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Crocodile welcomed into Australian pub by drinkers

Drinkers at an Outback watering hole may have wondered if perhaps they'd had one too many when they were greeted by a crocodile at the pub's door.

UK Treasury Chief Hit by Pub Ban

An Internet campaign to ban Britain's Treasury chief from the nation's pubs has struck a chord with the country's harried drinkers.

A Pastor Walks Into a Bar ... to Listen

Barflies, forget having to talk your troubles over with a bartender.

Wash. Lawmaker: Bars Should Allow Dogs

If dog-loving lawmakers prevail, Fido could soon be sidling up to bar stools around Washington state.

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Britian's most haunted village cancels Halloween
Source: Telegraph

Halloween has been cancelled in Britain's most haunted village. Too many annoying revellers apparently....

Ghost refills beers at pub
Source: ABC Action News

A British pub landlady is trying to get rid of a ghost that keeps refilling drinkers' glasses.

Pub puts up Christmas decorations in July - Telegraph
Source: Telegraph

The Milton Arms Hungry Horse in Cambridge is starting its seasonal celebrations 163 days early to stir up interest from Yuletide customers. Father Christmas has already paid a visit to pub and the landlord Chris Beard, 30, has taken two bookings for large parties.

Irish Enchantment: Dublin's Top Attractions - TravelMuse
Source: TravelMuse

Historical landmarks, world-class museums, incomparable pubs and abundant shopping are just a few of the draws in this capital city.

Horse racing trainer rides zebra to Dorset pub
Source: Telegraph

A former jump jockey and horse racing trainer, Bill Turner, rides a zebra called Zebedee to his local pub in Sherborne, Dorset.

You've been framed: Landlord catches pub regular in vandalism sting... and plays CCTV on big screen
Source: the Mail online

A pub landlord fed up with repeated vandalism attacks on his car set up a CCTV camera to catch the culprit in the act - before playing the footage on TV.

Gay pride night at Baghdaddy's!
Source: The Washington Post

Change has certainly come to Baghdad. And it appears that includes the U.S. Embassy, where they are holding what the invitation says is the first-ever U.S. Embassy Gay Pride Theme Party next Friday at Baghdaddy's, which is the embassy employee association's pub.

British pub finds smoking ban loophole: report
Source: PhysOrg.com

The landlady of a British pub has exploited a loophole in the country's smoking ban by opening a "smoking research centre" where drinkers can light up legally, reports said Wednesday.

Germans pee in brass instruments
Source: metro.co.uk

The unusual urinals at a pub in Freiburg, south Germany, were put in by landlord Martin Hartmann. 'Most people see the funny side but we've had a few complaints from musicians,' he said

Pranksters paint pub pink
Source: Telegraph

A landlord was far from tickled pink after pranksters decorated his pub in a paint-and-run attack, it has been disclosed.

Pictured: The rotting food and mould-covered fridges that greeted inspector
Source: the Mail online

Excerpt: Alarming pictures released today show the conditions inside 'Britain's worst pub kitchen' in which environmental health inspectors found nearly 200 items of rotting food.

Thirsty bar thief shows a fair bit of cheek
Source: ntnews.com.au

Excerpt: A THIEF has been caught on a surveillance camera with his pants down. The man broke into a Darwin bar early yesterday, where he proceeded to take off his clothes and wander around before taking off down the street in the nude.

Free SKi Passes
Source: Friend

The Inn at Crystal Lake in the White Mountains of New Hampshire are offering to their guests free ski passes to Great Glen Trails.

26-Year-Old To See Every @!$%# He Ever Went To High School With On Night Before Thanksgiving
Source: The Onion

NEW YORK—For the fifth straight year, Jordan McCabe will return home for the holidays and spend the night before Thanksgiving running into every smug and unlikable @!$%# he ever went to high school with, the 26-year-old reported Monday.

Another Irish Drinking Joke me Son Told Me

Sean is new in town, but soon finds a nice pub to his liking, so he walks in and orders up 3 pints of Harp, drinking them a sip at a time from each glass til they are gone.

Irish Drinking Joke

Patrick is sitting at the Shamrock, downing pints of Guiness til the wee hours of the morn... round about 2 AM the bartender calls out "last call," so he downs his last pint, stands up to leave... and falls flat on his face!

Pub calls time on equine regular
Source: BBC News

A Tyneside pub has called time on one of its regular visitors after the premises were refurbished. Peggy, a 12-year-old mare, used to enjoy a pint of beer and a packet of crisps alongside her owner at the Alexandra Hotel in Jarrow.

Man receives new leg after drink at his local pub
Source: Telegraph

Not many people walk into a bar and walk out with a new leg. But that's what happened to David Huckvale, 42, who needed a £40,000 bionic leg to walk again.

Has pub's CCTV captured ghosts on film?
Source: thepress.co.uk

A LANDLADY thought whisky, gin, vodka and rum were the only spirits in her York pub – until she spotted some ghostly goings-on on CCTV. Janine Robinson and her husband, Steve, are tenants at the Light Horseman pub and hotel in Fulford Road.

Brewery Review: Iron Hill Brewery (Lancaster)
Source: PitelSPOT

Review of Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant in Lancaster Pennsylvania (PA). It's definitely a brewery worth visiting

'Pub ban' order for wife killer
Source: BBC News

A judge has told a Glasgow pensioner that stopping him going to the pub was a "more meaningful" sentence than a prison term for killing his wife.

Do Online Relationships Really Last?

Q. If your relationship/marriage was made online, there's a one in three chance that you will be sitting in front of a marriage counsellor, say experts. Psychiatrists have recorded an increase in the number of couples, who met in cyberspace, seeking counselling.

Protests over pub's topless 'spirit dwarf'
Source: Australian News Network

A PUB promotion involving a bare-chested and top-hatted dwarf walking the length of a bar pouring free booze down the throats of patrons has drawn protests from alcohol education campaigners.

Pub lets customers pick how much they pay
Source: wigantoday.net

Food lovers flocked to a pub after it advertised a "priceless menu." The Bulls Head in Southworth Road, Newton-le-Willows, was packed with intrigued diners who found themselves being asked to decide how much they wanted to pay for their meals!

The Halal Inn........a pub with no beer!
Source: the Mail online

Beer is being replaced by fruit juice and prayers in the country's first booze-free Islamic pub. The Halal Inn has a juice bar, snooker tables and darts - along with a prayer room and a steam room.

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