Thursday, 28 March 2013

Beermat of the month

Very pagan. I wasn't actually drinking the beer, they've not got it on at the moment. They did have their Summer Lightning a bit back, which, after four or five pints, I decided I wasn't that keen on. Somewhere else though I tried the Odyssey, which was one of the nicest beers I've ever drunk. But, looking at the website, I don't think they're making it anymore.
Posted by Artog at 00:31
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19 comments:

  1. davyh28 March 2013 at 10:16

    I do hope Beermat Of The Month will become a regular feature.

    Green men? Tricky. Ask Gawain.

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  2. Artog28 March 2013 at 14:09

    It's got the potential, but I doubt I drink enough to be sure of a truly worthy mat every month. I've picked up other mats in the past that have caught my (slightly glassy) eye, but this is exactly the kind of thing that my wife classifies as rubbish, so unlikely to be any survivors. I'll have a rummage.

    It's not easy being green. Ask Kermit. (Which leads seamlessly into my relating the impossibility of parking in Richmond the other day, all the spaces taken up by those enormous film industry lorries. Turns out they were filming The Muppets...Again. Bloody Muppets.)

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  3. davyh28 March 2013 at 15:12

    I had a fair old collection of beermats as a lad in the 70s. Wish I'd kept 'em, could have blogged each and every one.

    Speaking of our furry felt friends, did you see Adam Buxton's Twitter link to this vintage Muppet movie screen test wherein Frank Oz and Jim Henson 'improvise existential banter' ? Genius.

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  4. davyh28 March 2013 at 15:13

    Sorry, bad link - this!

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  5. Swiss Adam28 March 2013 at 16:38

    The title alone surely deserves it to become a monthly feature.

    Not a fan of the Muppets.

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  6. davyh28 March 2013 at 16:53

    *disowns SA*

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  7. Artog28 March 2013 at 17:34

    By popular demand (two mildly favourable comments anyway) I see I'm going to have to make the effort with the beermats.

    I thought, for children of the seventies, the Muppets were compulsory? I remember I had two consecutive pairs of Muppet pyjamas. And when I went to see the first film the bit where Kermit rides the bike blew my mind. (It still does a bit.)

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  8. Artog28 March 2013 at 17:47

    Kermit Riding a Bike

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  9. John Medd29 March 2013 at 11:07

    Beermat of the Month? Inspired! Too little time is given over to the thin film of compressed card that separates bottom of glass from top of table. I'll get my coat etc.

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  10. Artog29 March 2013 at 17:44

    Yes, but where do you stand on the Muppets John?

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  11. Swiss Adam29 March 2013 at 17:49

    You can't disown me cos I don't like the Muppets.

    Maybe you can.

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  12. Artog29 March 2013 at 18:25

    No, no, you remain an esteemed visitor to these pages. Even if you are a Muppet-hating weirdo.

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  13. John Medd29 March 2013 at 18:30

    I see your men have boom boom sticks!

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  14. Artog29 March 2013 at 19:40

    You've lost me John.

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  15. John Medd29 March 2013 at 22:51

    Here you go!

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  16. Swiss Adam2 April 2013 at 10:36

    I've been called many things in my time but 'Muppet hating weirdo' takes the biscuit

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  17. Artog2 April 2013 at 17:26

    To be clear, in this case, the epithet weirdo was applied solely on the grounds of the muppet hating.

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  18. Artog2 April 2013 at 17:36

    Oh, and I went to the Graves Art Gallery last weekend in a second attempt to see that Leonard Beaumont exhibition, and it was closed again. The first time was my fault for not studying the opening times carefully enough. But the second time the library doors were just arbitrarily shut. I hung around for a couple of minutes as part of a small crowd of baffled punters before stomping off muttering about the bloody Tories.

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  19. Swiss Adam2 April 2013 at 20:09

    Third time lucky hopefully.

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