I Want An Inflatable Pub
It would be very easy to mock this, but I've got to say I can see the appeal: "Us British love a traditional public house, propping up the bar with a pint of English ale, but you've probably never had a drink in a pub like this. The Hogshead Inflatable Pub is the first pub in the world to get the inflatable treatment, in 'ye olde worlde' style. Standing at 8 meters tall, and 15 foot wide, this drinking den can be set up almost anywhere. With excellent attention to detail, this pub includes an artistic tiled roof, brick stone wall, two chimney pots and even a welcoming fire place feature." Internal artwork also includes a dartboard, which just seems like a bad idea, particularly when you consider that the thing will run you more than $40,000. I mean, one errant glassing and you're screwed. [Via]
Give everyone plastic beer bottles, just like baseball games, and this will be fine.
Actually, I wish they'd do this with Trader Joe's in my neighborhood.
I don't know–remember the outrage when they threatened to change the pint glasses to plastic? They'd probably serrate their teeth or fingernails out of spite and take the pub down.
A glassing cannot be replicated with plastic.
you're right, a plasticking is much worse
"Us British"
*speaking of dank, dark drinking establishments:
Dave's Stagecoach. Thursday 7/22…6:30/7ish sound good to you?
Perfect.
I will be near St. Joseph that day.
AWL GOOD SHIPS could use A CAPTAIN, Fantastic.
Alas, I won't be able to sail down the Missoura.
-then we'll toast Captain our Captain nonetheless adrift!
hosing all the urine off shouldn't be a problem
I have never wanted anything for another human being more than I want Alex Balk to own an inflatable pub.
Further proof that nothing brings out the bonhomie in jolie quite like a drinking establishment.
one drunken gesture with a lit cigarette and it's all over
not to mention one drunken swipe of a bear-claw
Of all the child's party standbys that could be adapted into a bar, I suppose the bouncy castle was the best bet. Carousel? Pony rides? Clown? The former 2 are a recipe for mass vomiting, and the grotesquerie of a clown getting glassed would be too much to bear.
next time my neighbor rents one of those things for his kid's b'day party, I know exactly what my suggestion will be
ALCOHOLIC MAGICIAN
-hehhgh, watch all yr beerz dizapeearz inna blinkaneye-
Hey, if it comes with a portable liquor liscense, this could be the best thing in the history of everything.
I want an inflatable pub with a detachable pianist.
Have you looked at St. Mark's?
But will it have a bouncer?
Drinking and inflatable structures don't mix.
I was a company picnic a few years back and had avoided the 'family fun' part by hanging out under a pavilion away from the action and driking beers with the other childless freaks.
Returning to my table after refreshing my drink, I tripped over an extension cord and accidentally unplugged it. As I held the end of the cord trying to figure out what the hell people were plugging in at a picnic I heard the screams of children in the distance.
The cord was attached to the airpump that kept the bouncy castle inflated. I can still hear the children screaming. Oh, the humanity.
you win, and so, so hard.
@ Tuna:
It's like your own personal Silence of the Lambs, but with beer instead of serial killers.
I'd like to imagine Tuna, went and behaved in the only appropriate manner. Went back for another drink and indulged in manic giggling until her cohorts stared at her.
This'd be perfect for the next Awl bash. I'll bring the knives.
Wouldn't this think turn into a sweat box after about 5 minutes?
*thing*
@kitten:
Adds to the authenticity. Drinking to excess and perspiring with dignity are among the things the English do well.
All that time conquering Africa and India has them pretty well trained up for sweating!
If it's inflatable it must float. Anyone up for some offshore drilling?
SOMEONE HAS OBVIOUSLY NEVER OWNED A BOUNCY CASTLE.
I looks like Shakes The Clown's house.
A perfect employer for inflatable barmaids / my dates.
TO SAY NOTHING OF AN ERRANT KNIFE
Inflate it with helium, add glass bottom.
I actually drank in one of these once, after a Ragnar relay race in Arizona. It was… pretty special. I believe they were having trouble keeping it inflated, so it looked a little sad…