaving a club a few weeks ago - such meagre scraps upon which we feed
yeah, and where were you during the two hours I was in there by myself waiting for those dorks to show up, huh? you could've been my hero that night.

were you in the band room or the DJ room? i was mostly in a reserved corner of the DJ room, next to the decks, with a party. we popped into the band room only to buy drinks and gawp at how bad the music was

I was in every room trying to figure out where ps & crew were (they were not there, obv).

Actually, at one point I walked by a dude in the 'band room' and thought 'that looks like lj' but being that it was dark and I hadn't seen you for ages I wasn't sure so I didn't ask.

me, that night

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs076.snc3/14337_193944654455_521819455_2861956_7095360_n.jpg

you should have asked! it was probably me.

Hi dere, I am back in Loldon and could probably be tempted by beer tonight (or tomorrow) - not remotely interested in sports tho...

Well, N and I are meeting at the East Dulwich Tavern, which is easily accessible by bus! I'm about to set off, actually.

The pub crawl is still going ahead tomorrow FWIW.

east dulwich is easily accessible by bus if you're accessing it from west dulwich, perhaps.

aarrrgh edt is like 2 min from my house :( why don't these things ever happen when I'm 2 min away instead of a 9 hour flight away?

so you can spend more time at home and thusly can use photoshop more?

photoshop yourself into the fap photos

i hear arshavin may be joining the pub crawl at some point

if yall r fappin at the end of the month i could call by maybe?

london/paris/munich - haven't made up my mind yt, see what ryanair has for me

he was out with ronan the other night xposts

Well, that was a nice afternoon. Post links to tomorrow's events and I'll be there too! Unless my presence is regarded as bad luck due to some sort of ancient curse.

Couldn't do this afternoon (esp not in Dulwich!) but will prob make it out tomorrow night - never been to Pimlico but at least it's easy (for me) to get to!

Matt posted this link upthread for tomorrow - http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/11/the-annual-between-christmas-and-new-year-pub-crawl-2009-das-pimlico-boot/

sorta down for that

I am back in London now but too tired to go farther than the end of my street :(

...which is where I was last night!

ah well. think i'll pop along to this crawl thingy

hi dere waht is it made?

am in the vicinity next weekend but yet again i remain tantalisingly out of reach you poor sods.

I look forward to hooliganising you

are you going to be in south london or something?

xpost

will be landing in luton, straight to bill nick way, after the game we're heading to some pub my cousin dj's at.

which may be in leytonstone and may not tbh iirc

Leytonstone FAP!

don't pin your hopes on me- i may not rc, and i don't like any of you

Stalk darraghmac FAP!

oh christ not again.

am glad that this did not happen btw, we had a pretty vicious family scene that ended up with one dj cousin losing job and two fairly badly scratched faces. no arrests tho so result!

and it was east dulwich, not leytonstone as i did not rc

East Dulwich! That's where I live! I live in East Dulwich! Yayy!

hoooooooff

i believe east dulwich. train stops there, right?

boring, boring darragh

It has an overland station, yeah. And a lot of buggy-wielding posh muvvers

Only place I've ever been mugged, the mean streets of east dulwich.

Crazy shit goes down outside Jojo Maman Bebe.

also live in east dulwich. what could have been, darragh....

yeah as i've said it was a scene i'm actually glad everyone but my brother and best friend avoided tbh.

Which pub was it, just out of interest?

the vale

yeah, not east dulwich's finest watering hole by about, umm, all of them. although does have the world's creepiest children's play area out the back.

yes, onlookers were filling me in on the reputation while the participants were tiring themselves out.

Haha. I've had some good partisan screaming in the Vale over the years. I watched Spurs 4-4 Villa there. A man started dancing in front of me and screaming when Younes scored.

Then I went home and smashed the kitchen bin with a sledgehammer.

That's what happens when you set foot in the Vale.

logged out of ilx and went to bed at half time iirc. though i did once throw a guitar across the room and into the fire in protest at gary doherty.

yeah i'll not be rushing back to the vale tbh. for all i know i'm barred by association anyway

I left the East Dulwich Tavern at half time of Utd-Arsenal last week because I couldn't hack all the melodramatic Gooners and cockney Reds massively overemphasising their masculine commitment to football, it was like watching people auditioning for a scene in a slightly point-missing film or some shit

I left cos they ran out of roasts

Oh I think I saw you were you an eight foot tall screaming guy in an Arshavin shirt

I left the East Dulwich Tavern at half time of Utd-Arsenal last week because I couldn't hack all the melodramatic Gooners and cockney Reds massively overemphasising their masculine commitment to football, it was like watching people auditioning for a scene in a slightly point-missing film or some shit

Yup, that's the East Dulwich Tavern for you. Always a bit baffled by it: if you're so committed to the team, umm, why aren't you actually at the match? Wearing a replica shirt to watch a game in a pub is also unacceptable.

^ yes on replica shirt

I'm not convinced there are actually any good pubs in East Dulwich. The Palmerstone is good if you fancy some wood pigeon for dinner but I'm not sure I'd just pop in for a pint. The EDT is a hellhole.

Inside 72 had draught Lowenbrau and cute girls but it was the size of a shoebox and then it closed; it is now some kind of tribute to the people of Clapham

am glad that this did not happen btw, we had a pretty vicious family scene that ended up with one dj cousin losing job and two fairly badly scratched faces. no arrests tho so result!

did this happen?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9-W0JaZQqs

approximately, but with more girls and taxi drivers.

Would anyone be interested in doing one, perhaps on or around the thirteenth of May?

I would, but I'll be in LA then.

ILX London is getting very, very bad at this

What you mean, like fuckers not showing up when they're supposed to?

you accusin'

J'accuse the lot o' yers, apart from Matt

my FAP record is better than most

I deny all accusations.

in fairness i said i wasn't going to show before i didn't show.

This is why you are all so bad at this.

Would anyone be interested in doing one, perhaps on or around the thirteenth of May?

Why not. Which bit of London are you likely to be in or around?

I am staying in Kensington.

Any day but 12-14th...that's bang in the middle of my exams.

I'm there 12-19th. So far on the calendar is Faust on the 16th and playing on a boat on the 17th.

we need to do an East London Overground Line FAP - those trains are mad roomy

If boozing's involved, count me in

ok, is it boat-ting on the 17th?

it is

good stuff! I go once a month now the Klinker is gone, so I might be there then.

If we're leaning to the west side of central London I suggest The Ship in Fitzrovia.

Amazed I've never seen you at boat-ting, xyzzzz__ - we must just be overlapping/missing each other (I'm a fairly irregular attendee, but have been irregularly attending for a while).

I think the Klinker is only taking a year's sabbatical, you'll be pleased/horrified to know.

lol, that was regular meet-up pub of non-ILX internet pals of mine for years, fapped there a few times when I was over. (nb the beers are not especially ace Sash, but everyone just drinks on the street in order to smoke so you'll be good.)

[xpost re Ship]

Amazed I've never seen you at boat-ting, xyzzzz__ - we must just be overlapping/missing each other (I'm a fairly irregular attendee, but have been irregularly attending for a while).

I think the Klinker is only taking a year's sabbatical, you'll be pleased/horrified to know.

Yeah that's strange, must try and synchronize. Though I should say its been once a month so far this this year (once in Feb, Mar and Apr). Before that I used to go to the Klinker, mostly.

Its good news about the Klinker but I'm not too confident that it will return...

I do like a nautical theme. Bit of a hike from where I am though.

It's not too far on the tube - getting people to head over to Kensington may be tricky but somewhere nearer the Circle Line might be better for you?

I have no idea? I'm right next to the Gloucester Road tube. Whatever's a good trade between being easy to get to and awesome.

kevin prince boatting sounds fun.

so The Ship? Thursday? Friday?

Also do pubs shut at 11pm? What's the deal with that?

any tories going?

Oi, you're the one that wants to stop talking about politics and talk about football instead

well on ilx yeah sure, but if there's a chance of an actual irl fistfight i'm interested

is anyone going?

Date? Time?

tonight?

8ish?

when's best for others?

Sounds fine to me

I promised myself a night in, but this is so close to my home I shall try and make it out later (depending on progress of room tidying!!) will y'all be there all night 8pm-11pm??

I have a white adidas bag and/or a David Toop book for ID purposes.

damn damn damn my first date in 4 months and it had to be tonight

not taking date to a FAP fwiw

fancy a poppage

hi these are my internet friends. FAP?

Well this was a roaring success, Willing Travelbury and, uh, me. Anyway he is here till Wednesday, if anybody else wants to FAP with him, a fine fellow he is too. Also he'll be at Faust gig on Sunday and Boat Ting on Monday... get it together ILXors!

*had a good excuse*

how'd the excuse go

*good*

omg do these * signify a body part?

****

Congrats S-, you are 1x more popular than Tuomas

Geeze I thought I was bad at FAPs. You should all be hanging out with Sash! He is awesome!

Yes, 'tis a sorry state of affairs when a Trayce FAP garners more members.

Hey now!

Hey now, don't dream it's over...

So the dear Glasshouse Stores is officially Freaky Trigger's #1 pub of the 00s, entirely due to its FAP reputation. Great days.

I've never been in it

oh look, the thread has been bumped! of course, there's no chance of a FAP, oh no. we simply don't do that anymore!

We do, you just don't show up. I've been at the last two: 2 people at the first; 4 at the second.

... you did have a good excuse for the 1st one tho

The '4 at the second' was the ILB fap wasn't it? It doesn't have many Londoners on it (although it wasn't restricted to ILB-ers).

Yeah, that wasn't really an ILX FAP, but it was mentioned on here

I think I was doing something for that one as well, but I will do my best to make an official London FAP that a few people promise to come to!

Hey there were 5 ppl at the ilb fap. Or 4.5 given that stevie came late. Call it 4.6 with pinefox nearly showing up.

Never been in Glasshouse Stores oddly, but not a real fan of Soho drinking I suppose. (southwark 4 eva).

I am in the GHS fairly regularly cos I work round the corner (although I am more often found in the Glassblower because it's nearer my office).

Ugh, the Glassblower. I used to work round there and spent far more time in that pub that I would have liked.

It beats the hell out of the Warwick (which is unfortunately where most of my co-workers prefer to go)

Yeah the Warwick is horrific. As are most of the pubs just off Regent Street really.

I'd like to have another London FAP at some point and meet you all again in person. The last one was great fun but it was coming up to almost a year ago. I'm not that familiar with drinking establishments in the area though.

Anyone interested?

I'd come down if the day suited.

Thinking of possibly going to Big Sexy Land at the Lex on Sunday night. Anyone up for it?

Spam? Maybe. ILX-related? Definitely.
Just a wee shout about the gig my band and (by some coincidence) emil.y's band are playing at the Windmill in Brixton on Halloween Friday at the Windmill. It's about a fiver to get in I think, and we (Disco Zhivago) are on first because we've never played London before and no one's heard of us, while Slum of Legs are a bit higher up the bill. Would be fab to see a few Ilxors about if you're not doing other things. Other bands include Cosines and The Drink.

FB event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/854756597876534/

will probably give that a miss for boring old man reasons, but good luck w/ that, the pair of you

Halloween Friday? Whenzat? I might come to this, dl.

... oh, you mean Halloween... not, uh, the Friday before, uh, Halloween, listen it's been a long day.

Is this a thread for London FAPs?

It is

no it's a thread for FAP London

mysterious

FAP Dewsbury tomorrow, we meet at The Timepiece.

it will be me, David Peace's dad and some guy with some m-cat.

when are you around S-? KBP and QGP will be in that LDN on the 31st.

Just a wee shout about the gig my band and (by some coincidence) emil.y's band are playing at the Windmill in Brixton on Halloween Friday at the Windmill.

if i could just rewind this thing, how did this all go off anyway?

It didn't really turn into a FAP, I did spend a couple of hours chatting to Fizzles but DL & emily. both looked busy with their respective bands/entourages so we left them to it. It was a fun evening though.

yeah, was gonna say, very enjoyable evening getting drunk monitoring alcohol intake with Colonel Poo, and enjoyed the bands but it didn't really go full FAP.

Well I would be interested in any FAPs not before the 7th of February.

So do ppl still do this? Early January beat the post holiday blues FAP?

I would be interested in this plan.

ILB FAPs, no-one else seems to anymore.

Yes at ILB a few of us gather around once a season.

Around on the 1st or 2nd that week - and possibly for a bit of the weekend.

I could be down for this - will be almost exactly a year after I had beers with a bunch of ilxors in New York!

Aw, yay. Let’s make it happen then! :) Maybe the 3rd, 4th or 5th?

dublin is a short hop ye lazy sods

Right so clearly you should come then!

better pubs here

and a better % of excellent posters yeah i said it

Lol. So, you flew here for what was basically lunch a couple weeks ago but wouldn’t to enjoy our delightful company? I see how it is.

I trust ilx to know which is the good pub in London

i do like nice snug pub snub grub

Bump because I’m hellbent on making this happen. Where is central - Soho-ish?

*bumping this up* Blue posts maybe - haven't been there in years?

I will try to make it along also.

Good job xyzzz on suggesting "The" Blue Posts, famous for being a pub name that occurs several times within a too-close area, introducing old-days style FD. Which Blue Posts did you have in mind? (I basically never drink in the West End any more, FWIW, so I've pretty much lost touch with where might be OK.)

lol I don't remember there being so many Blue Posts. Think its the one on Berwick st.?

Newman Street was FAP location of yore.

After an intensive nostalgia fest of reading 2002 - 2005 threads earlier this year, it was a weird feeling whenever I happened to visit any of the London pubs featured (eg Pineapple in Camden, the Clerk and Well, and various pubs in Fitzrovia) - and imagining the long-gone ghosts of previous FAPS.

Pineapple is in Kentish Town btw.

You’re right. Nice pub. It was a flying visit to Kentish Town - I didn’t get a chance to check out the Bull & Gate however.

Probably for the best - it's gone Gastro.

Indeed it has :(

If there’s a Blue Pollsts then I’d probably Newman Street, it’s a little quieter up there.

I once went round every Blue Posts to see if anyone knew why they were called the Blue Posts and no one did outside of the usual spurious sounding and heavily caveated theories.

Pretty sure The Harp is surely just near St Martins-in-the-Fields is my favourite west end pub these days and if you can guarantee the upstairs room would be *perfect* for a FAP. downstairs is tight tho.

Fitzrovia side is a good call tho my aversion to Sam Smith’s pubs means it takes a few out at a swipe - the aforementioned Newman St Blue Posts, The Champion and The Fitzrovia itself.

Tho as several ilxors will attest this discrimination around pubs is for show only. i will drink anywhere.

xp I'd agree on both halves of that.

The Blue Posts myth is that they're basically taxi ranks for sedan chairs?

Because I'm not bright I have only just realised that sedan-carriers are what's being referred to in The Crown and Two Chairmen

yep, sedan chairs, postal collection points (indicated by blue posts), perimeter boundary of some sort. think there were a couple others.

my general rule on pub names unless they’re bleeding obvious is to assume we don’t know and inventive explanations are invariably rong.

Tho as several ilxors will attest this discrimination around pubs is for show only. i will drink anywhere.

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found you picky enough tbh

ENBB where roughly in town are you staying? Everywhere will be quietish in early January.

Newman Street is the best of the Blue Posts (I believe there are four) but others in our party may have strong opinions about Sam Smiths. It would be pleasingly old-school though.

I found ENBB's FAP thread!

Hope to make it.

that blue posts on newman street is fine. spacious and quiet enough as you say.

MDC - In South London but am happy to meet at this Newman street location. Yay! Thank you for working that out. Wouldn’t have known where to suggest so this is great. What day would work best - 3rd, 4th or 5th? Again, I’m flexible so whatever is best for others.

If it's on the 3rd I can probably pop in as I'm working in London that day

I'm free all three days.

Though I'll be in a pub on the 2nd, so slight preference for not the 3rd.

Bah I somehow saw that before seeing CP's response - slight preference for the 3rd now.

Third works for me. Let’s see what others think I guess. Yay!

3rd is the one day I can't do but I organise the ILB FAP once a season so no worries - have a good time

CP could you def come on the 3rd? What about others in terms of the 3rd or 4th? I can still do either so let’s see what works for most.

3rd or 4th works for me fwiw.

:)

I can do either with a slight preference for the 3rd (Sorry xyzzz).

#weWillMeetAgain

it's fairly likely I can come on the 3rd, if I don't have to rearrange coming to the office because our boiler packed in a couple of days ago...

3rd has just become more contended, but even if i can’t stay the evening i’ll certainly stick my head in. be good to see CP.

no one else of course

should warn you that I'm likely to be quite stinky if I do make it. just tried washing in freezing cold water and it wasn't very much fun

i will bring a clothes peg.

i can probably make this also!

I might pop in for a bit too.

3rd isn’t doable for me, I can only come at the weekend cause I don’t actually live in London, but have fun all!

Aw I’m sorry to hear about the boiler CP.

OK, I’m calling this now - we’re meeting on the 3rd at the Blue Post on Newman Street at 6. I’ll be there early to hopefully get a table.

Wins - that’s too bad. Next time we’ll have to do it on a weekend. :)

And boo Fizzles (tho glad you’re coming for a bit) and yay Mark and Shari!

Tomorrow! :)

you got a time you’re thinking of being there ENBB? And there still being the Blue Posts, Newman St?

wait. you magically posted all this info in a post mysteriously invisible to me just above.

I'll try for 6:30 but technically I'm not supposed to leave work til then so it depends who else is working late

No worries. I’m sure we’ll be there :).

I'm working till 8 so I hope so.

:)

I should be there for 6. I am: six foot tall with a blonde tuft above my face, and a very greying goatee, like someone tried to shove a brick of snow into my chin.

Apologies but due to a delayed flight I got about three hours of sleep last night so will have to flake, unfortunately. Have a wonderful time.

Aw, SV another time: I just posted on the 2018 wdyll if anyone doesn’t know what I look like. Andrew I’ve see you on FB so I knew the above but ty! :)

Here is WILL

ok but WDYLL in June of the year of our lorde 2018

Should we do code words?

Kidding. Though it did occur to me that I don’t know CP’s real name so he’s going to have to say either I’m the colonel or I’m colonel poo both of which are a+.

that's what I normally do tbh, I will then blush profusely

As a former chaletmate of the Colonel, I expect no problems there, provided he has not changed in any way in the last 12 years.

Oh! Well that works nicely then.

i shall charge in like mr blobby, screaming WHERE'S POO as i knock random members of the non-ilx public to the ground

Excellent.

Pics or gtfo. Have fun you crazy kids!

I’m here and I’ve secured seats.

Punctual !

We still out here!

god dyou remember that time nobody showed for tuomas or am i misremembering

darkest days of old ilx

Tuomas didn't show up for Tuomas.

Have fun everyone, I'm there in spirit. Have fond but fading memories of the days when I'd come up for FAPs from Oxford specially and sleep on the Oxford Tube on the way home.

I expect pics and Reporting Back and everything.

Lovely to meet you all. Apologies to Tom for running off as soon as you got there - I promise I had always planned to leave then!

fauxtoes plz

Mark S unleashed a strong opinion about Criticism.

gnb or bng?

Society is in the gutter!

Thank you so much for coming out! Was really nice to meet everyone.

apologies for not being able to stay but it was v nice meeting ENBB and other new faces albeit briefly.

yes it was a nice old-school meet-up in nu-skool times! however the first rule of Criticism Club…

It was great!

Again!

??

Would like to, but work + the rest terrible for next few months. Will go at some point in the future though!

Thursday evenings are best for me.

Me too. And I like SE1 :)

Let's do a Thursday in SE1 somewhere then :).

I'm usually in London on Thursdays (not this week because I'm seeing the Cosmic Psychos on Friday), and my train goes from London Bridge, which appears to be in SE1!

Well well well just look at this all potentially working out nicely for people and stuff. :) Next Thursday or the week after? The week after would be right before a holiday but that might mean people are away.

I can't do next week but currently can the week after, not that these facts should make much difference.

I can do both - I am away over Easter, so I probably wouldn't be out for long on the 18th, but I could definitely come out.

next week bad. any of the following weeks would love to do as it was only a flying visit last time.

So you're all talking about the 18th, right?

Yes.

I haven't FAP'd for years but I do FAP, if you see what I mean.

Thursdays might work for me.

think 18th might work

thur usually good for me, don't think i have any bad clashes coming up (assuming tomorrow's alien-invasion trans-world stand-by i dremt abt last night is wrongly dated )

Still listening to Hawkwind then?

18th is grebt because the next day is GOOD FRIDAY. Which means no work which means more booze. Not that this has ever necessarily etc.

True.

maundy thursday
mandé thursday
"mandatum" thursday
"mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos" thursday
"a new commandment I give unto you: that you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another" thursday

e.g. everyone has to wash everyone else's feet iirc

*hawkwind throbbing in the background*

MJ - Yay!

I thought Michael Jackson was evil?

I hope this MJ makes it to 51 :/

Billie Jean *King*, Dirty Diane Arbus, etc etc

In age, or qty of FPs?

The former, then the latter. Or vice versa, I'm honestly not fussy.

bump

Venue?

Daniel I need to get you your book!

I'll be there Thursday!

The George?

Came here to bump but see that's already been done. YAY!

george is always always rammed IME but maybe everywhere will be. maunday thursday!

You're all just showing off because my attempt to organise an Oxford FAP has died (again).

didn't realise you were trying to organise an Oxford FAP, djh. Revive the thread, I'd be well up for it.

The only other pub I like around Borough is ILB fap fave Royal Oak but yes that will be rammed too.

Are there any that maybe you like a little less but will also be less likely to be rammed? If not let's just pick one of those and hope for the best.

Kings Arms is pleasant but tiny
Royal Oak not much larger – we are best used to it, despite change of management.
The George is v characterful but has not much bar for the number of customers it seats (bcz it has such an extensive outside area).
Lord Clyde: fond memories but haven't been there for years
Globe Tavern (in the market): enraging overcrowded visit last time I was there (to meet up w/Geeta) but it was amateur month so
Blue Eyed Maid: horrible sports and karaoke barn

There's another one near the Lord Clyde I think, with various dusty stuffed animals above the bar?

Also in the area: The Southwark Tavern, The Mudlark (under London Bridge), the Anchor (by the river near the Clink)

I had forgotten Amateur Month: http://freakytrigger.co.uk/pumpkin/2005/12/warning-pub-amateur-month-has-begun/

Though if I ever knew what a flyer was, I have forgotten that too.

I was in the Bunch of Grapes the other day and there were seats, but it was later on like 8:30-9ish and on a Tuesday

I've been to the George a couple of times and yeah it was busy

a flyer is a swift solo pint i think? i may be wrong but the clue is in the context really

Might be able to come out for once. Make up for missing too many ilb faps.

Lord Clyde is an old favourite, but like mark s haven't been in a few years.
I cannot remember going to the The Glad(stone) even though it had a good rep. Is that the stuffed animals one?
The Roebuck, down Great Dover St, used to be alright.
All the in-market pubs tend to the enragingly overcrowded imo, but The Market Porter is surprisingly spacious and I quite like it as big, busy pubs go
Bunch of Grapes might be the pub I've most frequently passed without ever buying a drink in. It's become a sort of principle, not drinking there.
King's Arms off the High Street used to be reliably quiet, not so sure now - http://freakytrigger.co.uk/pumpkin/2009/11/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-25-the-kings-arms-borough/
Weird fondness for The Old King's Head but only remember being there when drinking to get properly drunk.
(quick shout for The Rose on Snowsfields, which used to be my local and favourite pub in the world, but is now just a nice, awkwardly shaped gastropub)

I can't make it on Thursday but Borough in general is not a great place to do this at the start of a Bank Holiday weekend and the closer to the market you are the worse it will be.

It was someone's request that we do it around there, right? I've never been to any of these so am leaving it up to you all to decide.

I'm happy so many people seem to be able to come!

MattDC - next time!

Yeah the SE1 thing was probably my fault and if anyone has brilliant ideas for better spots that won't be full and are convenient for people to drop in they should suggest them.

(The Lord Clyde is as good as ever but probably a bit small for these purposes; they do allow you to reserve tables in the back room I think but I am against such behaviours.)

(Yes a flyer is when you're on a round but the people you're drinking with are drinking at a sensible speed and you're in need of another when they're nowhere near so you get yourself a quick off-round drink while still remaining in the round.)

I've heard SE7 is nice

In all seriousness though, Bermondsey is 1 stop from London Bridge and possesses numerous fine pubs and a clutch of nearby craft brewers to match

bermondsey is a minor mare for me (req. bus and overground then underground plus walk if there's a walk) -- BUT happy to go with a majority tbh, esp if the mare also means we can all sit down and stretch out

There is a fine clutch of craft brewers - we should not go there.

Yeah lol please.

Getting a lot of positives on Lord Clyde. Is it smaller than royal Oak?

slightly bigger if memory serves (caveat: years since i was there)

I thought I’d been there v recently so I searched my email and the occasion I was thinking of was pals visiting from DC in...April 2006(!).

But surely there was one other visit in the last 13 years.

I don’t get out much.

Clyde marginally smaller than the Royal Oak I'd guess, but there's surely not much in it either way.

The Lord Clyde is often heaving in the early evenings but tends to empty out, my memory is it's marginally better for a largeish group than the Royal Oak or the King's Arms, both of which are fine pubs but awkward for groups bigger than four or five.

The Horseshoe Inn on the other side of the tracks towards Bermondsey St has a pretty big, open back room and lots of space for outdoor drinking, which is where most people will be if it's a nice day, which it looks like being.

Aye, work go out to there a far bit - and also to the Miller further along that street, which again might be alright if there's a lot of people outside.

beats of the field klaxon

i mean beets

Happy with either the Lord Clyde or Horseshoe. I’m not convinced it’ll be all that busy. It’s been fairly quiet cos school holidays and people want to get away for the weekend.

Cue pic of Fizzles’ comically squeezed face in heaving crowd at the bar.