My name is Earl

[guest7]

I am having a strange couple of days trying to answer some accusations of bad behaviour. So far I have tried to talk to a bar manager about my poor behaviour at closing time two weeks ago and I have asked a scary bloke called 'Louse' if I offended him with a joke about him not being a real biker (the bloke is as genuine a biker as you could meet, wherein lies the humour).

Bar manager - not in today, will sort that one out tomorrow

Louse - laughed his head off and said "of course you were joking, anyone could see that, it was funny... you twat" (which was one of his jokes, I hope  )

Item number three - and this is going to sound a bit mad - did any of the Llanthony meet attendees feel aggrieved at my arrival on four wheels instead of three?

Cheers
GC

p.s. I'll do a weekend debrief shortly, but as a teaser, last night I met a bloke who owned a wall of death. He told some horrible splinter stories, but the rest of the tale is quite quite superb.

[Mart]

Item number three - and this is going to sound a bit mad - did any of the Llanthony meet attendees feel aggrieved at my arrival on four wheels instead of three?

I think one or two of us might have pretended to be offended but it was just a joke. Please forgive us if you misinterpreted our good natured banter as something more sinister.

Happy new year
Mart

[guest27]

I was absolutly disgusted that you turned up in a crate, should have been made to hang up your leathers and walk the plank, ride a stroker and sit in a car with my sister driving.

Oh hold on a mo - I was not there was I - you silly bugger GC, if anyone was offended by your turning up in a car they need to get a life.

R

[themoudie]

I sense more PC about!

 

[Bill Rutter]

I think we've all gone a little over the top after a few too many, I know I have. The most recent being a diatribe to a woman about her drinking and driving  (mentioned in these forums before). I told her I'd lost a couple of mates too maniacs like her (I haven't personally, yet I know people who have and I wanted to get my point across more strongly). I tried everything to embarrass her but felt a bit sorry later for the people who had to witness it. I honestly don't know if I'd do the same in front of an audience without some Dutch courage. I like to think I would, but with maybe just a tad more decorum.
            Most of my other hiccups involving ale involve some sort of slapstick comedy like tripping on the step coming out of the pub just as a lovely young lady is about to walk in.

[Bill Rutter]

Oh yes, I forgot.....I chucked up over a  massive Geordie bloke at a Johnny Nash gig at the Top Hat club in Spennymoor back in the '70's. He was really very good about it as I was so young and obviously not used to the stronger beer 'oop north. My Dad had warned me........

[Andy M]

I'd hope any comments about having too many wheels at Llanthoney were meant (and taken) as the usual sort of gentle ribbing we expect from/to TC members. I mean, I turned up at a Thumper bike rally on a twin-outfit 

As for bad behaviour, I've been there and done that but was always fortunate enough to outrun the sort of people I've upset. Oddly, it always tended to be young women with loud voices and huge boy friends/brothers/army colleauges. 

IMHO you've got it all sorted, Mr. Louse can obviously take a joke and bar managers tend to be utterly taken aback if you drop in to sort things out.

Andy

[Morris]

Was it Just Llanthony ?

Or are there other issues Bubbling to the Surface ?

What have you been upto GC ?

Morris

[trophydave]

We have all done it when pi**ed up.I am normally a pretty quiet bloke but when I have some ale in me I can prattle for England,in a non-agressive,ahh but... your my best mate kind of way

Bill,if the woman is drink/driving she deserves far more than bawling out in a pub.

[Bill Rutter]

Dave, I know what you mean mate. We don't see anything of her now as she and her husband drink in a pub about five doors down from where they live......surely she doesn't drive there? I'd like to think my having a go at her had some effect as loads of people came out of the woodwork afterwards saying how they wanted to say something too! I know the best option was to call the police but round here you don't do that if you still want a house to go home to.

[guest7]

The bar manager's reaction to my apology was to laugh, then say "oh don't worry about that" and shake my hand. Apparently what had happened was I got stuck into a conversation with a builder at closing time and we were having a good chinwag about work. The bar manager wanted me to drink up but I kept ignoring him because I was engrossed in my conversation. When the manager took my pint I snatched it back. In my distracted and drunken state I honestly thought the situation was good natured and he was having a laugh, however he admitted that he had lost his rag when I ignored him.

What upset me about these two incidents was the accusation that I'd been offensive and yet in both cases I intended neither harm nor malice. The first one was perfectly understood as a joke by the two of us having some banter, but misconstrued by other listeners. The bar incident was a genuine lapse of respect on my part, but the manager recognised that it was out of character and drink-related.

I rang up my mate Tim about Llanthony and he said that he had very nearly turned up in his van so no, he didn't give a toss what I turned up in. Mind you the banter would have reached epic proportions if two of us had been there on four wheels.

Sorry to bang on about this, but I was upset by the thought that I'd been out of order and I needed to know if I'd really done something wrong. The Llanthony/car issue hasn't been brought up because of the banter on the night (I know you're all good sorts), but because of comments made since.

Mind you, the true humour of this situation is that I've had to apologise to two people who both turned around and said don't be daft. So if I wasn't actually a C*ck in the first place, I look like one now 

The one good thing is that after apologising to the bar manager I went in and had three beers before returning home to Mrs Onepot, who didn't give me a hard time about being in the pub because she was more interested in what his reaction had been. 

Cheers
GC

[guest7]

Was it Just Llanthony ?

Or are there other issues Bubbling to the Surface ?

What have you been upto GC ?

Morris

Very perceptive. As a bloke well into his second marriage I am well aware that just because someone is shouting at you about one thing, it doesn't mean that this is the thing they are really pissed off about.

What have I been up to? Frankly with another self-assessment tax deadline looming it's the least of my worries 

GC

[Bill Rutter]

 I bet that bar manager was very surprised you went back to offer your apologies Graham. Not many would bother, or even think of doing that. That bloke won't have wanted any aggro any more than you and would be pleased at the outcome. I take it that it wasn't your local, but if you go back to this pub I'm sure you'll get a warm welcome now.