Who's Down Is It Anyway ?

Donimoes team return home battle weary and defeated, it's 11:20 hours Greenwich mean time, no it's not it's only 10:30 BUT NOT TO DESPAIR , Squeeze Box Bill summons up all his energy and calls his dejected team around the table for a practice session.(what a man!).

In the mean time Rab The Trout meanders to the Bar,"Two pints of your fine sovereign ale please barmaid" he calls,when UP jumps Beverly Hillbilly distracted from her one to one with the goggle tube it's Eleven twenty, "Oh no it.s not" no but you must consume this vast quantities of ale before that appointed time or face dire consequences and the wrath of Gaffer!.

Now the only conclusion one can reach for this obscure behaviour "no not the ordering of two pints at 10:30 " THE OTHER! please pay attention ! is that Hillbilly has enrolled in a time management course currently being run at the Pen Green Children's Day Care Centre this may have been born out when the following conversation was over heard at the bar "Now RAYMONDO ,when the little hand is on twenty and the big hand is on eleven what time is it ?",UM ehh can I phone a friend ?
"Don't be silly you don't have any !" O No that's right silly me !!

Time as we all know being relative and a man made concept roles on , when Squeeze Box Bill shouts out, (his eye,s still firmly glued to the donimoes ) " Kettering John get me
usige beatha !", up jumps John all haste to the bar where Raymondo The Magnificent vibrant with his new found skill looks at the clock on the wall o shit say's he now what is it if the little hand isn't on the twenty ?panics sets in and he screams "the bells gone! " Boatman looks over and sees he is clearly wrong and shouts back "O No It hasn't" ,but alas still no usige beatha for Squeeze Box Bill....
Hillbilly manoeuvres over to lounge lizards corner to enthral us all with current licensing laws which she has just read from a book written by some one called W. Mitty ?and to apply her time management skills advanced style.
The Boatman's Mate throws her oar in to the affray and only just holds back from suggesting numerous places she would like to stick this implement while casting an eye over Hillbilly .
Raised voices and unhappy faces the clock little hand races towards the 20 mark when just like a Swiss Cuckoo Clock out pops Gaffer and puts us right about the legality ,morality and our obligation as good citizens and with that he declares requesting drinks 1 minute after drinking up time is totaly unacceptable behaviour ,not to be tolerated and fundamentally a criminal act and if complied with could lead to incarceration at her majesty's pleasure a hefty fine or both !.
We are so lucky to have a Gaffer who knows a thing or two about the law :)

Merry Christmas Drink Up It's Closing Time