[QUOTE=TaniaTiger;43288732]It's called the Hobbit, in Southampton, about a five minute drive from me so I'm there most weekends. The shire is the name of the beer garden within the pub though. They've even got a massive hobbit hole door thing, and the pint cocktails they serve are amazing
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they have shots named after other characters too, and you can only buy a Nazgul once you've completed the fellowship, whereby you must finish all cocktails. You also get a free T shirt for it. Fucking love that pub[/QUOTE]
Isn't that pub getting shut down by WB or Tolkiens family?
this took 2 long
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My family pretty much stopped being festive, I asked for something a little festive and I got this
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[QUOTE=Starship;43293279]Isn't that pub getting shut down by WB or Tolkiens family?[/QUOTE]
It was, WB jumped on pretty much everything that had "hobbit" in it's name, there's a little restaurant somewhere called the hobbit hole or something.
Stephen Fry and Ian Mckellen caught wind of what they were doing and were outraged, they've offered to support the pub fund-wise and Fry even said that he'll be coming to the pub once filming of The Hobbit is finished
[QUOTE=TaniaTiger;43288732]It's called the Hobbit, in Southampton, about a five minute drive from me so I'm there most weekends. The shire is the name of the beer garden within the pub though. They've even got a massive hobbit hole door thing, and the pint cocktails they serve are amazing
[img]https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/996062_10151866584726655_795936133_n.jpg[/img]
they have shots named after other characters too, and you can only buy a Nazgul once you've completed the fellowship, whereby you must finish all cocktails. You also get a free T shirt for it. Fucking love that pub[/QUOTE]
cocktails with no ice in a pint glass
hahahaha how sad
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Is that a legitimate move or whatever? It doesn't strike me as very graceful :v:[/QUOTE]
I guess anything can be a legitimate move if you want it to be, it's essentially just gymnastics/aerobics on a pole.
The reason it's a bit off looking is probably because it was a first attempt, practice makes perfect. While up there my instructor yelled "stay there, I need to get the camera" so I was just hanging there for a few minutes waiting while she found it and turned it on, in that time I was very slowly slipping down the pole like an impatient reindeer-snail
[QUOTE=TaniaTiger;43294267]It was, WB jumped on pretty much everything that had "hobbit" in it's name, there's a little restaurant somewhere called the hobbit hole or something.
Stephen Fry and Ian Mckellen caught wind of what they were doing and were outraged, they've offered to support the pub fund-wise and Fry even said that he'll be coming to the pub once filming of The Hobbit is finished[/QUOTE]
Stephen Fry has already visited! :eng101:
WB are now asking for a tiny licensing fee of £100 p/y to keep the name which is great
[QUOTE=TaniaTiger;43288732]It's called the Hobbit, in Southampton, about a five minute drive from me so I'm there most weekends. The shire is the name of the beer garden within the pub though. They've even got a massive hobbit hole door thing, and the pint cocktails they serve are amazing
[img]https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/996062_10151866584726655_795936133_n.jpg[/img]
they have shots named after other characters too, and you can only buy a Nazgul once you've completed the fellowship, whereby you must finish all cocktails. You also get a free T shirt for it. Fucking love that pub[/QUOTE]
As a lover of alcohol I really hate being intolerant to citrus fruits
Nearly all cocktails have lemonade or orange juice or whatever, sucks man
[QUOTE=Justin Case;43295677]Stephen Fry has already visited! :eng101:
WB are now asking for a tiny licensing fee of £100 p/y to keep the name which is great[/QUOTE]
I knew the £100 per year thing but he's already visited? and we missed it!? how did we let this happen
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;43293809]My family pretty much stopped being festive, I asked for something a little festive and I got this
[img]https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1538821_716335735045092_62302208_n.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Consider yourself lucky. Here is a picture of my festive stuff:
[QUOTE=Heroku;43296821]Consider yourself lucky. Here is a picture of my festive stuff:[/QUOTE]
An amazing picture
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Anyway here's a photo with my Cousins dog trying to take a selfie on Christmas RN from Australia, have a good one guys im about to eat some Turkey
[QUOTE=Justin Case;43295677]Stephen Fry has already visited! :eng101:
WB are now asking for a tiny licensing fee of £100 p/y to keep the name which is great[/QUOTE]
Seriously... £100 p/y? What is £100 to WB? Are they THAT broke?? Might as well just charge them 5 cents, because that'll have just as much impact on WB's yearly earnings as £100.
Ridiculous, just let the guys have their pub and be merry!
It's probably just to discourage anyone else from using middle earth world stuff in their business :v:
[QUOTE=Sobek-;43299897]Seriously... £100 p/y? What is £100 to WB? Are they THAT broke?? Might as well just charge them 5 cents, because that'll have just as much impact on WB's yearly earnings as £100.
Ridiculous, just let the guys have their pub and be merry![/QUOTE]
It's nothing to either them or the pub, but they have to protect the brandname otherwise any copyright claims they make in future become invalid, if they failed to enforce it in the past.
[QUOTE=Sobek-;43299897]Seriously... £100 p/y? What is £100 to WB? Are they THAT broke?? Might as well just charge them 5 cents, because that'll have just as much impact on WB's yearly earnings as £100.
Ridiculous, just let the guys have their pub and be merry![/QUOTE]
the £100 basically has them under the thumb, so if they want to fuck the pub over and raise the amount then it's probably a hell of a lot easier if they've already got them paying out a certain amount
trying on scarves on christmas eve
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either you're too fabulous for that scarf or that scarf is too fabulous for you
[QUOTE=TaniaTiger;43300015]the £100 basically has them under the thumb, so if they want to fuck the pub over and raise the amount then it's probably a hell of a lot easier if they've already got them paying out a certain amount[/QUOTE]
Yeah that's exactly what I was thinking - let these guys think they've got a 'win', then if the popularity ever starts to take off, jack the price up due to precedent. They're just being clever dicks about it...
[QUOTE=Sobek-;43300052]Yeah that's exactly what I was thinking - let these guys think they've got a 'win', then if the popularity ever starts to take off, jack the price up due to precedent. They're just being clever dicks about it...[/QUOTE]
They really aren't, it's just a bizzare legal slant. They have to protect the trademark they have by pursuing anyone who uses it without license, otherwise they lose the right to the trademark. The easiest way out for both parties is to set up a license agreement where the fee is essentially trivial, meaning that there is no infringement so the company dont have to pursue, but also the company dont look unfavourable by shafting something so popular. They won't bother to raise it, for the fee to make a noticable impact for WB the pub would be long bankrupt. The legal fees of raising it in the future would never be offset by the amount returned from the deal.
[QUOTE=NixNax123;43300018]trying on scarves on christmas eve
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Now release a video game that you made in a week, call it indie, and rake in the cash.
[QUOTE=Mr. Zombie;43300390]Now release a video game that you made in a week, call it indie, and rake in the cash.[/QUOTE]
I can make a really pretentious text-adventure game
But have no art, just command prompt, for super retro graphics
And instead of 'text adventure game" label it 'text journey'
[QUOTE=Mr. Zombie;43300390]Now release a video game that you made in a week, call it indie, and rake in the cash.[/QUOTE]
Make sure it's in 8bit too.
happy christmas everyone
i made a thing for a girl I know that loves the nightmare before christmas
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hope she likes it. I might make one of him on the mountain or make the boogie.
[QUOTE=RobbL;43296728]As a lover of alcohol I really hate being intolerant to citrus fruits
Nearly all cocktails have lemonade or orange juice or whatever, sucks man[/QUOTE]
Lemon is the best fruit for cocktails
dont ever get wasted on the beach
or something like this could randomly came up on your facebook front page
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[QUOTE=autodesknoob;43311007]dont ever get wasted on the beach
or something like this could randomly came up on your facebook front page
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I made a mistake clicking that thumbed.
BUTZOOM ENHANCE
Well it was a nice Christmas here overall. Bit of an odd Christmas day though - right after I woke up, we found a baby dove that had fallen out of its tree and broken a wing, which meant I had to take it for a drive down to the wildlife hospital (about an hour round trip usually). Unfortunately it had to be put down as the break was pretty bad... To make it worse, the parent doves arrived back later in the day and spent the entire afternoon looking around the property for their little one :(
But! Everything else went well. We let all the animals out and the local organic food store gave us a big box full of random fruits and veges they were going to throw out, so all the animals got to pig out. Some random pics - me with Harry (miniature horse);
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And the most retarded photo I've seen so far of me and my goat;
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Plus there was some kind of standoff over food at one point;
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And someone took my most flattering photo to date, attempting to get the horse to sit still for 0.00005 seconds for a photo;
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Good Christmas!
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