My President the Cowboy

Following up to Olivers

Now, if it were a British wine bar, I'd want to ask for a "nice claret",
hoping that the server understood..........

50/50 chance probably.
--
Mike Reid
"Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
Wasdale-Lake district-Thames path-London "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site
Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

Following up to Tony Cooper

As to beer/ale in England, if they ask "Which brand?", what's wrong with
asking "What would you recommend?"

"Whatever you're having," works.

try "good evening mine host, a pint of your best bitter please".
or perhaps not.
--
Mike Reid
"Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
Wasdale-Lake district-Thames path-London "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site
Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

The Reids wrote:

Following up to Tony Cooper


As to beer/ale in England, if they ask "Which brand?", what's wrong with
asking "What would you recommend?"

"Whatever you're having," works.


try "good evening mine host, a pint of your best bitter please".
or perhaps not.

Okay, I'm having a "senior moment" - it's tantalizingly familiar, but
what's the origin of your quote?

Tony Cooper wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 11:39:09 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:

As to beer/ale in England, if they ask "Which brand?", what's wrong with
asking "What would you recommend?"

"Whatever you're having," works.

It's not original with me, but may I suggest:
"The usual, please -- bucket of beer and a snorkel."

--
Michael West
Melbourne, Australia

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 07:55:23 +0800, Robert Bannister
wrote:

I thought it was yuppie and Chardonnay that were the synonyms.

Back in my Castlebar drinking days, several punters objected to my
ordering a martini on one occasion, saying that not only was it a
yuppie drink, but that only fags drank them. This is the sort of
attitude I have to contend with in Castlebar, Co Mayo.

Charles Riggs
Lonesome for the Big City

Following up to EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)

try "good evening mine host, a pint of your best bitter please".
or perhaps not.

Okay, I'm having a "senior moment" - it's tantalizingly familiar, but
what's the origin of your quote?

I don't know either, some play, comedy? It would have been 50s,
Hancocks Half Hour would be the kind of thing.
--
Mike Reid
"Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
Wasdale-Lake district-Thames path-London "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site
Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap