I had the opportunity – and responsibility – to put together another round of the weekly pub quiz at the Queen’s Head Pub, in Horspath. This time I was experienced enough in the practice to start assembling the questions before the day of the quiz – I actually started on Monday, with the quiz on [...]
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Another pub quiz!
June 11th, 2007 · 4 Comments
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A sniff of snuff?
May 17th, 2007 · No Comments
I had the opportunity to take a snort of snuff yesterday evening – and so, for the first time in my life – I snuffed tobacco. It was a small snort, placed gingerly on the fleshy bit of hand between my thumb and index finger. (Left hand, if you must know.) With a sharp inhalation, [...]
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If it’s Scottish, there’s no ‘e’
April 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments
I recently asked a good friend of mine, a Scottish man, for a recommendation on a quality Scottish whiskey. Another friend had done me a favour and I wanted to say thanks in that ever so manly of ways – through heavily intoxicating liquors. So I turned to my good Scottish friend and asked: Can [...]
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Leffe Blond: A good abbey beer
April 15th, 2007 · No Comments
Easter morning! At last, I broke my no-alcohol fast with a lovely bottle of Leffe Blond abbey ale. Sitting in the warmth of the Easter midday sun, I smoked my pipe, drank my Leffe and enjoyed the garden fun with my daughter and wife. I do so enjoy Leffe! What a lovely Belgian beer it [...]
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A Lenten Resolution
April 6th, 2007 · No Comments
It’s been 38 days and 38 nights since Lent has started. Before Lent began (or was it shortly after it started?) I made a decision to not drink alcohol or eat chocolate as my Lenten resolution, in an effort of self-improvement. In the interest of honesty, I was not perfect in my attempts, but in [...]
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Addlestone’s Cider
March 31st, 2007 · 1 Comment
On a recent night out in Oxford, I stopped into one of my favourite pubs there, The White Horse (on Broad Street) for the obligatory few pints of Addlestone’s cider. I was with a few friends from America and wanted to introduce them to proper beer. The Witchwood brewery poster on the wall next to [...]
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Part of the Citizenship Test?
March 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments
Now I don’t know if the current government has any plans to make ‘pub quiz’ knowledge a requirement for British citizenship, but if does, I am one big step closer to that. A somewhat regular attendee for the Thursday night pub quiz at the Queen’s Head in Horspath, Oxon, I produced the questions for the [...]
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