Save the Hobbit

[tubbystu]

0a said:

tubbystu said:

Unfortunately it seems "The Honest Lawyer" alternative down the road has been renamed.

Never existed in the first place!

A'hem. And I've been in it.

[defblade]

garrykiller said:

anyone seen this?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-173...

i have been to this pub many times. surely SZC has better things to be doing then picking on a small pub in southampton.

Meh.

Frog and Frigate man myself.

Of course they'll have to open it back up before they can shut it down again, but it wouldn't be the first time

[anonymous-user]

The Dolphin was the best pub, landlord would get smashed on his own booze and forget what time last orders was

Sadly (but not suprisingly) I've heard it's gone now

[Chrisw666]

If it was my pub I'd just rename it something daft e.g. 'The Ex-Hobbit that is now the dog and duck after an argument with the nasty folk from middle earth' - Why not pop in and try our quoits so you can compete to be Laird of the Rings.

[Hoofy]

hyperblue said:

If the pub was just called 'The Hobbit', they'd have no problems. Seems like they've been taking the piss with the branding and using imagery from the films though.

I thought that but I wonder if The Hobbit is also a name you cannot use as well as any variations eg Hobbit Hole as it's all Tolkien's work. Other stuff like dwarf and elf are generic, though.

[Allaloneatron]

garrykiller said:

Allaloneatron said:

Plus Jesters was just 20 meters down the road. Shame

hahaha. Preferably into a beer mug standing up in the urinal.

[aspender]

The Hobbit is a dump anyway. Back in my Southampton days it was always the Dorchester Arms, especially on Saturdays with DJ Hammy.

[Puggit]

Apparently the Hollywood lot have offered a deal to the pub where they pay 100 quid pa for the right to carry on using the Tolkein material.

Good result all round

[JonRB]

Puggit said:

Apparently the Hollywood lot have offered a deal to the pub where they pay 100 quid pa for the right to carry on using the Tolkein material.

Good result all round

Hope the landlady takes the offer and doesn't make some stupid song & dance about it. Seems incredibly generous to me. I'm surprised a caveat hasn't been made to stop using the likenesses of the actors.

[Hoofy]

Really? That sounds damned cheap! What's the catch? She has to wear a ring?

[Puggit]

$100, even cheaper.

Here's the report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-173...

[Halb]

Hoofy said:

Really? That sounds damned cheap! What's the catch? She has to wear a ring?

Three Rings for the LA-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Law-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Pub Landlords doomed to die,
One for P. Jackson on his dark throne
In the land of Hollywood, where the shadows lie...

[Globs]

Jimboka said:

The pub has been using the name for 20+ years according to BBC site. Pointless corporate bullying IMHO.

Yup. Corporate Greed knows no bounds.
They even stopped Adam West from calling himself Batman.

[Halb]

Globs said:

Yup. Corporate Greed knows no bounds.
They even stopped Adam West from calling himself Batman.

Wasn't that care in the community?

[tog]

tubbystu said:

Perhaps they should go around the corner and get some advice from "The Bent Brief"



Unfortunately it seems "The Honest Lawyer" alternative down the road has been renamed.

I lived on Lodge Road opposite the Honest Lawyer, but the Bent Brief was our haunt. The Hobbit was fun, but the Brief was cosier. The year after I left, my former housemates moved along Lodge Road and were opposite the 24hr garage and the Bent Brief. It was quicker (and given the state of their kitchen probably more hygienic) to cross the road and buy tea from the vending machine than boil their kettle!

[VinceFox]

Halb said:

Hoofy said:

Really? That sounds damned cheap! What's the catch? She has to wear a ring?

Three Rings for the LA-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Law-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Pub Landlords doomed to die,
One for P. Jackson on his dark throne
In the land of Hollywood, where the shadows lie...

Havo dad, Halb.

[Halb]

Le aphadar aen Vince.

[VinceFox]

Halb said:

Le aphadar aen Vince.

Who by? Is it that fecking CW again?

[Halb]

[VinceFox]

Halb said:

EEEEEEE!