(it isn't actually called the great humger btw, i think it would have garnered more critical pushback if CWS had gone that route)
― mark s, Sunday, 11 December 2016 12:46 (seven years ago) link
prob not a time for revelling in the plausibility of falsehood but there is something kind of amusing and interesting about the ease with which somebody might create something like that.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Sunday, 11 December 2016 13:41 (seven years ago) link
the hated british denied the poor irish their much-needed pint.
caveat wikipedia obv but this short paragraph has a couple of genuinely interesting sentences imo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_pub#History
(also some details which the careless or hostile could might inflate into the great british pub ban)
(i actually have deadlined work today for tomorrow so naturally i am going to be spending most of it "researching" this eloquently storied social phenomenon)
― mark s, Sunday, 11 December 2016 14:12 (seven years ago) link
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_pub#Worldwide: "They have establishments in over 53 countries around the world"
this sub-editor reliably IA at exact-yet-vague claims like these (more than 53 but less than 55?)
― mark s, Sunday, 11 December 2016 14:16 (seven years ago) link
http://www.turtlebunbury.com/published/published_features/pub_feats_oldestpubs.html
some rare work on this page^^^, also
(i'll stop now, as this only respects the "far-flung" requirement in terms of time)
― mark s, Sunday, 11 December 2016 14:19 (seven years ago) link
dont send clicks to turtle bunbury pls
― loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Sunday, 11 December 2016 16:12 (seven years ago) link
good advice
― mark s, Sunday, 11 December 2016 16:25 (seven years ago) link