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Basically, a crenellated bartop so that tall people and short people can lean by the pumps and have a proper chinwag without any tippytoe or bendy knee action.
Each crenellation will be adjustable by use of a stout brass handle on the bar front, so that the optimum height can be selected by the
patron. Also makes a good handbag/coat hook. The mechanism can, via the gift of the behind-the-bar-override, be disabled by the staff if people start playing silly buggers.
Crenellations
http://elfwood.lysa.../castles/crenel.gif I was thinking along the lines of the top row pictured. Triangles and semicircles pose glass balancing problems beyond even sober minds. [my face your, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
chinwag - a definition
http://dictionary.r...om/search?q=chinwag a public service broadcast to counteract the effects of the efforts of the squeakian Ministry of Misinformation [my face your, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Levelling chairs - for [po]
http://www.halfbake...20Executive_20Chair This could work for bar stools. But they would not solve the problem when one 'props up' the bar. [Jinbish, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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Crenellated? Chinwag? Playing silly buggers? I don't know where to start explaining why this confuses me. |
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Great idea! Also need an adjustable foot rest around the base of the bar (don't you just hate it when there isn't one at all?). |
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[jivetalkinrobot]
Crenellated - from cranium. Meaning skull shaped or rounded and bumpy like the top of a skull. |
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Chinwag - The action performed when one has a pub peanut caught between the molars and are attempting to remove it with contortions of the tongue. |
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Playing Silly Buggers - An ancient english tradition, connected to Morris dancing. |
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[squeak] Thanks! All cleared up here. |
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Hurrah - a fantastic idea. As one who is shorter than the average, I always feel rather stupid on going into those new trendy wine bar places with really high bars as I have to stand on tiptoes to order a drink. Brings back the feel of underage drinking. |
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I'm voting for the idea - but this is not admission that I think any bar is anything other than perfect. |
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could we have barstools that go up and down like one of those horsey things at the fair? |
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How about a game where instead of shooting water into the clown's mouth to fill up the balloon, the bartenders shoot beer into *your* mouth until you pass out? |
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This is a good idea. However, I think Silly Buggers may be inevitable. |
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[custardlove] It certainly is if you live anywhere with a high percentage of rugby union players. |
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"Item: three-foot-tall siege tower, (collapsible into bicycle paniers)"
"Check!"
"Item: man-portable mantlets, handkerchief-based"
"Check!"
"Item: teeny tiny grappling hooks (weighted burrs on button thread)"
"Check!"
"Gentlemen, synchronise your sundials; we leave in five."
"Huzzah!" |
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