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T_i_B

(14,734 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 05:41 AM Jun 2020

Rees-Mogg suggests pub-goers enjoy 'yard of ale' to mark lockdown easing

I initially thought this was a rare good idea from the haunted pencil. Until I considered how few pubs actually have a Yard glass, how much beer would get spilled, the risk of the drinker bringing the contents of his stomach back up and how many people attempting a yard would end up in A&E.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53182194?fbclid=IwAR0I0fafUVl8m7BHPzH0MDNh8Za_a2zi8TUaQEpmOfvlaOYrFyuW4uaeA4o

Pub-goers should "go back to drinking a yard of ale" to mark pubs reopening in England while maintaining social distancing rules, Jacob Rees-Mogg says.

In the Commons, Tory MP Brendan Clarke-Smith asked Mr Rees-Mogg what could be done to support the reopening of pubs.

The Commons leader replied: "I think there's a very easy answer in pubs and that is people should go back to drinking a yard of ale.

"Because if they drink a yard of ale they will maintain social distancing while enjoying an extra large drink to celebrate the fact that they are back in the pub."
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Rees-Mogg suggests pub-goers enjoy 'yard of ale' to mark lockdown easing (Original Post) T_i_B Jun 2020 OP
Well, Moggy, I see a photo opportunity in your near future. Denzil_DC Jun 2020 #1
... Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #2
Impressive! T_i_B Jun 2020 #3
Blast from the past: Denzil_DC Jun 2020 #5
This is a joke stolen from Private Eye muriel_volestrangler Jun 2020 #4
Seen it being done at the Great British Beer Festival T_i_B Jun 2020 #6

muriel_volestrangler

(101,148 posts)
4. This is a joke stolen from Private Eye
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 09:20 AM
Jun 2020

On the other hand, if Rees Mogg reads Private Eye, there's hope for him yet.

("Desperate Business" cartoon - man in pub behind dotted line "yard of ale and a two metre flute of cider please mate&quot

And yes, I remember our college once-a-year yard of ale competition, and how messy it got. None more so than when someone did it with Guinness ...

T_i_B

(14,734 posts)
6. Seen it being done at the Great British Beer Festival
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 09:50 AM
Jun 2020

An event where Yard glasses are on sale and people are daft enough to buy them.

You can usually tell at GBBF when somebody is attempting to drink a yard of ale by the big braying crowd around them and the pools of spilt beer.

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