You may find this hard to believe but I was nearly 10 before I saw the seaside, a combination of fear of a flat earth, and horse and traps on a go slow on the A10 making journeys from Waterbeach to Hunstanton or Cromer impractical.
Nowadays, nearly all the new entries seem to pepper the coast, which made for a great day mopping up all but one of the East Kent newbies.
And thou, Sandgate, are not least among the anonymous sandy suburbs south of the Channel Tunnel, for you now have a micro pub of your very own.
Called Inn Doors (Indoors, geddit), it is chiselled straight from the Herne rule book and plonked down yards from the pebbles. To gain entry, just be aged 45-65 and wear shorts.
I have almost nothing to say.
By the way, am I the only person who thinks the Four Candles sketch spectacularly unfunny ?
retiredmartin 
You’re getting almost poetic again.
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No,you’re not the only person to find that sketch unfunny young Martin.
But then again I’ve never once laughed at
Monty Python
Lee Evans
Paul Merton
Michael McIntyre
Dawn French
David Baddiel
Ricky Gervais
Eddie Izzard
Stephen Fry
Jo Brand
Jennifer Saunders
Benny Hill
Stewart Lee
Russell Brand
Dave Gorman
Jack Whitehall
Rowan Atkinson,
I could go on …
However,these are people for me who really have funny bones.
Peter Kay
Micky Flanagan
Frankie Boyle
Lee Mack
Steve Coogan
Kevin Bridges
Jimmy Carr
And that’s about it.
Comedy is a very subjective medium but The Two Ronnies,rather like Monty Python,are even less funny in retrospect than they were first time round.
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IMO the Four Candles sketch is vaguely amusing but nowhere near the work of comic genius it’s cracked up to be.
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Is there a sister establishment called ‘er Inndoors?
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East Kent, surely, not West Kent. That’s Tunbridge Wells 😛
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A tap in for you there 😱
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Micropubs are obviously taking a leaf out of the hairdressers’ book when it comes to terrible punning names.
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I still think that “Curl Up and Dye” (from Blues Brothers) is a great name for a hairdresser…
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Keep watching this space Dan !
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We passed one once called Public Hair. Though that’s not what I thought it said at first glance…!
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Thanks for that, Chris 😉
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Similar people run both, and that’s not a criticism.
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Comedy in general doesn’t date well. Look at old Morecambe and Wise shows and it seems like a different world.
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I’ve rarely thought comedy anything to laugh at.
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“Photo doesn’t show stiff breeze accounting for empty beach”
Neither do the waves.
“Spot the Martello tower”
Which one? 😉
“(Indoors, geddit)”
Even I find that one a groaner.
“Follow the herd”
Is it ironic that a brewery called Follow the Herd makes a beer without any dairy? And Gluten free to boot! My word; what the bloody hell’s it made of?
“am I the only person who thinks the Four Candles sketch spectacularly unfunny ?”
Well, to be honest, I did crack a smile or two but nothing out loud. Oh, and don’t tell my better half but I will admit that some of the earlier Python sketches don’t hold up well. 😉
Cheers
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That “So would I” caption really made me laugh!
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I actually went back to Margate tonight too !
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