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[rosamicula]

I must have signed up for a thing (probably, knowing me, some sort of prize draw) with one of the pubs in Richmond. They emailed me recently with this:

Ladies Ale Night

Comments

[owlfish]

From your comments, it is not clear why you had any inclination to sign up for this!

[rosamicula]

I'm just on the mailing list - I didn't sign up for the event! I think I signed up for a prie draw and to be advised of any special deals they had on food, as the grub is pretty good there.

[owlfish]

Ahh. I misread this as something you signed up for, but full of reasons why you knew you wouldn't actually enjoy it. I'm glad you have not!

[rosamicula]

I don't think it's a bad idea, in principle. It's just so naffly done! I wish I did like beer, actually, especially in the summer, as I am so fussy about white wines.

[perfectlyvague]

A marketing qualification seems to involve sending emails along the lines of 'Ladies! Shoes! Cake! Glitter!' 'guys! Cars! Pints! Attractive women will find your fat bald presence inexplicably exciting'

[ms_siobhan]

If only I lived nearer - I'd go to that but that's because I like beer.

I think one of the best elixirs of youth is not having children.

[rosamicula]

My personal youth-giving procedure is threefold: Don't get married, don't have kids and never fake an orgasm.

[_pyromancer_]

Speaking as a single, asexual, child-free guy, I'd echo all of those. And add a cat to the mix. ^_^

[rosamicula]

Wow. You could be the Cliff Richard of LJ!

[commonpeople]

Can't you send wardytron in your place so he can report back on how it was (and bring home some cake)?

[rosamicula]

Hmm. He's a big girl's blouse, for sure, but he wouldn't make a very convincing 'lady'.

[puzzled_anwen]

Agreed on all points (except the cake. It wouldn't be enough to get me to a beer tasting thing, but it does sound nice.) Beer tastes like mouldy cereal mixed with WRONG. No amount of patronising fucking "education" is going to change my mind/tastebuds on that fact. I have given beer plenty of chances and, unlike cider, wine and to an extent gin, it has tasted equally awful every time I've tried it over the last nearly-twenty years. (I quite like a Kriek once in a blue moon, though.)

Also, perhaps this would be better aimed at women who, you know, like beer, but want to try different kinds (like how it would be if it were aimed at men)?