mentalrage

So this evening has been somewhat surreal it has to be said, I was supposed to be going to see Cloverfield only things didn't go quite to plan thanks to some chav scrote deciding to "have a go" at the bus driver. In my time I've seen some rather bizarre sights but I don't think I've ever seen anything quite as odd as witnessing a pasty faced chav having a fight with a bus driver through the window of said bus. All this came about after the aforementioned pasty faced chav decided he had right of way in the middle of the road despite the fact a bus was coming straight toward him, this resulted in the bus driver shouting something along the lines of "Do that again and someone will knock you down" ofcourse this resulted in the same reaction you get when you say anything to a pasty faced chav i.e. a thousand yard stare and a refrain of "You fink your ard or somfink yeh?" it was at this point he decided to attack the bus as it were. After the rather surreal melee was over the cops turned up to take statements which resulted in me getting into Leeds about 30 minutes later than planned which meant I had now missed the beginning of the aforementioned film so we ended up going down the pub instead, on the way to the pub I got a text off Mistress Paine saying "I see you"or words to that effect which immediately caused me to start looking 'round which was rather bemusing for my friend Jonny who was thinking I was just having a freak out or something ( turns out she was on a bus we went past) .

In other news I'm more than little pissed off at the fact I can't go to big SG meet in Birmingham in March 'cause it doesn't fall in the "new holiday year" according to my holiday sheet for work, the irony of actually having something planned and being unable to attend is not lost on me.

My quest for unearthing decent ales continues I've now racked up 20 different ales, I'm always on the lookout for something interesting lurking on the shelves when I'm somewhere new. So in no particular order here's my list:

- Hogoblin
- Goliath
- Fiddler's Elbow
- Whyte Wych
- Bah, Humbug
- Old Bob
- Spitfire
- Roaring Meg
- Black Sheep Ale
- Yorkshire Terrier
- Abbot Ale
- Fursty Ferret
- McEwan's Champion
- London Pride
- Dark Lord
- Piddle In The Hole
- Summer Lightning
- Bitter & Twisted
- Pale Rider
- Chalky's Bite
- Osprey

The strongest thing I've found on my travels is "Old Tom" which packs a hefty 8.5% punch in it's innocent looking bottle.Special mention goes to McEwan's Champion which despite packing a not exactly quaint kick of 7.5% is actually very nice and not like drinking turpentine which can be a problem with stronger ales.

Anyways I'm done rambling now.