Time Gentlemen Please!

[system 4-50]

It is time to close the unstable bar, clear out those of the regulars who have died, get the cleaners in to fumigate the place, give it a good purge, and then re-open it for business, possibly under a new name.

[carlt]

You could always open your own, in competition. You could call it the Wobbly Bistro.

[mayalld]

You could always open your own, in competition. You could call it the Wobbly Bistro.

Will he have to pay a 9% forum access agreement?

[carlt]

Will he have to pay a 9% forum access agreement?

Only if he waters down the beer.

[RLWP]

Only if he waters down the beer.

 

He's not a jolly, fat man is he?

 

Richard

[Dyertribe]

It is time to close the unstable bar, clear out those of the regulars who have died, get the cleaners in to fumigate the place, give it a good purge, and then re-open it for business, possibly under a new name.

If you wish to drink elsewhere please feel free the regulars in the Unstable Bar, dead or alive, are happy with its unfumigated, unpurged state and wish it to remain as it is.

[Phil Ambrose]

It aint broke so it doesn't need fixing.

Phil

[luctor et emergo]

As usual, it is a suited and booted outsider, who thinks he knows better. Next he'll suggest a theme, like an outback pub, complete with Chrome fittings. Or an Irish pub, staffed by Australians. Or he'll suggest we move to SoHo....

 

Give him a pint of Old Fogey, and ignore..

 

He's not a jolly, fat man is he?

 

Richard

He's not jolly.

[system 4-50]

It's a pub. Obviously it needs closing and re-opening. That's what they do. These oldsters just don't understand how the world works. Tsk, tsk...

[luctor et emergo]

Obviously, this suited and booted outsider has not actualy been inside. He's just selling the location. He's a fool.

 

 

Hang on...

 

 

 

 

'Scuse me squire, wana buy a pub?

[RLWP]

Oi! I have the deeds you know

 

Very dirty they are

 

Richard

[luctor et emergo]

Hang on, I'll sell him Tower Bridge first.

[nicknorman]

Perhaps the pub needs updating to a wine bar? I have never really understood the UB ramblings, most of which seem to be from customers under the influence of psychotropic drugs!

[Dyertribe]

Perhaps the pub needs updating to a wine bar? I have never really understood the UB ramblings, most of which seem to be from customers under the influence of psychotropic drugs!

You make these comments and then accuse us of taking mind altering substances?

[nicknorman]

You make these comments and then accuse us of taking mind altering substances?

Yes.

 

 

 

 

Obviously! And can we have a "no dogs" policy too?

Edited January 24, 2014 by nicknorman

[Dyertribe]

Yes.

Obviously! And can we have a "no dogs" policy too?

GO AWAY AND OPEN YOUR OWN ESTABLISHMENT

[nicknorman]

GO AWAY AND OPEN YOUR OWN ESTABLISHMENT

Is this a local pub for local people?

 

By the way, did I mention that I'm deaf?

Edited January 24, 2014 by nicknorman

[Dyertribe]

But not blind.

No it's not a local pub for local people .......... it's an Unstable bar for unstable...... errr sort of like, as you were

[nicknorman]

But not blind.

No it's not a local pub for local people .......... it's an Unstable bar for unstable...... errr sort of like, as you were

Anyway, I think you'll find we are currently outside said establishment.

[twbm]

Much like 'Spoons - keeps all the oddballs in one place so you know where they are.

[steelaway]

Anyway, I think you'll find we are currently outside said establishment.

 

Been barred again then?

[nicknorman]

Been barred again then?

No, never dared to go in. And they don't serve champagne!

Edited January 25, 2014 by nicknorman

[madcat]

It's got a cat flap so I hope it doesn't close. I get free beers from the elephant because I scare the mice away.

[luctor et emergo]

You made the eflunt think you scared the mice away? Clever move.

 

 

 

 

 

(There have been no mice in the bar since the first samosa war, when the pasties invaded the cellar. )

[RLWP]

The key is under the flowerpot, careful - it's hot

 

The unStable Bar isn't the only on-line nonsense thread I have been involved in, so a few thoughts and observations

 

• they can be great fun and very rewarding
• I think it is important to stick to the narrative of the moment. Clearly, anyone can say anything, that disrupts the construction of a narrative and it has no flow. Players really need to try to stick to the narrative, or distort it in credible ways
• It takes a few dedicated people to keep the thread rolling. If the post count is low, the narrative stalls and the gaps get hard to fill
• Its important to wrap newcomers into the narrative carefully. Threads like this need active participants and plenty of them, otherwise they run out of ideas
• Someone needs to hold it together, and to let themes grow

I have had a lot of fun with the unStable Bar over the years, without regular players it's bloody hard work

 

Richard