# English Theme Pubs in Norway... A cunning plan? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 9, 2002, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-theme-pubs-in-norway-a-cunning-plan/141498 "2002-12-09T13:43:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-theme-pubs-in-norway-a-cunning-plan/141498/21 "2002-12-10T15:01:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > I’ve thought of a good name for your future pub: > > **The Cunning Plan** With [this photo](http://www.whatalovelywar.co.uk/BA4chef.jpg) on the wall. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-theme-pubs-in-norway-a-cunning-plan/141498/22 "2002-12-10T16:21:00Z")
Garius: Don’t you like the Princess Louise? Fabulous toilets (an unusual selling point I know) I quite like the Ship behind Holborn station too. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-theme-pubs-in-norway-a-cunning-plan/141498/23 "2002-12-10T17:02:43Z")
Hey Brits, guess what? Y’all have been describing most Yank pubs too. Small world, huh? ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-theme-pubs-in-norway-a-cunning-plan/141498/24 "2002-12-10T18:19:50Z")
There should be a few ‘humorous’ signs like, “Do not ask for credit as a smack in the teeth often offends”(the bar staff are generally 5’ tall in such places) Another classic sign is, ‘You don’t have to be mad…etc’ There is usually a strange looking bottle behind the bar from somewhere like Majorca with an unusually coloured liquid inside it, the bottle is always unopened. At the bar the local ‘popular man’ is regaling the bar staff with ‘wonderful stories’ and ‘jokes’, they cannot easily get away from him as the bar area is small, but the rest of the local drinkers do. A bunch of nearly 40 somethings trying to be 20 something in cheap unfashionable leather jackets, with their chests pumped up, beer guts pulled in(until they forget for a moment) belts on the last notch, and an obvioisly affected ‘camraderie’ ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-theme-pubs-in-norway-a-cunning-plan/141498/25 "2002-12-10T18:33:39Z")
In Leeds the town centre pubs seem to have been kitted out in modernist ‘designer’ stuff and trying desperately to be sophisticated, just to show that Leeds is on a par with the cosmopolitan towns, like Milan, Paris etc, it’s still fucking freezing outside though and usually pissing down. Where I am now, Castleford, its around 30 years behind the times, at least, if you’ve ever seen Albert Finney in ’ Saturday Night and Sunday Morning’ or maybe ‘This sporting life’, (Richard Harris ?) things are exactly the same. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-theme-pubs-in-norway-a-cunning-plan/141498/26 "2002-12-10T22:54:19Z")
\ **owlstretchingtime** - never been to **the ship** but i know the one you mean, i’ll give it a look. I used to enjoy **the george** round the corner - it was suitably seedy looking but beneath the surface actually quite friendly - but its now changed breweries and landlords and isn’t as nice anymore. where is the **Princess Louise**? I’m intrigued… the marketing department decided to take us webbies to their “favourite pub” last week - it was the **Pitcher and Piano** in holborn - a proper trendy bar. One of my co-workers got very distressed when he found that they didn’t have a single fruit machine and… …none of you guys are going to believe this… …they had _soap_ in the toilets **SOAP DAMNIT!** 🙂 \ ---
**Author:** ![Squirebob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Squirebob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squirebob)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-theme-pubs-in-norway-a-cunning-plan/141498/27 "2002-12-11T10:15:50Z")
Thanks for the idea’s and most of the descriptions of English pubs describe my old pub, just we had retired prostitutes as we were close to an old dock. They always added that type of gin soaked class only they can manage. I also like the idea for the name… The symbol for the bar could be a ‘Lump of purest GREEN!!’ ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-theme-pubs-in-norway-a-cunning-plan/141498/28 "2002-12-11T13:04:00Z")
The Princess Louise is in New Oxford St and is a beautiful Edwardian pub. I used to be a regular in the George, and was ony there last week. I used to work in the big homeless Hostel in Parker st. Small world. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-theme-pubs-in-norway-a-cunning-plan/141498/29 "2002-12-11T21:41:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by owlstretchingtime \* > \*\*Small world. \*\* t’is indeed. the fruit machine in the george was the first one i ever “clocked” - i could always get enough out of it to buy a round. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-theme-pubs-in-norway-a-cunning-plan/141498/30 "2002-12-12T18:09:03Z")
I think it could go very well. Particularly if you add in a bit of a football theme - Norwegians love English football. However, as someone who left Trondheim but still loves it, I have one favor to ask. Assuming you’re planning to serve food and not just drinks, please don’t set up shop in one of the remaining old wooden buildings, unless you can afford exceptional fire safety precautions. [This should explain why.](http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=452847) ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Squirebob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Squirebob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squirebob)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-theme-pubs-in-norway-a-cunning-plan/141498/31 "2002-12-16T09:29:49Z")
Yeah I heard about the fire in Trondheim, a lot of my friends were very upset. There was a similar fire in Edinburgh old town not so long ago. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-theme-pubs-in-norway-a-cunning-plan/141498/32 "2002-12-16T16:27:43Z")
Don’t forget the obligatory lady behind the bar who everyone is scared of. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-theme-pubs-in-norway-a-cunning-plan/141498.md?page=1)