Bill Bryson Quotes

Equally Arresting Are British Pub Names. Other People Are Content To Dub Their Drinking Establishment With Pedestrian Names Like Harry's Bar And The Greenwood Lounge. But A Briton, When He Wants To Sup Ale, Must Find His Way To The Dog And Duck, The Goose And Firkin, The Flying Spoon, Or The Spotted Dog. The Names Of Britain's 70,000 Or So Pubs Cover A Broad Range, Running From The Inspired To The Improbable, From The Deft To The Daft. Almost Any Name Will Do So Long As It Is At Least Faintly Absurd, Unconnected With The Name Of The Owner, And Entirely Lacking In Any Suggestion Of Drinking, Conversing, And Enjoying Oneself. At A Minimum The Name Should Puzzle Foreigners-this Is A Basic Requirement Of Most British Institutions-and Ideally It Should Excite Long And Inconclusive Debate, Defy All Logical Explanation, And Evoke Images That Border On The Surreal.

Bill Bryson Quotes: Equally Arresting Are British Pub Names. Other People Are Content To Dub Their Drinking Establishment With Pedestrian Names Like Harry's

Bill Bryson Quotes: Equally Arresting Are British Pub Names. Other People Are Content To Dub Their Drinking Establishment With Pedestrian Names Like Harry's

Bill Bryson Quotes: Equally Arresting Are British Pub Names. Other People Are Content To Dub Their Drinking Establishment With Pedestrian Names Like Harry's

Bill Bryson Quotes: Equally Arresting Are British Pub Names. Other People Are Content To Dub Their Drinking Establishment With Pedestrian Names Like Harry's

Bill Bryson Quotes: Equally Arresting Are British Pub Names. Other People Are Content To Dub Their Drinking Establishment With Pedestrian Names Like Harry's

Bill Bryson Quotes: Equally Arresting Are British Pub Names. Other People Are Content To Dub Their Drinking Establishment With Pedestrian Names Like Harry's

Bill Bryson Quotes: Equally Arresting Are British Pub Names. Other People Are Content To Dub Their Drinking Establishment With Pedestrian Names Like Harry's

Bill Bryson Quotes: Equally Arresting Are British Pub Names. Other People Are Content To Dub Their Drinking Establishment With Pedestrian Names Like Harry's

Bill Bryson Quotes: Equally Arresting Are British Pub Names. Other People Are Content To Dub Their Drinking Establishment With Pedestrian Names Like Harry's

Bill Bryson Quotes: Equally Arresting Are British Pub Names. Other People Are Content To Dub Their Drinking Establishment With Pedestrian Names Like Harry's

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