A glass of XO rum after an undecidely bad glass of 18 year old single malt
You are drinking the wrong MaltâŚ
I was drinking the wrong malt
I am now drinking the correct Rum .
Spoiler alert for non-meat eaters - may contain references to meat.
When you order an 8oz siloin of (responsibly reared) veal with triple- cooked chips and rocket and tomato salad and you specify medium rare and when it comes itâs closer to medium and well done towards the end but it is so tender and tastes so beautiful that you keep eating only for the waiter to ask you how it is after youâve demolished 3/4 of it and you show him and say âovercooked but wonderfulâ only for him to grab your plate and bring you a new perfectly cooked plate-full.
Well played The St Peterâs Finger (thatâs a real name).
I was thrown out of a Vegan restaurant once, for wearing leather shoes.
Even after promising not to eat them on-site.
Plastic skirting boards
Anything you can wipe clean gets my vote.
Leaving work on time when on duty week (when you are more likely to be out late).
Random catch ups with friends you donât see anymore.
Particularly when they involve looking back at old photos of how you used to look, and being perplexed you used to fancy each other.
Also laughing at the absolute succession of shit haircuts and utterly awful threads.
Thereâs something about having a pot of Yorkshire tea on Whitby quaysideâŚ
Fish & Chips from the Quayside chippie is an essential. As is a piece of Jet jewelry for the missus and an âoriginalâ Victorian framed photo by Frank Meadow-Sutcliffe. Gotta be done, ask me how I know.
I refer the dishonourable gentlemen to the answer I gave some moments ago.
Wishing it was something alcoholic?
Youâve been and done, or you watched Coast(guess, but itâs the only thing that iâve watched that could fit)?
Still got this framed picture somewhere in the atticâŚalong with the portrait of myself of course.
Photography back then?
Youâre lucky you werenât burnt for witchcraft.
I wasâŚbut Iâm back.
The original Dracula