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# it's the new name of my local
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 31 May 2015, 15:05, archived)
# I hope that's true
and you can post a photo of their pub sign
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 31 May 2015, 15:29, archived)
# it will be on fb shortly
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 31 May 2015, 15:35, archived)
# Well we can't all see that can we.
I call cock 'n bull
(I helped save b3ta! Frogbeat, Sun 31 May 2015, 15:40, archived)
# *sighs*
google cock and seaman pub, seaforth. it's causing my neighbours to be scandalised.
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 31 May 2015, 15:43, archived)
# marvellous :)
have they got a picture sign or do they want us to design one?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 31 May 2015, 15:46, archived)
#
(I helped save b3ta! Frogbeat, Sun 31 May 2015, 15:51, archived)
# Brilliant!
(I helped save b3ta! da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Sun 31 May 2015, 22:32, archived)
# it went up last week
it's just a simple cockerel and sailor, nothing smutty.
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 31 May 2015, 15:55, archived)
# I hope he's holding it suggestively
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 31 May 2015, 15:57, archived)
# sadly not :(
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 31 May 2015, 16:01, archived)
# :D
Get in contact with them
(I helped save b3ta! Frogbeat, Sun 31 May 2015, 16:12, archived)
# You're doing a strangle-wank all wrong.
(I helped save b3ta! Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch, Sun 31 May 2015, 16:20, archived)
# There used to be a mechanical clown in a glass case on Southend sea front
scared the fucking life out of me as a kid. This reminds me of it for some reason.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sun 31 May 2015, 16:36, archived)
# there was one outside blackpool funhouse, too
when the funhouse burned down, that fucking clown was the only thing that survived the fire :(
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 31 May 2015, 16:39, archived)
# are you sure it wasn't a monkey in a scuba mask?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 31 May 2015, 16:42, archived)
# that's far less disturbing than the blackpool clown
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 31 May 2015, 16:50, archived)
# and the southend one
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sun 31 May 2015, 17:16, archived)
# That's certainly a LOT of fun.
(I helped save b3ta! Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch, Sun 31 May 2015, 17:30, archived)
# See, this one just fucks you
whereas the one at southend fucked your entire childhood.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sun 31 May 2015, 17:33, archived)
# Wow! I apologize
(I helped save b3ta! Frogbeat, Sun 31 May 2015, 15:47, archived)
# it's marketing genius!
everyone is calling it disgusting and saying they should change it back. all this means is that the new owners are getting all the free publicity they could possibly want!
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 31 May 2015, 15:57, archived)
# My band stopped by for a pint at the Fighting Cocks, north of London
had no problem with the name back then (20 years ago now...) The place even made our national news recently.
www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/05/26/409756452/british-pub-ye-olde-fighting-cocks-is-asked-to-change-its-name
(I helped save b3ta! tubaman, Mon 1 Jun 2015, 6:48, archived)
#
their plaque, I guess missed a chance to do something funny
(macroscian (1 like), Sun 31 May 2015, 15:58, archived)
# yep, that's it
every time i go the shop, i see people outside, taking pictures of the name!
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 31 May 2015, 16:01, archived)
# A pub near me used to be called the "Oily Johnnies "
The locals were upset when it was renamed " Oilys "


www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatpicturegalleries/8878535/Britains-strangest-pub-names.html?image=2
(I helped save b3ta! CanonCaliber A big bore, Sun 31 May 2015, 17:06, archived)
# I blame gentrification. Was it previously called the Spamdagger and Knobjuice?
(I helped save b3ta! RRNot is a miserable sinner, Sun 31 May 2015, 17:08, archived)
# Not many people remember the stories of King Spamdagger and his faithful servant Knobjuice.
There are still a few pubs named after them, but as you say they're getting rarer now.
Of course Blackadder The Third was roughly based on some of their history.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sun 31 May 2015, 17:25, archived)
# It's only a model...
(I helped save b3ta! Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch, Sun 31 May 2015, 20:02, archived)