Every Friday evening at the Eastern Promise there is an event nown as Pressure Hour. Essentially free beer is served between 5pm & 6pm to all in the bar on condition that no-one goes to the Toilet and that anyone who enters the bar does not leave during this time.
It has a 50-50% success rate, the amusement comes from the punters screaming abuse at anyone who looks as though they may break the rules.
A week ago last Friday I was unable to attend, however, the evening took a turn to the ridiculous which was retold to me over the weekend.
A gentleman (lets call him Wobbly Dave) had been drinking for most of the afternoon and as the hour approached, used barstools to barricade the bathrooms in an attempt to prevent their use.
The bell rings, the free flow beer commences and 15 minutes into "Pressure Hour" Wobbly discovers to his horror that he needs to vomit.
Heading to the door, amid howls and curses from those who are sure he is going to leave the bar, thus ceasing the free flow, our hero opens the bar door, puts his head out of the gap and proceeds to empty the contents of his stomach onto the pavement outside.
Happy at having acomplished this without transgressing the rules of engagement, he closes the door and starts on his next beer.
I am unsure whether he should be applauded for his bravery or sectioned under the mental health act (does one exist within Indonesia) but either way, I have made a mental note to sit very far away from him in the future.....
Big "EEEEUUUUWWWWW". I'll be back home next month and will definitely remember this story. Will get an insider (a.k.a Lens)'s side of the story just to make sure I won't be sitting next to him. Unless he's George Clooney.
ReplyDeleteSo much effort to get free beers. Gosh. Men are unbelievable.
Unfortunately it was I who passed the story onto Lens, but, it has been corroborated.
ReplyDeleteWobbly Dave is most certainly not George Clooney, think more Mr Magoo without the glasses