Pubs. Gawd love 'em.
Hubling is writing a story.
At the heart of this story are men in a pub.
We have been chatting and talking and analysing what exactly it is that men like so much about pubs. And also people in general. Obviously. (Although his book does focus on a group of chaps).
So.
User generated content.
Web 2.0.
The technological future!
Let it help us with our discussion, in all its glory! In all your glory, dear generating users!
Tell me, what do you like about pubs? What do you think men like about pubs? Why are they so very important to us?
I await your answers with baited breath...
2 comments:
I can't say I like pubs very much. I prefer the company of women and they prefer sophisticated cafes with dainty pastries and affectations that makes coffee into something complex.
Men, en masse, can be a bit boorish. TV's blaring sport don't pique my interest either. Slot machines are idiocy. While I don't necessarily need lavender scented toilets, urine soaked troughs decorated with fag-ends and no soap or towel do not make an inviting experience.
So blokey pubs no
Gastro pubs OK
But as a bastion of maleness, no thank you.
Hello! We like pubs a lot in Ireland, and here's why. Number one, we're (by which I mean I'm) not very good cooks and our houses are sometimes a bit shabby or small for home entertainment, so pubs were (and often still are) like a social hub, where you get to have a nice chinwag with your mates without having to wash up afterwards. Course men used to like them because it got them away from domesticity and the wimmin, and into the company of other men without the wimmin dusting around them or saying things like "why are you having another pint when your babbies don't have enough to eat?" and stuff. Nowadays, the old ones are nice because they don't have music, and they only serve pints or shorts and none of your messin' about with fancy cocktails or alcopops, and they have Tayto crisps if they know what's what. They're great places for pontificating because the alcohol makes lips looser, and can help with the art of conversation. Phew. That's all from me for now.
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