Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for February 10, 2025

Some of these are familiar…

“Old Balrog Depleted Uranium Stout.” Mmmm… I can feel the glow already…

I went to a “MegaPub” once, it was huge! There were several bars inside, and it was also a restaurant, and an arcade. And it was noisy!

Well, you’re walkin’ through a city street, you could be in Peru

And you hear a distant calling and you know it’s meant for you

Then you drop what you were doing and you join the merry mob

And before you know just where you are, you’re in an Irish pub

♪♫They’ve got one in Honolulu, they’ve got one in Moscow too

They got four of them in Sydney and a couple in Kathmandu

So whether you sing or pull a pint, you’ll always have a job

‘Cause where ever you go around the world you’ll find an Irish pub ♪♫

Now that design is fairly simple and it usually works the same

You’ll have ‘Razor Houghton’ scoring in the Ireland, England game

And you know you’re in an Irish pub the minute you’re in the door

For a couple of boys with bodhrans will be murdering Christy Moore

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