Who invented the term "wet pubs" ?

PARlance · 15-09-2020 2:00pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

"Cocooning" and "staycation" also need to be excised from everyday parlance.

Agreed, Bertie.

Frustrating that they have become part of the new normal.

SEPT 23 1989 · 15-09-2020 2:10pm

wet hostels are places the alcoholic homeless can stay and drink

shows the regard the ones making decisions have for drinkers

El_Duderino 09 · 15-09-2020 2:45pm

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

wet hostels are places the alcoholic homeless can stay and drink

shows the regard the ones making decisions have for drinkers

Yeah. And since it's term used by the pub industry, I presume you're saying the pub industry sees its customers in that light?

amadangomor · 15-09-2020 2:56pm

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

It's the logical extension of the effort, which was well underway long before covid, to transform traditional Irish pubs into more "civilised" food establishments. It is the kind of term dreamt up by people who think of a drinking only place as the deviation from the norm. And in turn it normalises the idea that places where eating is more or less expected are the ordinary thing. You get this in America a lot, where only dingy places are "bars" where's anywhere comfortable, even if it looks like a pub, they will start you off with a menu etc, and just coming in to drink is seen as strange.

The long term ambition has been to kill off proper pubs ever since Michael mcdowell was around. Covid has helped a lot.

Tldr: Wet pubs my hairy hole.

Yanks are weird when it comes to pubs.

Few years ago I was in town with the son who was 5 or 6 at the time. Ireland U20s were playing in the Rugby World championships so decided to go into Bull and Castle at Christchurch for two pints.

Old American gimp kept going on about kids being in pubs under his breath to his lady friend/wife. His food arrived and he said he cannot take it anymore and he stormed out with her in tow. Left the food, waiter was bewildered until I explained.

KaneToad · 15-09-2020 2:59pm

Wet pub is a commonly used term in the trade.

El_Duderino 09 · 15-09-2020 3:04pm

KaneToad wrote: »

Wet pub is a commonly used term in the trade.

Em, I think you'll find its used as part of a conspiracy by successive governments for the past 20 years to DESTROY pubs or shame drinkers or whatever.

So you might know it's an industry term, but the real peope in the know (the conspiracy theorists) know it was just invented for the pandemic as part of the conspiracy.

IAMAMORON · 15-09-2020 3:05pm

I did , apologies to all.

It was a toss between that and " watering holes" .

_Whimsical_ · 15-09-2020 3:06pm

I can't hear the term "wet pub" without being reminded of the term "wet markets" in Wuhan that we hear so much of at the start of the pandemic.

2 new phrases gifted to common parlance by Covid.
Hopefully not equally ominous!

sheepskin1234 · 15-09-2020 3:08pm

Unprecented is one.

But staycation is the most annoying. An annoying American word pushed by government to tell us to go throw our hard earned money to businesses who are shafting you.

gary550 · 15-09-2020 3:25pm

nthclare wrote: »

More than likely some senior civil servant.

And because said civil servant, has a lot of clout and the arse lickers wouldn't dare suggest wet pubs sounds ridiculous.
For they might fall out of favour for going against the status quo...

Going forward...

Knowing the civil service it probably took an elite unit of 12 megabrains 2 weeks of brainstorming to come up with that. Probably cost 30k in consultancy fees for an external arbitrator too just to make sure it was all ok.

I'd rather chew on glass than hear any more brain dead idiots espouse these moronic terms like they are somehow more intellectually adept than the average clown.

sheepskin1234 · 15-09-2020 3:28pm

I'm also very sick of hearing Glynn repeat the same message everyday.

"People urged not to socialise in groups" said every day kinda loses meaning after a while.

Strumms · 15-09-2020 3:48pm

sheepskin1234 wrote: »

I'm also very sick of hearing Glynn repeat the same message everyday.

"People urged not to socialise in groups" said every day kinda loses meaning after a while.

It does, but... if he wasn’t to say it and this thing blows up in a major way again ?
Who do we think the needy fûckwits and the greedy money grabbers will blame ? Themselves ? The family or friends as in the “ aghhh sure come over for an hour, be grand “ merchants ? Nope, it will be Ronan Glynn, the HSE etc... Glynn and the HSE are sending out the message via the stats, people don’t follow it... he and the HSE have tried, told people face to face, daily.

Eduard Khil · 15-09-2020 3:53pm

Whomever invented the term lock them in stocks with a keg of Heineken 0% hooked to their arm intravenously.

Yurt2 · 15-09-2020 3:53pm

Who are the government to tell me that a purple snack and a packet of bacon fries isn't a substantial meal?

Kept me upright manys a night

Gregor Samsa · 15-09-2020 3:53pm

It's a standard industry term. This document has an example of its use from 2013:

http://www.thecasepubbentley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Business-Plan-Doc-website.pdf

The Royal Oak in the East End is primarily a wet Pub, and so not a direct competitor for our planned food offering

It's mad when people discover something outside of their limited vocabulary and get scared and confused.

iamstop · 15-09-2020 4:09pm

Cardi B apparently has a song about Wet Ass Pubs. Video is quite something. So I'm told.

BailMeOut · 15-09-2020 4:14pm

Deleted User wrote: »

It is my second most hated term of the last few months. I have a top 5.
5 Cocooning
4 Staycation
3 New Normal
2 Wet pubs
And in at number 1 the mind bendingly dreadful basement dweller loving.......................................
..........................................
Socially Distant.

If you have kids "Blended Learning" is another one.