(Drinking) Bars

Submitted by Gulai Polye on June 11, 2016

If there is some theory i have missed out on, then its probably on bars. Most likely because i have been living in it, so i didnt have any need to study it from "the outside".

Any ways so here goes some trivial questions:
what role does bars plays in the capitalist society? And is there a relation to socialism?

Serge Forward

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Serge Forward on June 11, 2016

Have you never heard Alex Glasgow's As soon as this pub closes? It tells you everything you need to know.

https://youtu.be/B96qKs4-EI8

[youtube]B96qKs4-EI8[/youtube]

The Pigeon

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by The Pigeon on June 11, 2016

In capitalist society, bars drink you!

I make you laugh?

Schmoopie

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Schmoopie on June 11, 2016

I found Ragged Trousered Philanthropists good on pub culture.

Noah Fence

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Noah Fence on June 11, 2016

You common bastards. I'm teatotal which means I'm better than you. So ner.

Auld-bod

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Auld-bod on June 12, 2016

I heard this scurrilous tale several times in the sixties.
There was a serious bust up between the Glasgow anarchist group and Freedom Press after WW2. A number of the comrades decided to get tooled-up, go south, and sort the b*****ds out. The plan went swimmingly until they arrived at the railway station and discovered they were too early and adjourned to a nearby hostelry. At closing time they wisely wandered unsteadily homeward.
The moral is, avoid having a bevy if you have an appointment with destiny.

Battlescarred

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Battlescarred on June 12, 2016

https://libcom.org/library/beer-revolution-german-anarchist-movement-new-york-city-1880-1914-tom-goyens

Battlescarred

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Battlescarred on June 12, 2016

https://libcom.org/history/schwab-justus-1847-1900

Battlescarred

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Battlescarred on June 12, 2016

https://libcom.org/history/schwab-justus-1847-1900

Schmoopie

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Schmoopie on June 13, 2016

'Is it "off the wagon" or "on the wagon"?'

Noah Fence

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Noah Fence on June 13, 2016

I think 'on the wagon' is when you're not drinking.

Schmoopie

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Schmoopie on June 13, 2016

In that case I fell off the wagon last night but luckily my mother-in-law ignored my request for a bottle of whisky.

Noah Fence

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Noah Fence on June 13, 2016

I've been on the wagon for 19 years. So yah boo to you sucka!

Schmoopie

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Schmoopie on June 13, 2016

Wine is a mocker; cannabis is raging

Good Noah

Battlescarred

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Battlescarred on June 13, 2016

What a shining example to us all you are.

Noah Fence

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Noah Fence on June 13, 2016

Battlescarred

What a shining example to us all you are.

No holier than thou from me. I previously drank enough make the entire ruling class sick for 100 years. It's really just that I prefer being alive.

Schmoopie

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Schmoopie on June 13, 2016

A bottle of red wine and a couple of pints lager last night and I feel only half alive. Thanks for being a good example, Noah. And I wasn't too safe cycling to town this morning either.

Noah Fence

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Noah Fence on June 13, 2016

Well, as drugs go, I would say from my vast experience of the topic, alcohol is probably the best and the worst. There's nothing quite like that first mouthful of beer after a day at work and it's a very social substance too. On the other hand, it's devilishly moreish stuff, is very expensive and is also very bad for the body. The benefits of quitting are pretty mega. Everyone should at least give it a try for say 3 or 6 months. It's not like there won't be any left if you decide to get stuck in again.

Gulai Polye

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Gulai Polye on June 14, 2016

Well i have an innate desire to be independent. It goes as much against the state, as it does against beer. I dont mind drinking beer, but it should be because i am in control and it should be because i want to. I would never become dependent on alcohol. If beer should start to control me then i would quit drinking beer because i dont like to be controlled. I dont see beer or alcohol as something bad. Just enjoy it in moderate quantities. Buy some of the more better beers and you will enjoy it even more. If there is something that is bad, then it is if you drink something in excessive quantities and it is expensive too.

Schmoopie

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Schmoopie on June 14, 2016

I went to a pub in Old Street last week which only stocks Craft Beers. They all tasted home made. Nothing wrong with that if you made it at home but why pay a premium for it. Give me factory liquor any day.

Noah Fence

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Noah Fence on June 14, 2016

Schmoopie

I went to a pub in Old Street last week which only stocks Craft Beers. They all tasted home made. Nothing wrong with that if you made it at home but why pay a premium for it. Give me factory liquor any day.

I keep telling everyone but they won't fucking listen. There is only one beer, the masterly purple tin, Tennents Super. Endy story.

Schmoopie

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Schmoopie on June 14, 2016

I not brave enough

Noah Fence

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Noah Fence on June 14, 2016

Bravery not required. Super T gives you a lovely warm hug. It's the drink that just keeps giving.

Red Marriott

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Red Marriott on June 14, 2016

http://libcom.org/library/last-orders-local

The Pigeon

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by The Pigeon on June 14, 2016

Drink drink drink
sip some milk
drinky drink drink
cookies n' silk
drinkoo drinkee
drinky dink dee
drink drink drink
where is my quilt?

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerjuana

Noah Fence

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Noah Fence on June 14, 2016

A true Tennents Super story;

12. Before Christmas, a newspaper advert had promised free cans of lager to those who turned up to the Brick Lane showing of the Watch The K Foundation Burn A Million Quid film. As things turned out this didn’t happen, so Bill and Jimmy made a huge cube of 6,237 cans of Tennents Super. A planned publicity stunt didn’t really work out, so they spent Christmas Eve distributing them to the homeless before being bollocked by a Crisis worker for being “utterly irresponsible.”

Schmoopie

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Schmoopie on June 15, 2016

A true Tennents Super story;

12. Before Christmas, a newspaper advert had promised free cans of lager to those who turned up to the Brick Lane showing of the Watch The K Foundation Burn A Million Quid film. As things turned out this didn’t happen, so Bill and Jimmy made a huge cube of 6,237 cans of Tennents Super. A planned publicity stunt didn’t really work out, so they spent Christmas Eve distributing them to the homeless before being bollocked by a Crisis worker for being “utterly irresponsible.”

Laugh out loud! Long live the liberty of Norton Folgate!

Cooked

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Cooked on June 15, 2016

Noah Fence

A true Tennents Super story;

12. Before Christmas, a newspaper advert had promised free cans of lager to those who turned up to the Brick Lane showing of the Watch The K Foundation Burn A Million Quid film. As things turned out this didn’t happen, so Bill and Jimmy made a huge cube of 6,237 cans of Tennents Super. A planned publicity stunt didn’t really work out, so they spent Christmas Eve distributing them to the homeless before being bollocked by a Crisis worker for being “utterly irresponsible.”

I've always found your relationship to klf as revealed in this forum highly suspicious...

Noah Fence

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Noah Fence on June 15, 2016

Cooked

Noah Fence

A true Tennents Super story;

12. Before Christmas, a newspaper advert had promised free cans of lager to those who turned up to the Brick Lane showing of the Watch The K Foundation Burn A Million Quid film. As things turned out this didn’t happen, so Bill and Jimmy made a huge cube of 6,237 cans of Tennents Super. A planned publicity stunt didn’t really work out, so they spent Christmas Eve distributing them to the homeless before being bollocked by a Crisis worker for being “utterly irresponsible.”

I've always found your relationship to klf as revealed in this forum highly suspicious...

Care to explain?

I can explain why they crop up so frequently but you should go first as you appear(?) to be questioning my motives.

Cooked

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Cooked on June 15, 2016

Haha no questioning! Just hinting in semi jest that you were a member or otherwise close.

Cooked

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Cooked on June 15, 2016

Haha no questioning! Just hinting in semi jest that you were a member or otherwise close.

Gulai Polye

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Gulai Polye on June 15, 2016

Red Marriott

http://libcom.org/library/last-orders-local

Very interesting - ill read the rest some other day

Noah Fence

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Noah Fence on June 15, 2016

Cooked

Haha no questioning! Just hinting in semi jest that you were a member or otherwise close.

Shit, am I that obvious?

seahorse

7 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by seahorse on June 16, 2016

Has anyone here ever organized in a bar/pub or known those who did so with any degree of success? I have quite a few friends/comrades in the industry so knowing success stories would be useful.