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the round dodger
Hair raising experience Double top
The Round Dodger can often be seen running a hand through his rapidly
The fine art of throwing
thinning locks with envy as he passes a well endowed barnet on the street.
a dart is one sadly lost
So hats, and indeed syrups, off to Scottish licensee Stuart Peacock, who shed
on most pubs these
his luscious locks for Children in Need. Stuart, who runs the Uplawmoor
days so it was with more
Hotel in Glasgow lost two years worth of hair growth, but raised over
than a curious glance
£1,000 in the process. His colleagues John Bracken
that The Round Dodger
and Julia Rocks also did their bit with respective
watched the final of the John Smith’s People’s Dart
leg waxing and sponsored silence. The hotel
competition. Open to all non-professional arrow slingers in
raised over £2,000 in total.
the UK, the event was won by Dunoon man Arthur Jenkins,
who won £1,000 for charity and got to meet some of the
biggest names in the sport – including Former BDO world
champion Martin Adams (r), pictured above with Arthur.
Arthur also wins darts legend Bobby George for the night,
where Bobby will visit Arthur’s local John Smith’s club,
MacClures, for a coaching and exhibition night where he will
be on hand to offer tips and advice.
From alkie to z…
As Christmas comes the alphabet, TRD was
knocking, The Round quickly sidelined when he
Dodger’s social calendar read on further and
becomes more tightly discovered it was actually a
packed than a free lunch at performance aimed at
the Scottish Parliament, but secondary school kids to talk
The small matter of staffing
when he heard about a new them through alcohol-
play called A is for Alkie, he related issues. A very
A recent report has revealed that quickly cleared his diary. commendable idea, but
workers in the licensed trade are Thinking this was going to hardly one to warm the
grafting so hard they’re shrinking. be a black comedy about cockles on a Christmas
Edinburgh-based NKD Clothing has drinking your way through evening.
revealed that hospitality staff are no
longer going large – with increasing
numbers of female employees
demanding tiny size 0 uniforms.
The company is also reporting that
the slim-down surge has meant that
Scraping the barrel this month is welsh landlord Nigel
around 50% of the trousers it supplies
McLelland. In what is probably the most bizarre story
to women are UK Size 8 and under,
The Round Dodger has ever reported on, a dog that
while more men than ever are needing
had been banned from a pub in Wales has been
smaller chest measurements.
allowed back in providing it wears a high visibility
Having failed numerous diets, The
vest. Let’s repeat that. A dog that had been banned
Round Dodger is off down his local to
from a pub in Wales has been allowed back in
inquire about that vacancy later on.
providing it wears a high visibility vest.
The ban was imposed due to the dog’s penchant for
eating beer mats, but following the threat of a petition
Get in touch
being started by regulars the landlord relented, and
If anything unusual happened in your pub this month, get in touch with took the dog off the pub-watch scheme list, providing it
The Round Dodger. From the bizarre to the idiotic, we want to know all wears the hi-vis vest. On that bombshell TRD is away
about it. Email
kscott@55north.com or call on 0141 222 5385. for a lie-down.
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