Jeremy Clarke Jeremy Clarke

Under pressure

A social leper tells you of his miserable existence

issue 05 October 2002

Friday night I put a clean shirt on and went up the Griffin. On Friday nights the Griffin is taken over by bikers. You know the kind of thing. You go in and it’s all heavy rock, leather and the smell of skunk.

The bikers were singing a song about the landlord on Friday. To the tune of ‘Bread of Heaven’ they were singing, ‘The landlord takes it up the arse!’ It was funny to see how hilarious these bikers thought their song was. Well, the landlady, his wife, wasn’t having it. Trembling with rage, she climbed on a chair, found her balance, cupped her hands round her mouth and yelled, ‘Just because he takes it up the arse doesn’t mean to say that he’s a poof, does it! The only poofs in here are you lot!’

I had to push my way through to get to the bar.

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