Odd things your neighbours do?
Discussion
nonsequitur said:
A veritable shaker of cocktails, Frank. Margaritas for me though. Drunk a gallon in a San Francisco bar. Me a couple of crew mates, and a local called Al Katraz. We all left something behind that night, not our hearts I should add.
We’re going way O/T here, but your mention of margaritas reminded me of a time in the very early eighties.I was in a bar in Paris with a relatively new girlfriend, from New Jersey, she wanted a margarita, so the barman fixed it, and placed it on the bar, saying, “Et pour vous M’sieu?” (and for you sir?).
I held my finger up, in a ‘hold on’ gesture, and took a sip of her margarita, having never tried one before.
It was nice, so I said, “La même, s’il vous plaît”, (the same please), the barman looked at me as if to say, “You prick!”
The grumpy bloke and his wife in the corner of our cul-de-sac have berated the chap who lives opposite me, who has recently had an extension built at the back of their house.
You can't see the back of this house from the man in the corner's house, but apparently, the building of the single-storey extension has caused some concern over the number of vans and work lorries that have had to arrive into the cul-de-sac at "all hours". Neighbour opposite has a driveway big enough for 4-6 cars/vans and nothing has had to be parked in the street or take up any extra space at all.
Entirely unironically, said man in the corner had 2x work vans outside his house all day Friday, Saturday, Sunday and they were there today having new doors and windows and front porch put in, blocking the easy access to the turning circle at the bottom and just generally creating all the hubbub and noise that such works create throughout the weekend
You can't see the back of this house from the man in the corner's house, but apparently, the building of the single-storey extension has caused some concern over the number of vans and work lorries that have had to arrive into the cul-de-sac at "all hours". Neighbour opposite has a driveway big enough for 4-6 cars/vans and nothing has had to be parked in the street or take up any extra space at all.
Entirely unironically, said man in the corner had 2x work vans outside his house all day Friday, Saturday, Sunday and they were there today having new doors and windows and front porch put in, blocking the easy access to the turning circle at the bottom and just generally creating all the hubbub and noise that such works create throughout the weekend
Near me, there is an unemployed 50 year old woman (never done a days work in her life) she lives with her retired parents, thinks shes lives in a wildlife rescue centre, feeds seagulls, pigeons and rats, has multiple dogs and cats. when tree surgeons have been in the past she comes rushing out to tell them they are killing birds as they live in the trees?!
Her personal style is based on Grotbags, very well to do parents, they seriously dropped the ball on the child-rearing though.
Her personal style is based on Grotbags, very well to do parents, they seriously dropped the ball on the child-rearing though.
Frank7 said:
We’re going way O/T here, but your mention of margaritas reminded me of a time in the very early eighties.
I was in a bar in Paris with a relatively new girlfriend, from New Jersey, she wanted a margarita, so the barman fixed it, and placed it on the bar, saying, “Et pour vous M’sieu?” (and for you sir?).
I held my finger up, in a ‘hold on’ gesture, and took a sip of her margarita, having never tried one before.
It was nice, so I said, “La même, s’il vous plaît”, (the same please), the barman looked at me as if to say, “You prick!”
Amazing anecdote. I was in a bar in Paris with a relatively new girlfriend, from New Jersey, she wanted a margarita, so the barman fixed it, and placed it on the bar, saying, “Et pour vous M’sieu?” (and for you sir?).
I held my finger up, in a ‘hold on’ gesture, and took a sip of her margarita, having never tried one before.
It was nice, so I said, “La même, s’il vous plaît”, (the same please), the barman looked at me as if to say, “You prick!”
Frank7 said:
We’re going way O/T here, but your mention of margaritas reminded me of a time in the very early eighties.
I was in a bar in Paris with a relatively new girlfriend, from New Jersey, she wanted a margarita, so the barman fixed it, and placed it on the bar, saying, “Et pour vous M’sieu?” (and for you sir?).
I held my finger up, in a ‘hold on’ gesture, and took a sip of her margarita, having never tried one before.
It was nice, so I said, “La même, s’il vous plaît”, (the same please), the barman looked at me as if to say, “You prick!”
CSBI was in a bar in Paris with a relatively new girlfriend, from New Jersey, she wanted a margarita, so the barman fixed it, and placed it on the bar, saying, “Et pour vous M’sieu?” (and for you sir?).
I held my finger up, in a ‘hold on’ gesture, and took a sip of her margarita, having never tried one before.
It was nice, so I said, “La même, s’il vous plaît”, (the same please), the barman looked at me as if to say, “You prick!”
Badda said:
Frank7 said:
We’re going way O/T here, but your mention of margaritas reminded me of a time in the very early eighties.
I was in a bar in Paris with a relatively new girlfriend, from New Jersey, she wanted a margarita, so the barman fixed it, and placed it on the bar, saying, “Et pour vous M’sieu?” (and for you sir?).
I held my finger up, in a ‘hold on’ gesture, and took a sip of her margarita, having never tried one before.
It was nice, so I said, “La même, s’il vous plaît”, (the same please), the barman looked at me as if to say, “You prick!”
Amazing anecdote. I was in a bar in Paris with a relatively new girlfriend, from New Jersey, she wanted a margarita, so the barman fixed it, and placed it on the bar, saying, “Et pour vous M’sieu?” (and for you sir?).
I held my finger up, in a ‘hold on’ gesture, and took a sip of her margarita, having never tried one before.
It was nice, so I said, “La même, s’il vous plaît”, (the same please), the barman looked at me as if to say, “You prick!”
wildoliver said:
Badda said:
Frank7 said:
We’re going way O/T here, but your mention of margaritas reminded me of a time in the very early eighties.
I was in a bar in Paris with a relatively new girlfriend, from New Jersey, she wanted a margarita, so the barman fixed it, and placed it on the bar, saying, “Et pour vous M’sieu?” (and for you sir?).
I held my finger up, in a ‘hold on’ gesture, and took a sip of her margarita, having never tried one before.
It was nice, so I said, “La même, s’il vous plaît”, (the same please), the barman looked at me as if to say, “You prick!”
Amazing anecdote. I was in a bar in Paris with a relatively new girlfriend, from New Jersey, she wanted a margarita, so the barman fixed it, and placed it on the bar, saying, “Et pour vous M’sieu?” (and for you sir?).
I held my finger up, in a ‘hold on’ gesture, and took a sip of her margarita, having never tried one before.
It was nice, so I said, “La même, s’il vous plaît”, (the same please), the barman looked at me as if to say, “You prick!”
Not sure I'm going to get a whoosh parrot, but the witticism is that Frank wanted to taste the drink first to see if he liked margaritas, but the barman thought Frank was trying it first to check if the barman was competent in making a margarita before ordering one for himself.
It made me laugh!
It made me laugh!
MikeStroud said:
wildoliver said:
Badda said:
Frank7 said:
We’re going way O/T here, but your mention of margaritas reminded me of a time in the very early eighties.
I was in a bar in Paris with a relatively new girlfriend, from New Jersey, she wanted a margarita, so the barman fixed it, and placed it on the bar, saying, “Et pour vous M’sieu?” (and for you sir?).
I held my finger up, in a ‘hold on’ gesture, and took a sip of her margarita, having never tried one before.
It was nice, so I said, “La même, s’il vous plaît”, (the same please), the barman looked at me as if to say, “You prick!”
Amazing anecdote. I was in a bar in Paris with a relatively new girlfriend, from New Jersey, she wanted a margarita, so the barman fixed it, and placed it on the bar, saying, “Et pour vous M’sieu?” (and for you sir?).
I held my finger up, in a ‘hold on’ gesture, and took a sip of her margarita, having never tried one before.
It was nice, so I said, “La même, s’il vous plaît”, (the same please), the barman looked at me as if to say, “You prick!”
The Parisian barman was rightly pi$$ed off, and exasperated.
He’d spent 3 or 4 minutes doing his thing, shaking and mixing, fixing the margarita, finishing it off with salt round the rim of the glass, only to get a dumb rosbif asking him to go through the pantomime all over again.
Whereas if I’d asked for two right off, he could have fixed them both in a larger mixer.
Frank7 said:
It’s a lot simpler than that Mike, I’m surprised that no one seems to have ‘seen’ it.
The Parisian barman was rightly pi$$ed off, and exasperated.
He’d spent 3 or 4 minutes doing his thing, shaking and mixing, fixing the margarita, finishing it off with salt round the rim of the glass, only to get a dumb rosbif asking him to go through the pantomime all over again.
Whereas if I’d asked for two right off, he could have fixed them both in a larger mixer.
Ah I get it :-)The Parisian barman was rightly pi$$ed off, and exasperated.
He’d spent 3 or 4 minutes doing his thing, shaking and mixing, fixing the margarita, finishing it off with salt round the rim of the glass, only to get a dumb rosbif asking him to go through the pantomime all over again.
Whereas if I’d asked for two right off, he could have fixed them both in a larger mixer.
Sorry to say I am not up on swooning around Paris larging it up. Thanks for the explanation.
AlexC1981 said:
Not sure I'm going to get a whoosh parrot, but the witticism is that Frank wanted to taste the drink first to see if he liked margaritas, but the barman thought Frank was trying it first to check if the barman was competent in making a margarita before ordering one for himself.
It made me laugh!
Good conjecture Alex, plausible too, but I wouldn’t have had the moxie to do that, least of all with a barman in a bar down the street from Châtelet metro station, in the First arrondissement.It made me laugh!
johnwilliams77 said:
Frank7 said:
We’re going way O/T here, but your mention of margaritas reminded me of a time in the very early eighties.
I was in a bar in Paris with a relatively new girlfriend, from New Jersey, she wanted a margarita, so the barman fixed it, and placed it on the bar, saying, “Et pour vous M’sieu?” (and for you sir?).
I held my finger up, in a ‘hold on’ gesture, and took a sip of her margarita, having never tried one before.
It was nice, so I said, “La même, s’il vous plaît”, (the same please), the barman looked at me as if to say, “You prick!”
CSBI was in a bar in Paris with a relatively new girlfriend, from New Jersey, she wanted a margarita, so the barman fixed it, and placed it on the bar, saying, “Et pour vous M’sieu?” (and for you sir?).
I held my finger up, in a ‘hold on’ gesture, and took a sip of her margarita, having never tried one before.
It was nice, so I said, “La même, s’il vous plaît”, (the same please), the barman looked at me as if to say, “You prick!”
Frank7 said:
It’s a lot simpler than that Mike, I’m surprised that no one seems to have ‘seen’ it.
The Parisian barman was rightly pi$$ed off, and exasperated.
He’d spent 3 or 4 minutes doing his thing, shaking and mixing, fixing the margarita, finishing it off with salt round the rim of the glass, only to get a dumb rosbif asking him to go through the pantomime all over again.
Whereas if I’d asked for two right off, he could have fixed them both in a larger mixer.
What I thought too, a bit like when somebody orders a round of 3 cokes and a bottle of lager, waits for them to be served then goes "oh and 2 Guinness and a mojito".The Parisian barman was rightly pi$$ed off, and exasperated.
He’d spent 3 or 4 minutes doing his thing, shaking and mixing, fixing the margarita, finishing it off with salt round the rim of the glass, only to get a dumb rosbif asking him to go through the pantomime all over again.
Whereas if I’d asked for two right off, he could have fixed them both in a larger mixer.
If I'm next in line I usually go to another bar. I hate amateur drinkers...
a good little tale on FB recently was a bloke doing live feeds of a bunch of hipster gits ordering say, 12% 14% micro brewery beers, in multiple halves (check us out- we're dead hard, we can drink loads) - waving a £50 note about- crowding and crushing the bar. Buy £50 of said fancy beers, in halves.
get served on a tray
Mr hipster bloke, promptly slid/tripped when crossing the bar- smashed the lot.
rest of the bar is delighted.
get served on a tray
Mr hipster bloke, promptly slid/tripped when crossing the bar- smashed the lot.
rest of the bar is delighted.
Frank7 said:
Good conjecture Alex, plausible too, but I wouldn’t have had the moxie to do that, least of all with a barman in a bar down the street from Châtelet metro station, in the First arrondissement.
Now you're just place-name dropping Frank. 
Next thing you'll be reeling off all the three-letter ID codes of airports of the world.
Love the margarita story.
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