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[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34836397/leeds-pub-garden-floods-men-go-for-pint-anyway ]Brilliant[/url]
Made me grin đŸ˜€
Yes its funny but it was also bloody stupid
If theyd have been caught in the current would they have expected the emergency services to potentially put themselves in danger to rescue them?
Discuss!!
Saves getting up to go for a pee
I don't understand how stuff like that gets on the news. It really, really isn't newsworthy.
It’s amusing - the news needs this on occasion.
Good on them.
[quote=iamsporticus ]If theyd have been caught in the current would they have expected the emergency services to potentially put themselves in danger to rescue them?
It doesn't look like there's much current in the beer garden.
Shot put
It’s amusing - the news needs this on occasion.
I think it was Count Arthur Strong that lamented that the news no longer ends with a story about 'a cat with a telegraph pole stuck up it'
"A crowd gathered and eventually we got shouted out by Steve's missus and we had to get out like naughty little boys."
Easily the best bit! Anyone else instantly picture their own Mrs shouting at them for doing dumb shit...
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Quite good publicity for the pub eh?
Saw it yesterday, and did wonder if they were regulars here. That they only relentled after being shouted at by the Landlady made me laugh
Hard as nails up here.
But what you can't see is, under the bench there's a dog with a snorkel. 
Jacques Russel was it đŸ™„
Nah, it was Scuba Doo
I was with iamsporticus thinking flippin idiots until I read it and the way the bloke told the story won me over.
Nowt like sitting in combined sewer outfall contaminated flood water quoffing a pint.
Nowt like sitting in combined sewer outfall contaminated flood water quoffing a pint.
You've been out drinking in Leeds too then.
Yes its funny but it was also bloody stupidIf theyd have been caught in the current would they have expected the emergency services to potentially put themselves in danger to rescue them?
Discuss!!
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That's my local and we were in there on Sunday having Sunday lunch (not in the beer garden) đŸ˜†
Yes its funny but it was also bloody stupid
If theyd have been caught in the current would they have expected the emergency services to potentially put themselves in danger to rescue them?
It's a fully fenced/walled in beer garden under two feet of water. not sure how the coastguard would have got the boat in to rescue them to be honest. đŸ™„
This has made me chuckle far more than it had any right to. That chap speaks like the Daily Mash writes đŸ˜†
walled in beer garden under two feet of water. not sure how the coastguard would have got the boat in to rescue them to be honest.
I think his point was that flood waters are unpredictable and they could have quickly found themselves washed downstream, or maybe falling down a submerged manhole that the cover had lifted off when they decided to leave the water. Yes, it was stupid (but I think they knew that) but the funny thing about the saying 'it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye' is that it [i]really is[/i] fun and games before the aforementioned ocular incident... Good on 'em.
I think his point was that flood waters are unpredictable and they could have quickly found themselves washed downstream, or maybe falling down a submerged manhole
Yes. I'm sure that was his point.
And my point was that it's impossible for 2 feet of water to wash you out of a fully fenced/walled in beer garden into a river.
It's very unpredictable if you have only seen one picture, and need to guess at every single element of the situation.
But if you know the place, and were there, it wasn't unpredictable at all.
Great advertising for a great pub. đŸ™‚
Boyfriend of my friends ex.
#tenuous link
It's very unpredictable if you have only seen one picture, and need to guess at every single element of the situation.
But if you know the place, and were there, it wasn't unpredictable at all.
You know where all the manhole covers are, off by heart, with all landmarks subtly adjusted then do you? You've a better memory than me... There's a reason that there is specialist training required by any personel required to wade in even shallow flood waters as part of their role. But you know, a pair of chaps with a pint know better... đŸ˜‰
If theyd have been caught in the current would they have expected the emergency services to potentially put themselves in danger to rescue them?
This is a forum of (mostly adults) riding bikes in the woods, some may even be riding in remote locations when the ground is wet and slippy, some may even have been rescued after crashing previously, i bet they will still go out again tho. risk vs reward (fun) is a personal measure.
Drinking alcahol in contaminated water *Eww!
I guess poop gives a pint more body đŸ™„ what would the world be like, without men.
its a flowing river that has broke its bank what makes you think its "contaminated with poop" ?
its a flowing river that has broke its bank what makes you think its "contaminated with poop" ?
What do you suppose happens to the sewers and their contents that say, the pub and its neighbours sewage discharges into, when the river breaches? Flood water is nasty shit. Usually literally đŸ˜†
entirely depends on where they discharge and what do you think the ppm are in fast flowing flood water?
Its unlikely, though not impossible, they are risking their health [ cold aside]in the way "contaminated with poop" suggests
Its not like they are swimming in a swear or cesspit.
I work with the EA flood folk and their comments on those two were very funny. Not particularly concerned about them floating away, it's the dysentery they'll get from being in the flood water/raw sewage mix. Bleeeeuuurrgghhh.
You know where all the manhole covers are, off by heart, with all landmarks subtly adjusted then do you?
Well, I know that there aren't any manholes, if that's the same thing ?
There's one by the back door, and a few on the car park. But none in the beergarden.
Just a small lawn and a small paved area.
[wuote] You've a better memory than me...
I've just spent too much time sat in that beergarden. I've got a terrible memory.
[quote=v8ninety ]You know where all the manhole covers are, off by heart, with all landmarks subtly adjusted then do you? You've a better memory than me... There's a reason that there is specialist training required by any personel required to wade in even shallow flood waters as part of their role. But you know, a pair of chaps with a pint know better...
Yep, I know where all the manhole covers are in the pub gardens I frequent. I reckon I could even recall their location to the nearest mm when I'm totally paralytic.
Not that I've ever waded in a flooded beer garden, but I've risked my life wading through a couple of feet of water in the canoe club - who knows whether the water might have suddenly risen another couple of feet - though fortunately I know where all the manholes are in there as well.
Well aren't you two a pair of clever clogs! đŸ˜† mind you, if you're that clever, I suspect you wouldn't be drinking beer whilst sitting in flood water, shouting at the river like an unsuccessful modern day Moses in any case...
Or the owner and manager of a pub with a plan to get some free advertising on the BBC đŸ˜‰
As said above, nice to get something to smile about at the moment.
If I'd have been there I think I might just have joined them.
You're right, if I was there I'd probably find something more fun to do than sitting in a cold river drinking beer, but some killjoy would probably complain I was risking my life doing that as well đŸ˜‰
Well aren't you two a pair of clever clogs! mind you, if you're that clever, I suspect you wouldn't be drinking beer whilst sitting in flood water, shouting at the river like an unsuccessful modern day Moses in any case...
Much cleverer than someone who appears to be angling for a job as a Daily Mail features writer...
Even I could see the fence separating the two blokes sitting at the table from the actual river, and I would suggest that it would take far longer for the river to rise to a level that might pose an actual risk than it would for them to get cold and bored.
Or shouted at.
I have very much enjoyed the squabble about the manhole covers. It reminded me of being five đŸ™‚
Ouch baby, ouch. When you cut me do I not bleed? đŸ˜†Much cleverer than someone who appears to be angling for a job as a Daily Mail features writer
I'm not bothered, and actually found the whole thing quite amusing. It wasn't technically very clever, but they survived just fine. Check my first post in the thread.
unsuccessful modern day Moses in any case
Not Moses, I think it was some other [url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/****_the_Great ]****[/url].
When I was young I did a ski season and worked in a hotel.
I don't remember many guests, but there was one chap I will never forget. Mid forties, had his own PC repair business in Kent. He had a really loud and nasally monotone voice.
Upon arriving at the hotel he carried out an inspection of the entire building before even putting his bags in the room, recording the location of all the fire exits and even demanding to inspect our breaker panels etc. He interrogated all the staff and demanded to meet every person who would be on duty through the night. He then tapped all the walls in his room and took more notes. After it all (his wife and kids looking extremely bored and a bit sheepish by this point), he turns to his wife and does a slow nod and says "OK". Then his wife and kids let out a huge sigh of relief.
I'd always thought that he must have had some kind of rare mental disorder, but sometimes the comments I read on STW make me feel like maybe it's not that rare.
Plenty of Sergeant Buzzkills as per usual...
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