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    The Tennents Lager Appreciation Society

    in The General Nonsense Forum

    Posted · Edited by Barry Ferguson's Hat

    There's nothing quite like finding T in the most unexpected places. 

    A few years ago I was heading to have a few drinks at a beach in Sydney and was tasked with getting the beers in for myself and my Scottish mate. Upon entering the walk-in fridge of the local offie, my eyes met the most wondrous of sights - a 24 pack of Tennent's 's. No-where else on the entire Australian continent had I seen such a thing and initially I thought it must have been a mirage. But no, it was the real thing and without hesitating I grabbed myself a case and made my way to the checkout. It cost the equivalent of £40 but was worth every last cent just to see my mate's face light up as I proudly, with chest puffed out, strolled across the beach with the sun glinting from those magnificent silver cans. 

     

    Another strange occurrence was when, within seconds of arriving in the city of Dunedin in New Zealand, I spotted two Kiwi students sitting cross legged in between two parked cars at the side of the street, drinking the Amber nectar. They couldn't have been more helpful in pointing me to where I could indulge my viTamin requirements, even telling me of a nearby pub that sold it as well as rolls and haggis. 

     

    Some say Tennent's doesn't travel well, but sometimes it's these beacons of lighT that keep me travelling. 

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    Work colleagues

    in The General Nonsense Forum

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    I used to work with a guy that was genuinely mentally unstable.

    Every so often he would just sit and stare into the distance, laughing manically.

    On more than one occasion he tried to microwave his lunchtime porridge in a metal bowl and seemed genuinely surprised when someone ran over to stop him. 

    The most bizarre thing I saw him do, however, was after finding a coin on the ground, he took out a plastic bag from his pocket that contained his loose change as well as what looked like crushed strawberries all mixed together. 

    The most concerning thing at the time was that there was a big group of us working in a shipyard, performing menial tasks until spaces opened up on the boats that we were ultimately going to be living and working on. It was inevitable that some of us were going to end up stuck on a pretty small boat for two weeks at a time in dangerous working conditions in very remote areas with someone who appeared to be insane. 

    Luckily, I didn't get stuck with him, but I later met someone who had worked on the same boat as him who said his bunk mate would regularly wake up to this guy sitting in the middle of the floor in the darkness just laughing. 

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    Japan/Korea two week double header 2019

    in The Travel Forum

    Posted · Edited by Barry Ferguson's Hat

    I found there to be plentiful signage in English, although obviously sometimes you'll have to walk into a place just assuming it's a restaurant before blindly ordering something from the menu and hoping for the best. 

    I imagine the amount of signage in English has dramatically increased since Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Olympics back in 2013.

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