my father and I

have been having this conversation about monastic consumption in light of the government's recent anti binge-drinking initiatives. Just to show there's nothing knew. Except you never saw a monk with an asbo.

Posted By: camcan on November 1st 2005 at 15:12:09

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Mick - In medieval England the normal monastic allowance was one gallon of good ale per (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 1, 14:55:37
- Bunch of (General Chat) - CB41, Nov 1, 15:04:36
  - I flippin' love the medieval (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 1, 15:05:17
- now if you said that in the pub Shirley would have you on the pool table by 9 (n/m) (General Chat) - mickfoot, Nov 1, 14:57:10
  - also - The account books for the Percy family of Northumberland reveal that in 1512 the (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 1, 15:04:37
    - Who he? nm (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Nov 1, 15:05:57
      - leader of the reeeeeetttaaaaaarrrdssss Barclay circa 1989, but more importantly... (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 1, 15:10:37
        
        my father and I (General Chat) - camcan, Nov 1, 15:12:09
        
        no, but I did see a monk with an afro once - in Bletchley (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 1, 15:13:08
        
        I've seen a monk with a lesbo (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 1, 15:23:49
        
        I once saw a monk hitchhiking on the A17. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 1, 15:20:34
        
        I've never seen a real monk at the football but there was once a barber shop quartet (General Chat) - mickfoot, Nov 1, 15:23:56
        
        Yeah, you might have got hate into the 'habit' of picking up men in all in one attire... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Nov 1, 15:23:46
      - Did you know that lynx survivied in England up to the early Medieval times? (General Chat) - mickfoot, Nov 1, 15:10:19
        
        Now conservationists believe some areas of Scotland could again provide suitable habitat, (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 1, 15:12:10
        
        Superdrug ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Nov 1, 15:22:51
        
        And in Gloucestershire beavers have been reintroduced and it's riled DEFRA (n/m) (General Chat) - mickfoot, Nov 1, 15:14:37

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