Private pub

Alphane · 6 Mar 2009 at 12:42

We used to hold regular house parties in my old house, at least monthly up to about 40 people max, never any trouble, but then we where a load of tree hugging hippies so the most rebelious it got was people rufising the mung bean stew and buying donner kebabs from the takeaway

Morgoth · 6 Mar 2009 at 12:45

Pilky01 said:
Last one I went to one of my mates took a poo in the kitchen sink.

That is disgusting.

fendi · 6 Mar 2009 at 12:57

Morgoth said:
That is disgusting.

Only if it is your sink.

DanH84 · 6 Mar 2009 at 13:03

could you bung a couple of cameras in there and say you were making a film about people who paid no attention to the smoking ban? i don't think the laws apply to film sets where it's in the course of making the movie/show.

Pilky01 · 6 Mar 2009 at 13:04

Morgoth said:
That is disgusting.

Funny though.

Vonhelmet · 6 Mar 2009 at 13:04

DanH84 said:
could you bung a couple of cameras in there and say you were making a film about people who paid no attention to the smoking ban? i don't think the laws apply to film sets where it's in the course of making the movie/show.

That's a bit desperate.

semi-pro waster · 6 Mar 2009 at 13:09

FrostedNipple said:
But if I have a few beers in my fridge and my mate wants them to save a trip to the shops I will sell them to him. Is that theoretically illegal if he where to be smoking while all this was happening? Also could you give the beer for 'free' and they give a 'donation' to me?

If it were as simple as getting donations then do you not think other existing bar owners might have already tried it? It would after all be in their interests to maximise trade even if they've got to find a loophole to do it.

Buying drinks for your mates and then them giving you the money back for it i.e. at cost price to you, isn't an issue but you've got a rubbish business model there. Let's put it this way, I wouldn't invest in a business where you're not even going to break even after taking account of wages, premises, depreciation etc. The whole idea is something that you'd probably get away with on a small scale but it is almost certainly illegal and would be of interest to HM Customs and/or the police if it was anything more than very occasional and insignificant.

fendi said:
Only if it is your sink.

Nah, I'm pretty sure it's disgusting regardless.

DanH84 · 6 Mar 2009 at 13:10

vonhelmet said:
That's a bit desperate.

aren't most of the ideas though? I'm fairly content as a non smoker with things as they are.

!bluetonic! · 6 Mar 2009 at 13:46

DanH84 is right:-
If Eastenders are still allowed to smoke on set, you could turn your 'private public house' into a 'film set'. Give everyone a script (stan: 'can I have a beer?' or Brian: 'fancy a cigarette') and put some cameras up for effect.