Curry Night Once Again

I travelled with Tina, Alannis, Michelle, Geoff and Jim to the Royal Oak in Staple Hill where we met Pete, for our traditional Thursday curry night. Ordered a pint of Brewsters Hop A Doodle Doo 4.3% an unusual name even for a real ale but extremely enjoyable and true to its name very hoppy in taste. Whilst ordering the beer Jim spied a notice offering Haggis, Neeps and tatties for just £3.99. This was probably a left over from the Burn's night week held in most Wetherspoons to celebrate the great mans work and life and just possibly to generate sales of haggis and whisky. Jim and I ordered the Haggis. When it arrived it looked a bit dry and I felt a slight pang of disappointment. However, my fears were unfounded and the whole thing was delicious, tasty, moist and very, very nice. And so onto our second beer of the evening. This time I had a Between The Posts Whippet Special Ale 4.6% from Cottage Brewing. We were just getting stuck into this when Jim began the evenings rant with having to pay compensation to prisoners who are refused voting rights. Under a new indexing system this rant was given the number: 001P (001 being a serial number and P indicating that the rant was politically motivated). Most of us joined in the rant and expressed our points of view. Generally agreeing that the PM must do something and prevent prisoners being allowed to vote and not being able to gain any financial benefits, in the form of compensation, from the hard pressed tax payer. The most sensible comment came from Jim who said that part of the sentencing of criminals should include the phrase 'voting rights withdrawn'. Anyway the ranting died down long enough for a pint of Slaters Premium Bitter 4.4% to be purchased. This time it was Pete who started a new rant about MPs expenses. I allocated a serial number of 002P. Ranters must remember their rant index number or voice a new one before being allowed a full bodied rant. The rants were coming thick and fast at this point. Pete chipped in with one about GCHQ 003R (can't remember what the R stood for). On how it is bigger and employs more people than in the days of the cold war. Quickly followed by one on credit cards 004C (C for credit). Although a couple of bottles of wine appeared on our table I stood my ground and stayed with the beer. A pint of Cains FA 5% was next on the agenda. The evening was going well. Everybody was becoming very intelligent with their arguments and with their physical looks improving all the time we ended with a rant about Combi Boilers 005T (T for technology). With no more beer in the offing and the time speeding on we made our way home.

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