Nice try......

[Shalom]

Free food - after all the way to a teenage boy's heart is via his stomach

Your Mom should have shouted after him, "See? Now that's how you get your food comped..."

[DeltaSierra]

Oh, to have seen that happen! Did they get a round of applause for doing so? (Or at least a round of drinks?)

Free food - after all the way to a teenage boy's heart is via his stomach

[XCashier]

Without missing a beat, my Mom said "You're talking to the GM, and I've never seen you before in my life - please leave" - he was about to get in her face, when three fully outfitted hockey players LIFTED him up and carried him outside. (They LOVED Mom and her food *grin*.)

Oh, to have seen that happen! Did they get a round of applause for doing so? (Or at least a round of drinks?)

[DeltaSierra]

It does appear that she was trying to pull a fast one.

Many years ago, my Mom was the general manager of a sports arena, and she also ran the concession. One night a guy came up to her while she was busy cooking/serving and informed her that "I'm an important friend of your General Manager, and he told me to inform you that all my food/drinks are supposed to be comped. My name is Lying Bumfuck and there should be a note or letter on file stating this."

Without missing a beat, my Mom said "You're talking to the GM, and I've never seen you before in my life - please leave" - he was about to get in her face, when three fully outfitted hockey players LIFTED him up and carried him outside. (They LOVED Mom and her food *grin*.)

[MoonCat]

I wanna come visit!!

I was there in 1982 but I was too shy then to go into a real pub. Now I'd try one.

[Rapscallion]

Yeah, American media has got us all convinced that we're going to die of horrible disfiguring diseases brought on by germs. But if you just buy a lifetime supply of their handy, industrial-strength germkiller, you'll be safe.

It was more the shock of being in a pub that actually sparkled. I'm not on about the modern pub, like the Brewer's Fayres and so forth. The traditional British pub is a dark affair, wood-panelled and automatically looking dirty, even if it's just been cleaned.

A proper British pub has carpets and upholstery that looks sticky, and sometimes is. It's a glorious thing to behold, and it stinks.

It's also part of the reason I'm teetotal.

Rapscallion

[BeeMused]

Like this gem from Fail Blog - Hacked IRL/WIN!

[MoonCat]

Back in the year 2000 or so, I popped over to Chicagoland with a chum during a visit to the Americas. We were parched, for the weather was somewhat balmy.

A Britishlandialand-themed pub gave us respite on one baking afternoon, and I believe it was named the Elephant and Castle.

Noting our accents, the maid behind the bar dispensing beverages asked if we were from the homeland and we confirmed it as such. "How's the decor?" she asked. "Genuinely like it is back home?"

I gazed around with critical eye. "Too clean," I said, and chum agreed.

Rapscallion

Yeah, American media has got us all convinced that we're going to die of horrible disfiguring diseases brought on by germs. But if you just buy a lifetime supply of their handy, industrial-strength germkiller, you'll be safe.

[Dave1982]

This is a different chain that's based in the Boston MA area.

[Rapscallion]

Back in the year 2000 or so, I popped over to Chicagoland with a chum during a visit to the Americas. We were parched, for the weather was somewhat balmy.

A Britishlandialand-themed pub gave us respite on one baking afternoon, and I believe it was named the Elephant and Castle.

Noting our accents, the maid behind the bar dispensing beverages asked if we were from the homeland and we confirmed it as such. "How's the decor?" she asked. "Genuinely like it is back home?"

I gazed around with critical eye. "Too clean," I said, and chum agreed.

Rapscallion

[Dave1982]

I didn't look, but the food was excellent. I got shepherds pie. Yummy.

[MoonCat]

So do they have mushy peas?

[PepperElf]

especially when the make that claim ... and don't realize they're talking to the owner.

[Kogarashi]

Heh. Kind of sounds like the people who claim they know the owner when they clearly don't.

[Sapphire Silk]

Probably. She was probably hoping the host would be green enough to fall for it.