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Pub Offers Regulars a Pint and a Plot
Reuters via Yahoo ^ | January 30, 2004 | Reuters Staff Writer

Posted on 01/31/2004 7:28:21 AM PST by schaketo

LONDON (Reuters) - A game of darts or a packet of peanuts are what most British pubs sell customers to go with their beer, but one landlord is offering them something rather more lasting -- a final resting place.

Regulars at the Church Inn need not leave their favorite drinking spot even when their time on Earth is up, because landlord Julian Taylor has turned a field next door into a cemetery.

"The idea came about when my dad was ill," said Taylor, who bought the country pub near the northern city of Manchester 11 years ago.

"We are in a beautiful spot at the top of a hill and he said he'd like to be buried looking down into the valley."

Locals liked the idea and have started buying plots themselves, he told Reuters.

"One regular has even asked his friends to take their pints out into the cemetery on Friday nights after he dies -- in memory of his happy nights in the pub," Taylor said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: ale; beer; death; happy; pint; plot; pub

1 posted on 01/31/2004 7:28:21 AM PST by schaketo
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To: schaketo
Where everybody knows your name?
2 posted on 01/31/2004 7:30:47 AM PST by DeaconBenjamin
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To: DeaconBenjamin
They would have to bury me in STL...
3 posted on 01/31/2004 7:35:07 AM PST by patton (I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
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To: schaketo
Kind of a cool idea.
4 posted on 01/31/2004 9:13:23 AM PST by Prodigal Son
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To: Prodigal Son
"Kind of a cool idea."

When I die I want to be cremated and my ashes put in a bottle of expensive Bubble Bath and have it sent to Sandra Bullock.

5 posted on 01/31/2004 9:16:40 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (French: old Europe word meaning surrender)
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To: Mad Dawgg
When I die I want to be cremated and my ashes put in a bottle of expensive Bubble Bath and have it sent to Sandra Bullock.

ROTFLOL!

Your idea is sick, perverse, and I want exactly the same treatment for my mortal remains! :)

If Sandra is booked-up, send my bottle to Bo Derek.

6 posted on 01/31/2004 9:22:51 AM PST by LibKill (My sigil: Two crossed, dead, Frenchmen emblazoned on a mound of dead Frenchmen.)
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