Playing Away and Clever Deals

Wahayyy.... Marl is away for a few days, so no work for me..!!!! I told David and The Night Shift Girl that I was ill with scurvy again and now that they have stopped calling me I have planned to sit at home and watch re-runs of all of my ex-girlfriend Georgina Spelvin's classic greats. My particular favourite is her 1973 classic The Devil In Miss Jones, where Rigsby gets to do Miss Jones in the tradesman's entrance whilst the well-endowed tribal chieftain Philip watches... I used to spend many a happy night waiting for Georgina to come home from work when she was making these films, but I always got a good night's sleep when mum brought me my tablets...

Last night, a rival bar-owner came in and told us to stop selling beer to his punters because the stress of his customers coming to drink in our bar was making his granddaughter unwell. I agreed, but the negotiations were long and hard (a bit like the tribal chieftain), and finally I agreed to sell our beer at double the normal price to his customers whilst Marl is away. How it works is like this - His customers go to his bar and buy beer at his prices. They then come in our bar and buy beer at our prices. (They come in because they think we are cheaper, but - and here is the clever bit - we are not and they are too pissed to notice!!) After a few hours I call time and tell them that we are closing up. They then leave and go back to the other bar. The next day, I give the other bar-owner half the amount of money that his customers spent in our bar. Its what he calls a win-win situation and Marl is sure to be pleased when she comes home...