Pub Banter! (East End Style)


from the ABC set Humorous Ramblings

“’ere young fella”
“Yes Granddad!”
“I aintchya Granddad”
“I aintchya Young fella”
“Cheeky little bugger”
“Grumpy old git”
“Where was you, when manners was handed out?”
“Round the corner, having a fag. Where was you?”
“Round the other one, shagging your Mum; there was a queue!”
“Oh! Very nice! Maybe I should call you Dad then.”
“Not unless your name is Houdini.”
“Do you want some thing?”
“Yea, gimme a loaf o’ bread and a pound o’ tea.”
“This is a pub!”
“In that case, I’ll settle for a pint of watery bitter in a dirty glass.”
“We don’t ‘ave watery beer or dirty glasses.”
“You did last night!”
“You some kinda comedian?”
“Yea; the thirsty kind.”
“Actually, I thought you sounded a bit dry.”
“Really? Well, there ya go; I thought you sounded a bit stupid;
Looks like we was both right.”
“Cor blimey, I give up!”
“So did Hitler, only he had the decency to shoot himself.”
“You wanna pint, or what?”
“Yea, please, if I can get it before closing time.”
“That’ll be two-twenty.”
“Robbery!”
“Charity!”
“Piss orf!”
“Have a nice day.”

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Comments

tamara (not verified) | January 27, 2009 - 22:54

Wicked!Loved it.x

threeleafshamrock | January 27, 2009 - 23:17

Thanks Lovely Lynne XX

Dynamaso | January 28, 2009 - 01:59

Awesome. I do love a good piece of dialogue. Thanks for the laugh.

Nathan Bednarek | January 28, 2009 - 16:14

This is the funniest thing I've read in a long time. I really had a laugh reading this. I love the whole British ‘pub culture’ in this piece. A very clever dialogue and the characters are charming ;-p

Amazing work, well done.

Nathan.

threeleafshamrock | January 28, 2009 - 16:34

Thanks all ;)

jennifer | January 28, 2009 - 19:44

Gosh! Hilarious! Perfectly captured...

You should try your hand at writing a play!

J x

threeleafshamrock | January 28, 2009 - 21:43

Thanks J. I just might, it might not be Shakespeare; possibly more Brendan Behan.

threeleafshamrock | January 31, 2009 - 11:35

Thanks for the cherry folks; I'll go back to the pub and celebrate. LOL. ;)