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Here we are - the Christmas Special edition and (maybe) final episode of The Virtual Pub.

It's been a while since you've heard from us! We've been busy with life in this sh*tshow we call 2020, and rather than be overwhelmed by overcommitting ourselves to too much, we're calling it a day and going out with a bang - an episode with no pricks, just good times and a bumper quiz.

Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for listening to this show - something that started as a way to distract ourselves from the world on fire.

Have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Love,

The Virtual Pub team xo

Well butter my balls! It feels good to be back (that is a reference to something we say in the show - I'm not just being deliberately gross). Welcome back to The Virtual Pub. It's been a while, hasn't it!

Got a lot to catch up on, both in our own lives and in the news - here's what we've got coming up.


Since this is the first time we've all spoken in a while, we spend the first half hour catching up - going over the highs and lows of life throughout October, including Jason turning into a single Mum and the pub staff returning to the podcast after the tier 3 closures in Nottingham!
After this, it's time to pick a prick - Jason's choice of Mansfield MP Ben Bradley evolves into a wider discussion about the whole Free School Meals debacle. Primarily, why is it even a debate to begin with? And what needs to happen? We go long, but it's really important we go into this!
Now for some good news, including water on the moon and Scooter with their Christmas Number One attempt!
And finally, the pub quiz and final thoughts.

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Listen to Scooter's F*ck 2020: https://youtu.be/zu3k2PJumfI

Welcome back to The Virtual Pub, where we ask the hard-hitting questions like should our quizmaster Dan setup his own Only Fans page and call it "Only Dans"?

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On this week's episode, we're not falling for the Chinese Ambassador's obvious cover-up for looking at porn when he blames twitter and asks for an urgent investigation after liking a sexually graphic tweet, we catch up with Dan after his long break from the show, where he gives us an exclusive inside scoop on the whole Robin Hood Energy fiasco, we explain why Mark Dolan is an anti-mask prick, Moody pulls out a triple of good news and we round things off with a movie quote pub quiz.

Show Links

https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/02/diner-spikes-his-own-food-with-pubic-hair-to-try-and-get-free-meal-13213743/?fbclid=IwAR0_OohG4NZaJ42Q7wR602ZAqrfyT_9_wTrT-l50hwnVTwj--kyViE63HTo

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/how-robin-hood-energy-went-4491806

https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/9325/mark-dolan-mask

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/11/south-australias-ban-on-single-use-plastic-cutlery-and-straws-hailed-as-historic

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/science/burmese-roofed-turtle-myanmar-extinction.html

https://beertoday.co.uk/world-atlas-beer-0920/

Welcome back to The Virtual Pub, where we ask the hard-hitting questions like just how committed are you to getting your own back on someone for parking in your assigned space?

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On this week's episode:


We catch up after what has been a busy fortnight, featuring staycations across the UK, COVID drive through tests and working in supermarkets.
Picking pricks - featuring changes to Soccer Saturday and a hilarious personal story about the lengths one man must go to to exact revenge on someone who parked in their space.
Good news - a special singalong of 99 bottles of beer and the amazing International work to eradicate a virus (no, not THAT one)

Time for something different. Welcome to a more chilled out episode of The Virtual Pub - recreating the pub as you remember it before this pandemic in podcast form. 

With three of us on this show, the episode is a little quicker and more socialist than our usual programming, so let us know what you think! 

On today's episode:


We pick some pricks: including the Portland police department, Boris Johnson and Craig Whittaker
Some good news for the environment and someone's adorable cuddly toy
And we wrap things up with a pub quiz

SHOW LINKS

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/number-10-wants-to-smash-the-lobby-in-hunt-for-pms-new-100k-a-year-spokesperson-12038741

https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/ian-payne/muslim-bame-communities-coronavirus-pandemic/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/woman-reunites-lost-teddy-bear/

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2020/07/30/single-use-plastic-bag-sales-down-95-since-5p-charge-brought-in/#:~:text=The%20number%20of%20single%2Duse,introduced%20in%202015%2C%20figures%20show.&text=An%20estimated%207.6%20billion%20bags,charge%20was%20introduced%20in%202015.

We're back (and on top form)! Grab a few drinks, as we take on anti-maskers in The Virtual Pub - recreating the pub as you remember it before this pandemic in podcast form.

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On this week's episode...


(0:00) We welcome you all back to The Virtual Pub, re-introduce you all to the team including new full-time cast member Leo Lanzoni and catch you up on how the last month has been for us
(30:10) It's time to pick some pricks - this week, Lindsey and Ben go long with a rant about inconsiderate arseholes ignoring the rules in pubs, and Jason gets angry at anti-maskers.
(62:23) Now for some good news - Leo drops us some surprising news about Nintendo and Moody talks about the incredible work of tattoo artists, covering up what are considered to be racist ink and helping people who are learning about their own biases.
(74:05) Finally, time for the pub quiz. Jason fills in while Dalby is away, and we all go round the twist!

SHOW LINKS

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxq48w/people-are-getting-their-racist-and-confederate-tattoos-removed-today-im-not-that-guy

https://youtu.be/o1_WmodlUgY

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/53108405