I know this is satire
But then satire can often reveal underlying truths:
As it was revealed that 2000 pubs have closed in the last year, non-pub goers said their community would not be the same without the local pub they never went to.
Margaret Gerving, from Peterborough, said: “I was delighted when the smoking ban came in because it meant I could finally go to the pub without being killed.
“But then I didn’t, mainly because I’m not the sort of person who likes going to pubs. I prefer to stay in with a carton of pomegranate juice and a bag of pine nuts and make long lists of all the things I want banned.
“Now it turns out that nobody else is going either because quite a lot of the people who used to go to the pub also liked to smoke. But none of this explains why all the pubs are closing down.”
For it is indeed true that pubs are closing all over the place and as least part of the reason is that those who like a smoke with their drink aren’t going to them any more.
As also aren’t those who don’t like to smoke and never went to the pubs in the first place.
6. March 2009 at 10:46 am :
Why not do what they do in Australia? Provide a separate area with excellent ventilation in an annex?
I suspect the real reason maybe that with taxes on alcohol rising and incomes falling, pubs are going to under financial pressure just like any other business.
6. March 2009 at 11:47 am :
This is so funny!
6. March 2009 at 10:04 pm :
pubs were struggling before the ban due to ridiculous taxes and robber baron contracts.
the lobby brigade (goverment funded proffesional liers) finished the job off.
if they don’t like a smokey enviroment yet want to drink, buy a bottle of wine and rent a bleeding dvd and stay in.
if they don’t go to the pub any way, then keep their noses out of others business.