rashbre central: old bull

Saturday, 4 August 2007

old bull

The Old Bull (!)
Generally speaking, Irish bars seem to outnumber British pubs during travels abroad (maybe except in some parts of Costa del Sol).

So I was amused to see this hostelry lurking in Sweden, with a typically ironic name, which whilst sounding plausible, is usually a term for 'nonsense' or 'telling lies'.

Although when I glanced into the relatively modern English slang dictionary, the phrase didn't seem to be mentioned.

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