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In a bar, a last call (last orders) is an announcement made shortly before the bar closes for the night, informing patrons of their last chance to buy alcoholic beverages. There are various means to make the signal, like ringing a bell, flashing the lights, or announcing verbally.
The drinker paradox (also known as the drinker's theorem, the drinker's principle, or the drinking principle) is a theorem of classical predicate logic that can be stated as "There is someone in the pub such that, if he or she is drinking, then everyone in the pub is drinking."
1899 map showing number of public houses in a district of central London. Ale was a native British drink before the arrival of the Roman Empire in the first century, but it was with the construction of the Roman road network that the first pubs, called tabernae (the origin of modern English "tavern"), began to appear.
Six o'clock closing often fuelled an hour-long speed-drinking session as men raced to get as drunk as possible in the limited time available. An unintended consequence was that patrons would save their glasses during the hour before closing time until the last call came for drinks, where the glasses would be refilled and patrons attempted to drink them all in the time left.
Last Order or Last Orders may refer to: Last order, used in the UK instead of Last call, an announcement made in a pub or bar before serving drinks is stopped; Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, the follow-up series to the Battle Angel Alita manga; Last Order: Final Fantasy VII, a 2005 animated feature based on the video game Final Fantasy VII
At the Sheephaven Bay pub in London, tucked just behind Camden High Street, Guinness accounts for more than 50% of weekly draft beer sales. Owner Pat Logue told CNN that this year he’s already ...
Some pubs bear the name of "hotel" because they are in countries where stringent anti-drinking laws were once in force. In Scotland until 1976, [5] only hotels could serve alcohol on Sundays. In Wales, an 1881 Act applied the same law until 1961 when local polls could lift such a ban in a district and in 1996 the last ban was lifted in Dwyfor ...
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