Every pub always a newspaper reader in it with instant opinions on the days news

 “Every pub has one “ agrees Wally Bleach , QUOT’S man on the spot,but the resident news junkie and motor-mouth does not appear in Quotpoll’s top five pub regulars. These are:- the ‘Lip-Wetter’ who makes one small drink last a whole evening: the ‘Loose-Change Piler’ who bangs coins on the bar counter for service : the ‘Screen-Blocker’ who always interposes his head between you and the television ( and leaps up whenever a goal is about to be scored ):

the ‘Pocket-Slapper’ who suddenly finds he’s inadvertently left his wallet at home when it’s his round : and the serial ‘Jackpot Winner‘ whose fruit-machine payout drowns all conversation for what seems like twenty minutes just after you’ve walked away from the machine having cut your losses ( and who also wins all the in-house prize-draws) . (QQQ** )

(Dennis Trickle , Nantwich) - enera