There used to be a bar in our town called "the Office Lounge in a strip mall and on the second floor was another bar called “Someplace Else”.(true story) When your wife called and asked where you were,you could honestly reply “At the office”. If,after discovering the rest of the story, she called the lounge and the barkeep said “he’s not here” when she asked “do you know where he might be?” he would say "Yes maam, he’s someplace else:!
Reminds me of the time that the San Francisco Chronicle’s annual readers’ poll had a category, “Best Place for Teenagers After 10 PM”, and the runaway winner was, “At Home/In Bed.” I wondered how long it would take somebody to open up a club by that name and then claim, “Voted Best Place for Teenagers After 10 PM by the Chronicle.”
I have a shirt that says “Moderation, not extremism”. If I WASN’T a Muslim nor under 21, I would’ve been allowed to go into bars! Then when people ask me how much I’ve drunk, I would just point to my shirt as if to tell them I drank in “Moderation, not extremism”.
BE THIS GUY about 6 years ago
A bar name picked by a lawyer.
Rod Gonzalez about 6 years ago
You wouldn’t know honestyif it bit you in the rear, Rat.
Packratjohn Premium Member about 6 years ago
I’d still call a cab.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 6 years ago
There is, or at least used to be, a nightclub in Worcester, MA called “Rehab.”
kaffekup about 6 years ago
Or call it The Office. So you can honestly say, “I spent the whole evening at The Office.”
blunebottle about 6 years ago
Oh, you’re good, Rat!
Masterskrain Premium Member about 6 years ago
I’m kind of surprised someone hasn’t already tried this!
Fontessa about 6 years ago
There used to be a bar in Amarillo named “My Broker.”
Steverino Premium Member about 6 years ago
I called my new car “nostalgic”. That way, when I cleaned and polished it, I could say I was waxing nostalgic.
Nathan Daniels Premium Member about 6 years ago
You can take the cartoons out of the lawyer, but you can’t take the lawyer out of the cartoonist.
cmo2495 Premium Member about 6 years ago
I know there is at least one bar called The Library near a college campus.
newsguyzzz about 6 years ago
Up until recently there was a bar in Manassas called “The Church”. Yes, I was there on Easter Sunday.
stringer831 about 6 years ago
Hagar the Horrible used the same gag about 20 years ago, only itwas a whole town called “Moderation”. Either way, it’s still funny!
Gent about 6 years ago
How’s that honesty, Rat?
paullp Premium Member about 6 years ago
Interesting that this is one time that Rat — not to mention half the people who make comments here — chose not to beat up on Pastis for the word play.
Cameron1988 Premium Member about 6 years ago
Don’t forget Goat he’s the POTUS
Radish the wordsmith about 6 years ago
I would call my cannabis bar, Just Another Joint.
BiathlonNut about 6 years ago
Heard that a former president was hanged in Effigy. Effigy is a small town outside Middletown.
F-Flash about 6 years ago
Rat knows how to do the “Twist” …………… on words that is. That kinda sounds like Yoda.
RuSerious? Premium Member about 6 years ago
I live in a college town. I suspect like many college towns, we have a bar named “The Library.”
“Honest, Dad. I was at The Library all night!”
joefearsnothing about 6 years ago
There used to be a bar in our town called "the Office Lounge in a strip mall and on the second floor was another bar called “Someplace Else”.(true story) When your wife called and asked where you were,you could honestly reply “At the office”. If,after discovering the rest of the story, she called the lounge and the barkeep said “he’s not here” when she asked “do you know where he might be?” he would say "Yes maam, he’s someplace else:!
Andrew Sleeth about 6 years ago
Rat, you should know by now that every drunk, no matter how drunk, “only had a couple beers.”
Daeder about 6 years ago
Rat is a marketing genius!
cdgar about 6 years ago
I’ve been doing that for years.
Radish the wordsmith about 6 years ago
There was a bar in San Francisco called the Mail Box.
Sisyphos about 6 years ago
That’s very noble of you, Rat. Also, admirably tricky. As always, you are a bit of a paradox….
del_grande Premium Member about 6 years ago
Reminds me of the time that the San Francisco Chronicle’s annual readers’ poll had a category, “Best Place for Teenagers After 10 PM”, and the runaway winner was, “At Home/In Bed.” I wondered how long it would take somebody to open up a club by that name and then claim, “Voted Best Place for Teenagers After 10 PM by the Chronicle.”
Ryan Plut about 6 years ago
There was a bar in Seattle named “Alibi”.
BradDrunkenTraitor about 6 years ago
http://www.themodreading.com/home.html
ND Cool Z almost 6 years ago
I have a shirt that says “Moderation, not extremism”. If I WASN’T a Muslim nor under 21, I would’ve been allowed to go into bars! Then when people ask me how much I’ve drunk, I would just point to my shirt as if to tell them I drank in “Moderation, not extremism”.
Kombul Premium Member over 1 year ago
This one has been done in Hagar the Horrible about 40 years ago.