On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 02:40:07 +0100
Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

> On 08-Apr-24 21:03, Sn!pe wrote:
> > Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> Hymermut said:
> >>> On 06/04/2024 14:12, Sn!pe wrote:
> >>>> <teaching granny mode>
> >>>>
> >>>> 'The Tap & Spile' is a not uncommon name for a pub over here.
> >>>> Both taps and spiles can be found in any real ale pub cellar, they're
> >>>> used in the management of ale casks and barrels.
> >>>>
> >>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spile>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The knack is knowing when NOT to tap a barrel.
> >>
> >> When it taps back at you ?
> >
> > Boodly Greta Garbo...
> >
> Maybe it was that Horatio Nelson in there.
>

Is it only me that goovs of Spinal Tap whe looking at this thread?

Fcvany Gnc

ah well.

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(gives up)

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Bah, and indeed Humbug.

On 09/04/2024 09:29, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 02:40:07 +0100
> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>
>> On 08-Apr-24 21:03, Sn!pe wrote:
>>> Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hymermut said:
>>>>> On 06/04/2024 14:12, Sn!pe wrote:
>>>>>> <teaching granny mode>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 'The Tap & Spile' is a not uncommon name for a pub over here.
>>>>>> Both taps and spiles can be found in any real ale pub cellar, they're
>>>>>> used in the management of ale casks and barrels.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spile>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The knack is knowing when NOT to tap a barrel.
>>>>
>>>> When it taps back at you ?
>>>
>>> Boodly Greta Garbo...
>>>
>> Maybe it was that Horatio Nelson in there.
>>
>
> Is it only me that goovs of Spinal Tap whe looking at this thread?

I thought it was "Not Only But Also.."?

Chris

Sam Plusnet said:
> On 08-Apr-24 21:03, Sn!pe wrote:
>> Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:
>>> Hymermut said:
>>>> On 06/04/2024 14:12, Sn!pe wrote:
>>>>> <teaching granny mode>
>>>>>
>>>>> 'The Tap & Spile' is a not uncommon name for a pub over here.
>>>>> Both taps and spiles can be found in any real ale pub cellar, they're
>>>>> used in the management of ale casks and barrels.
>>>>>
>>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spile>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The knack is knowing when NOT to tap a barrel.
>>>
>>> When it taps back at you ?
>>
>> Boodly Greta Garbo...
>>
> Maybe it was that Horatio Nelson in there.

If the barrel's empty it'll be Nietzsche.

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

In article <X%0RN.450049$7uxe.18084@fx09.ams1>, Sam Plusnet
<not@home.com> on Tue, 9 Apr 2024 at 02:40:07 awoke Nicholas from his
slumbers and wrote
>On 08-Apr-24 21:03, Sn!pe wrote:
>> Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hymermut said:
>>>> On 06/04/2024 14:12, Sn!pe wrote:
>>>>> <teaching granny mode>
>>>>>
>>>>> 'The Tap & Spile' is a not uncommon name for a pub over here.
>>>>> Both taps and spiles can be found in any real ale pub cellar, they're
>>>>> used in the management of ale casks and barrels.
>>>>>
>>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spile>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The knack is knowing when NOT to tap a barrel.
>>>
>>> When it taps back at you ?
>>
>> Boodly Greta Garbo...
>>
>Maybe it was that Horatio Nelson in there.
>
Or Jim Hawkins who only got into the barrel to get an apple!
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

In article <uv3csd$7huf$1@dont-email.me>, Richard Robinson
<richard@qualmograph.org.uk> on Tue, 9 Apr 2024 at 12:38:37 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>Sam Plusnet said:
>> On 08-Apr-24 21:03, Sn!pe wrote:
>>> Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:
>>>> Hymermut said:
>>>>> On 06/04/2024 14:12, Sn!pe wrote:
>>>>>> <teaching granny mode>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 'The Tap & Spile' is a not uncommon name for a pub over here.
>>>>>> Both taps and spiles can be found in any real ale pub cellar, they're
>>>>>> used in the management of ale casks and barrels.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spile>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The knack is knowing when NOT to tap a barrel.
>>>>
>>>> When it taps back at you ?
>>>
>>> Boodly Greta Garbo...
>>>
>> Maybe it was that Horatio Nelson in there.
>
>If the barrel's empty it'll be Nietzsche.
>
Or Schrödinger's cat. If you do not tap the barrel you are in the
blissful position of being ignorant as to whether or not you have a dead
cat.
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

Nicholas D. Richards <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:

> In article <X%0RN.450049$7uxe.18084@fx09.ams1>, Sam Plusnet
> <not@home.com> on Tue, 9 Apr 2024 at 02:40:07 awoke Nicholas from his
> slumbers and wrote
> >On 08-Apr-24 21:03, Sn!pe wrote:
> >> Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hymermut said:
> >>>> On 06/04/2024 14:12, Sn!pe wrote:
> >>>>> <teaching granny mode>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 'The Tap & Spile' is a not uncommon name for a pub over here.
> >>>>> Both taps and spiles can be found in any real ale pub cellar, they're
> >>>>> used in the management of ale casks and barrels.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spile>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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--
^Ï^. Sn!pe, PA, FIBS - Professional Crastinator

My pet rock Gordon just is.

Nicholas D. Richards <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
[...]
> >>>> The knack is knowing when NOT to tap a barrel.
> >>>
> >>> When it taps back at you ?
> >>
> >> Boodly Greta Garbo...
> >>
> >Maybe it was that Horatio Nelson in there.
> >
> Or Jim Hawkins who only got into the barrel to get an apple!

It's Roger the Cabin Boy's turn in the barrel! --Seaman Staines

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My pet rock Gordon just is.

Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:

> f

Oops, soz. [fu2: bit-bucket]
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My pet rock Gordon just is.