Pubs
in London are to be encouraged to introduce dirge music, funeral clothing and
bar staff who are too busy taking personal calls on their mobiles to serve during
hours previously designated as Happy Hour, under new drinking rules, or so they
tell us. A
drinker in the Pig's Tit And Whistle, Leadenhall Street, said: "I came
to this pub for the all you can drink for a fiver promotion in 1997 and haven't
been home since." Whatbread,
the brewery that introduced the 'Three Pukes and You're Out' promotion
which revolutionized social vomiting across the capital, told us: "Today
is the beginning of a new era of sensible drinking and better profits." | 
