11.56pm:
The Artist "I know, lets get shots in for everyone ready for New Year!"
Me: "Yeah great idea"
We go to the bar.
11:57pm
Me: "Can I have...how many of us are there? ... er six shots of sambuca"
The Artist: "No ... er... seven"
Me: "seven shots of sambuca please!"
The City Worker: "I don't like Sambuca"
Me: "OK. six shots of Sambuca and one shot of Tequila please." turns to friends "I hope you all have some money because I am not paying for all of this".
The Artist scrabbles around in his pockets.
The Artist: "I think I can pay for about three of them?"
11:58pm
Me (snatching up The Artist's money): "Can I pay by Card? Have I got time?"
...
Hands over card.
...
Waits.
11.59pm
Barmaid hands over chip and pin machine.
...
Me: "Oh you seem to have put the wrong amount in here. It says £1.40"
Barmaid takes back chip and pin machine.
...
Waits.
12.00am
Barmaid hands over card terminal.
...
I enter my pin. I hand back the terminal.
12.01am
I collect my drinks.
I return to my friends.
Oh. Its too late.
"Shots anyone?"
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
How I Spent my New Year
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1 comment:
Sambuca is some nasty stuff though.
A friend of mine once mistook a cola bottle filled with sambuca for the bottle of water and tried to use it to wash his mouth after brushing his teeth (we were at a festival). Well that was an odd surprise ;)
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