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GeoWizard drunkenly debates his whereabouts on an 1668 map of London (Patreon)

Published:

2021-09-07 12:41:48

Edited:

2021-09-10 13:22:44

Imported:

2026-06

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london pub

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*EDIT* The $4 crew couldn't name the pub so I'm handing it over to the $1 army to see if they can get it.This weekend just gone I was down in London with Verity. The main purpose of the trip was my appearance on Jaackmaate's happy hour podcast which was thoroughly enjoyable (and should be released in the next couple of weeks). On Saturday evening, Verity and I met up with an old friend of mine, George Jones (from the kayak trip story) for some drinks. After 3 pints we ended up in a somewhat strange pub in West London. Inside the pub on the back wall was a giant map of London which was clearly very old as there was only one bridge and hardly anything south of the Thames. St Pauls Cathedral was on there though so it can't have been too old. Whilst trying to figure out when exactly the map was drawn we got into a debate with a group of middle aged (Lebanese?) men about where we physically were on the map. A half pissed Irish landlord staggered over and told us off for touching the map, before fully engaging in the debate. I was adamant that we were in fact off the map and to the left, but others disagreed. Depending on what extent you trust my judgement, maybe you can figure out which pub we were in? (I bleeped out any mention of the pub in the video) Soon after this jolly scene, the Lebanese man seen at the start began saying that George's friend (female) was the spitting image of a "girl he knew". He then proceeded to ring her up and invite her down to the pub. Half an hour later a rough looking prostitute walks in and stands at our table for 5 awkward seconds while the two girls are introduced. She bared no resemblance to George's friend what so ever. Neither of them were pleased. We then got on some Boris bikes and hit a club in Mayfair, danced to some pure cheese dancefloor classics, and me and George wrestled drunkenly on the street afterwards.Apologies about the shit video format.

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GeoWizard drunkenly debates his whereabouts on an 1668 map of London

This weekend just gone I was down in London with Verity. The main purpose of the trip was my appearance on Jaackmaate's happy hour podcast which was thoroughly enjoyable (and should be released in the next couple of weeks). On Saturday evening, Verity and I met up with an old friend of mine, George Jones (from the kayak trip story) for some drinks. After 3 pints we ended up in a somewhat strange pub in West London. Inside the pub on the back wall was a giant map of London which was clearly very old as there was only one bridge and hardly anything south of the Thames. St Pauls Cathedral was on there though so it can't have been too old. Whilst trying to figure out when exactly the map was drawn we got into a debate with a group of middle aged (Lebanese?) men about where we physically were on the map. A half pissed Irish landlord staggered over and told us off for touching the map, before fully engaging in the debate. I was adamant that we were in fact off the map and to the left, but others disagreed. Depending on what extent you trust my judgement, maybe you can figure out which pub we were in? (I bleeped out any mention of the pub in the video) Soon after this jolly scene, the Lebanese man seen at the start began saying that George's friend (female) was the spitting image of a "girl he knew". He then proceeded to ring her up and invite her down to the pub. Half an hour later a rough looking prostitute walks in and stands at our table for 5 awkward seconds while the two girls are introduced. She bared no resemblance to George's friend what so ever. Neither of them were pleased. We then got on some Boris bikes and hit a club in Mayfair, danced to some pure cheese dancefloor classics, and me and George wrestled drunkenly on the street. Apologies about the shit video format.