I don’t mind if I do have another Leffe as well. Anybody seen the Major on the golf course recently?
I said it was a mistake to give the former RAF Leuchars site to the Army. According to this Blitzenthingummy, the buggers have gone and blown up St Andrews golf course. Typical.
The Royal and Ancient down, some 550 more to go. Crack on, Thor.
But that’s cruelty to wee burrrdies and bunny rrrabbits 
No, Aisling, it isn’t; but ultimately golf courses are.
Only if they’re owned by POTUSA.
No, not only then, although that is an egregious example. Seriously, they are very bad news. It’s Saturday night and fisticuffs on Saturdays are only acceptable in meatworld; but the near-coma of boredom I go into when golf is being discussed is personal taste and hurts no one but me or any unfortunate person I happen to be rude to, whereas the colossal damage that golf courses do is well documented.
More or less than grouse moors, d’you suppose?
My gut feel is less, probably principally on the grounds that grouse moors are the only habitat in which the grouse (briefly, until blasted oot of the air) thrives, it being one of the pandas of the bird world and remarkably picky. But the, ahem, ‘protection’ of grouse leads to some practices which are criminal as well as wicked and for which I would like to see the penalties exacted. The thing about grouse moors, though, is that they aren’t - unlike golf courses - making any more of them (as far as I know).
PS: the Capercailie: please, what is point?
I was thinking of the plight of Hebden Bridge, I have to admit; they did most precisely make the grouse moor upstream from there, as far as I can make out.
o dear gawd. I suppose I should thank you, Fishy, for setting me right, and I do really, but I don’t feel at all sodding thankful. I want to kill people.
Would a Hug & an Emergency Vodka help, Gus ?
Carinthia.xx
Hugs always help me dere, and thus huggage back to you too. An emergency light calibre rifle would come in handy too, though. Nah, didn’t think you’d have one of those kicking about. Probably just as well.
Gxxxx
OK - I know the Cellar prides itself on being an inclusive establishment, tolerant of all the little differences that go to make up the rich and fascinating tapestry that is humanity, but there are limits…
If they had just looked on the TV news, they’d have known Mr Trump couldn’t possibly have been there.
Yes, Joe, I agree. Before we know where we are, somebody will be going even more fizzy cheapo with the aid of pink Lambrusco, quarter tsp meths, half tsp soda, and a small squeeze of water colour yellow.
Just like Macavity. Not that he’s a puddy-tat. And Pope Francis is no Tweety Pie. 
Nah than, nah then, no shooters. Yer want someone leaned on, yer give the word to the bird.
Grundy World of Liver Failure?
Entirely proportionate use of force in the circs, imo. And I note that I have notched up the Cellar’s 1,000th post (unless some rotten so & so has nipped in and pipped me to the post as I type).
Yardaaaaaarm!
A special glittery one, I think. Sorry, joe. But I promise it doesn’t taste of ersatz raspberry - unless you want it to.