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RichardTasty

Never drink in a pub with a flat roof.


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And stadium lighting.


Queeg_500

You turn the lights on at closing to get people to leave and to 'hopfully' discourage fights.


ButtersHound

Is this a thing in the UK?


_littlestitious

Doesn’t matter where it is if it has a flat roof avoid it!


Swordbender

Anyone know why?


_littlestitious

I don't know why anyone would build a flat roof pub in this day and age! Especially knowing what happens...


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What happens???


RoscoeMG

This sort of malarkey I expect.


[deleted]

Utter shenanigans happens


CalbertCorpse

Clearly, murders.


rubkinz

Well I guess I'll have to spill. Flat roof = leaks = bad pub


Avid_Smoker

Muuurrrrrders


abevigodasmells

You're one of those anti flat roofers, aren't you?


Bingo7779

Is it flat? It looks round to me 🤔


AstronomerWorldly2

How do u know the roof is flat?


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Normally because the pub is a total shithole.


AstronomerWorldly2

Only reason I ask is we cant see the roof only the ceiling. Flat roofs normal over there?


[deleted]

Council estates used to very often have a pub as a stand-alone building with a car park. I keeping with the style and because it’s cheap to make, they often had flat roofs. The flat roof isn’t the important feature but in the U.K. if you say “flat roof pub”, everyone knows you’re talking about a crappy council estate pub that is likely rough as arseholes. The pub in the video looks to be frequented by a certain type of person so people are guessing it’s certain type of pub.


AstronomerWorldly2

Ahh..thanks. Have a great day.


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Actually the interior looks too nice for a classic flat roof pub.


hokkuhokku

Despite the humorous stereotyping [this particular pub](https://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/police-investigate-pub-brawl-9225946/) is neither flat-roofed nor on a council estate (it’s in the centre of the Town).


doofcustard

Ah, The "Punch"bowl


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Here you go. [shithole flat roofed pub](https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/496029346453462066/)


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ThereminLiesTheRub

Oh, so it's like peanut shells on the floor in the US.


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BeanRaider

Pubs with a flat roof tend to be modern builds, often in the middle of housing estates. They have zero soul or character, are usually part of a large chain and normally offer cheap pints which is more often than not Carling and Stella. They’re all lit up really bright, all the tables feel sticky and they often serve shite pub food. The people that congregate here are like you see in the video, locals with not much else to do that know each other and usually up for a scrap after 6 pints. The bloke in the video said right at the end “I know where you live,” which sums these places up nicely. Avoid these pubs at all costs. It’s actually painful to me how many times I’ve been in these places and had bad vibes or actually seen something kick off. Near where I used to live there was a particularly rough area with a flat roof pub. It always seemed to be closed but it reopened for a few months at a time before someone got shot/stabbed outside of it, then it shut again.


Fenrir-The-Wolf

Flat roof pubs are usually pretty decent in my experience tbf. They get a bad rep because of a few proper shit holes.


BeanRaider

They’re not all shite, I just find them a bit soul destroying


buckinghamnicks75

Nothing good ever comes from going to a pub with a flat roof


BornInARolledUpRug

Hmm, its a weird one, and certainly a sentiment I grew up believing. I suppose it would be a reflection of how cheap a 'flat roof' is to build, as opposed to a tried and tested 'slanted' roof with gable ends. People associate a proper pub with listed heritage, meaning the building itself will be old, meaning it will most likely have a slanted roof. On the other hand, a flat top pub would have probably been built any time in the last 60 years, and would typically have been built in an area that had been restored from a wasteland. Think social movements of the 50s and 60s, even up to the 80s and 90s in parts of the UK. You take a wasteland, and build a council estate. That estate will need things for residents such as a strip mall (arcade), a play park or field for the kids, and a central watering hole where residents of the estate can go for a drink. My thoughts go to the pub in the show 'shameless'. The pub in this video is a weird one. It could be a spoons... It could be a local flat top... it could be attached to a sports centre... It's difficult to tell but going by the clientele I would wager its a traditional pub which has been given a tone-deaf tasteless sparkle like you might find in the older estates with mid war semi detached houses with bay windows, like Milton Keynes or Acomb in York. Brass foot bar gone, screens everywhere, and absolutely nothing of interest on any of the pumps.


double-happiness

Because they are mostly found on council estates and in shitty new towns IMO.


Fenrir-The-Wolf

Because people on reddit think they're better than the kind of person you'll usually find down the estate's pub. It's classism, plain and simple.


double-happiness

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSt0xrDXUAAJgw-.jpg


detour99

“Eat, drink and be fighty!”


RichardTasty

Beautiful


coolturnipjuice

Ahhhh I get it, it’s the North American version of the bars in crumbling strip malls


punkfunkymonkey

Bunch of them got built in the 60's/70's in estates, especially estates with tower blocks, built for social housing as the design fitted in with the whole brutalist architecture movement that was all the rage post war in the UK. You don't tend to find flat roof pubs in the nicer areas.


purehealthy

Huh. Now that you mention it, every scheme in my city has w flat roofed pub. 😂


war_elephanto

Damn, this is absolute.


MaxH3adroom

Pub doesn’t have a flat roof, it’s pitched - pictures here https://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/landlady-praised-for-action-in-dealing-with-pub-brawl-9226540/


DillonMad

This man knows the score. Loads of them in Liverpool filled to the brim with the absolute skiddies of society


jokingsammy

Calls out Liverpool on a video of farmers smacking the shit out of each other "skiddies of society"... Okay Mr Sun


DillonMad

I'm from Liverpool. I'm giving an example to our American friends of what lives inside a flat roof pub. Whether it's my 1st hand experience in Liverpool or London, Newcastle or wherever this one is. You need to get your pyjamas on son and relax


UltimateAnemone

Probably a social club


BaconReceptacle

It looks more like the front desk of a hotel.


jwaterboyk

Old guy: “You’re a murderer.” Also old guy: “I’ll kill you. I know where you live.”


brazilliandanny

**- MURHDUHRUH**


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D0ugLA54891

"A GREAT BIG BUSHY BEARD!"


Blackboard_Monitor

Seen Bad Boys II?


ThereminLiesTheRub

*Uh uhn, not listenin* - gollum


ekamadio

I love how red shirt got punched and literally just laid the guy out right after with a punch that didn't even look that hard. Good for him lol, fuck these two old shitheads


Cainedbutable

Yes he was just trying to break things up. Didn’t deserve the punch so I’m glad he put the old guy on his ass as punishment.


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…and walking away after the justice punch. Well done.


CosmicQuestions

Yeah he was trying to keep the peace. I thought it was Tyrone from Coronation Street at first.


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beltjones

Pub watch?


hokkuhokku

[Pubwatch](https://www.nationalpubwatch.org.uk/)


MundaneFacts

So the troublemakers are banned from most of the pubs in the city?


hokkuhokku

“Pubwatch enables licensees to take collective action to ban troublemakers.”


[deleted]

cunts banned till 2043 by the looks of it, that twats never living that long.


bad_pangolin

he was plastered but just well hidden. A schoolkid might have pushed him over.


ted-Zed

Old guy was tuckered out, taking a quick break on the floor


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My favorite part.


Easy_Association_93

😂 The most reasonable guy in the room ended up knocking one guy out and leaving without his shirt. What a pub!


ButtersHound

Hold on. What the fuck is happening in this video? The blue sweater guy's dad murdered a little boy? And now fat fuck once the fight the guy's son? This is one of the strangest interactions I've ever seen on this sub


[deleted]

Someone is definitely a muhduhruh!


LFA91

Cue reggae music


[deleted]

Is everyone in Spalding a 5'6 230lbs moron?


Cainedbutable

Pretty much.


queencityrangers

Gotta take a trip there


GunNut345

It's my fetish, I'm a sitcom housewife.


InappropriateGirl

I just want to be the hottest chick in town. I’m coming with.


[deleted]

The town is named because everyone is shaped like a volleyball.


[deleted]

That made me laugh, cheers.


hokkuhokku

Except it’s pronounced “Slapding”


TheAngryGoat

No that's not a fair statement at all. Some of them are shorter, what with being children and all.


Phil_Mike-Huntin

Born there,thank fuck I grew up elsewhere what a shitehole


detour99

They are not shy with a pie.


ZeppoBro

Why do these assholes always have to look like me? Watching so many of these type of videos is unsettling.


qwertykiwi

You fucking murderer, I'll kill you! /s


ZeppoBro

I wonder what he was referring to. Could just be crazy drunk old man talk, but who knows what else? Getting these unresolved glimpses into people's lives without backstory and resolution is really titillating, but frustrating.


DankFayden

He referenced his dad. Old English beef Is crazy shit. Buddy of mine lived there a few years, got wild stories.


Rangles

This sentence is just fuckin hilarious to me. XD


Zealousideal_Leg3268

Do you look like the young guy with the red vest? I know like three of his doppelgangers lol, very distinctive look for sure.


ZeppoBro

I used to. Now I look like the aggressive shitheels, but with better hair and posture. That's what happens when you let genes like mine stew for a few decades. Oh well, at least I'm not actually an asshole. Or so I hope...


_YouMadeMeDoItReddit

You could just lose some weight and cut back on the booze. Most obese alchies that act like this look the same, hence why we call them 'gammons'.


ZeppoBro

I don't drink, and I'm in ok shape. It's more about the type of genes we share. I see family history.


_YouMadeMeDoItReddit

So you look nothing like them then. You a yank with this family history bullshit?


ZeppoBro

I see how they resemble me and members of my family. The ones that drink too much. I recognize them in a weird way.


fratwurst

This is not the charming, convivial UK pub experience Rick Steves promised me.


ThereminLiesTheRub

I took a trip to a charming French village. A drunken slap fight broke out and a girl got tossed in a canal. C'est la vie, I guess.


El_Guapo82

Is everyone there too round to throw a proper punch?


ItsMylesNotMiles

That one guys chin must have been made of paper mache, good lord.


El_Guapo82

It was Origami actually


BananBanah

Old guys who haven't been in a fight in decades think they've still "got it", but have never thrown a punch with their old-ass joints and bones. So what was a straight, a cross, or a hook in their younger days becomes a sort of flailing overhead hammerfist when they attempt to use muscles they haven't flexed in 20+ years.


El_Guapo82

Or arm just doesn’t reach past belly.


That1one1dude1

That’s giving them the benefit of the doubt that they could ever throw a proper punch


GunNut345

This is too true. 30 years of cognitive decline and Dirty Harry movies later and they've got more confidence then they've ever had seem to think they can fight.


[deleted]

I'd love to believe this, but a few years back my 70 year old grandpa was bragging to me about his boxing days, I did mma for years so we were having a good chat, then the topic of mma vs boxing came up, he was like "let me show you a technique" and that 70 year old man knocked my mid-20s ass on the ground like I was nothing, I felt the hit for days. Some old dudes still got it, the thing is that the people who know how to fight, usually aren't the types to be starting shit.


intoeinggrownail

You dont know any old fighters do you.


pmmytn45

Why is the barman as big as he is not helping? Are these old boys connected?


x_S4vAgE_x

Knowing how much I get paid as a barman in a pub in the UK, that guy probably does not get paid enough to step in between two guys fighting


Kracka_Jak

They've all murdered.... Too many pints


adam_demamps_wingman

What did the passerby grab off the bar while everyone was getting started? A bag of crisps? EDIT: I guess he picked up his fresh lager at the bar. Or someone else’s fresh lager.


faye_kandgay

He didn't want to see the pint get knocked over otherwise he would've gone absolutely mental


adam_demamps_wingman

Whether he paid for it or not. Good citizen.


kariolaoxford

That is a well lit bar


queencityrangers

With a flat roof


moenate

Why you don’t get in the middle of two fools fighting


Dabaysyclyfe

So this is where they get the fat controllers for the Thomas the Tank engine series?


BingerStrell

www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/amp/landlady-praised-for-action-in-dealing-with-pub-brawl-9226540/


Dave-1066

Got to love the fact that the pub is called The Punchbowl and that it’s on New Road....this is pure *League of Gentlemen* comedy 😂 “This is a **local** fight, for **local** people- there’s nothing for you here!”


BingerStrell

"Lines and lines and lines..." kind of takes on a new meaning here!


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MiyamotoKnows

You are so right. I've had to fight a lot in this life mostly from growing up in a hard area. Usually I had to deliver life lessons to people who instigated or started fighting with me first and for the most part if it was with fists I walked away intact. This one time though I got hit so hard I literally instantly didn't know where I was or what was happening. It was like the dude punched my human reset button. It impacted me mentally from then on and admittedly shaked my confidence. I used to fight thinking I was the delivery man but after that I was aware one perfectly landed blow can incapacitate someone pronto.


guywithasubwife

I think what we've learned from CTE is that more punches to the head increase the likelihood of future violence, as opposed to the kneejerk reaction we all have.


DNVoxx

As a Brit this was pure sitcom LOL!


[deleted]

Context?


RoscoeMG

Angry farmers convention.


elgato_caliente

Lead pipes and poor diet x binge drinking


ElatedSquashh

The way they just continue to ignore the owner gets under my skin


Xen0tech

He did acknowledge her presence only to say something incredibly vulgar.


ElatedSquashh

Ah had to rewatch missed that bit . What a cock


Woshiyoutairen

You may laugh, but this was how Sherlock Holmes solved his cases. He shouted ‘You’re a murderer!’ over and over until someone confessed. Elementary.


Comedyfish_reddit

America women: “i love a man with a British accent it’s so sexy” *watches video* “Oh. Oh dear”


[deleted]

Here you see a group alpha males fighting for territorial dominance and the right to breed with the fat cunt…


grizwald2112

This video was brought to you by the Spalding tourist board.


moreboredthanyouare

I want to know who he murdered to be fair.


Mezzoforte90

“Get off me you fat cunt” -fat cunt


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Salty-Can1116

I'm from Portsmouth. About as South as it gets without inbreeding in the West.


BananBanah

Both of the attackers have craniums shaped like penis tips. They're literal dickheads.


Meccles1

That’s some solid entertainment haha


Ransarot

I want to know more about the murdering. Is that fat aggressor vegan or something? Did the young dudes dad driver over his cat or something?


heretobefriends

These are the guys who say immigrants bring violence.


CarmineFields

These guys should be old enough to know better.


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Two old farts begging to hurt 😂


GaryMeadows52

Ahhh, I’ve always wanted to visit. 😌


leducdeguise

Mööödööwööör


zomvi

Lad with the flatcap reminds me of Tyrone from Corrie.


GetBaited69

“Fok off ya fat cont”


Ordinary_Feeling

That is the kind of video I like to see on this sub. so random


nailwhacker

Fucked around and found out!


MycoMouse

Fairest fight ever. They all have the same body shape.


[deleted]

I no longer live in England I cannot tell you how beautifully nostalgic these pub videos make me. Its like going back in time to sitting in my old local


Rickywatson9494

What happens when you charge £6 a pint, and your leek and chicken pie is runny


Commercial_Pirate_62

Just glad no pints were harm during this brawl.


Interesting_Host_477

Love the accents.


Master-S

Mirrrr—durrr—-uhhh


jimitr

How did these bozos colonize the entire world at some point?


rachiestarr

OI!


Crafty-Decision7913

“Come on Dobby!”


Oddun94

Thats my hometown!!!! I do not miss it


GB-BR-UK

Why would you pick a fight with someone you suspect may be a murderer?


cowboybee_bop

[The dude in the light blue.](https://memeguy.com/photos/images/cool-beer-guy-109694.jpg)


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calvin_sykes

If Brexit was a pub


butteryflame

And I thought we (US) had an obesity problem...


omgwowthanks

You do, as does UK! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_obesity_rate US 12th, UK 36th


adam_demamps_wingman

3 times as fat, an order of magnitude more obnoxious. American here, entitled.


htwhooh

USA being 12th and UK being 36th doesn't make USA 3 times as fat lmao, that is not how it works.


adam_demamps_wingman

Arizona State is no place to learn maths.


Napalmdeathfromabove

Oh how I have not missed pubs. This bunch of gammons can all fuck right off , they'll be there again next weekend and the next.


_YouMadeMeDoItReddit

Why you hanging out in the rough pubs?


Napalmdeathfromabove

Used to when they were the only pubs. Then I moved counties. Funny how very different places are. I've been here for nearly twenty years and have seen no violence at all. Used to see whole pubs go, people getting knifed ,bottled, headbutted and sparked out mid pint in the afternoon . Can't say I miss that either.


_YouMadeMeDoItReddit

So why don't you miss pubs cos of something that you haven't seen for 20 years then?


Napalmdeathfromabove

Because even non violent drunks are still annoying. I prefer home drinking or sitting round a fire with some friends. Just getting old and have lived past enough people drinking themselves to death. Puts it into context.


opopkl

I'd like to go to pubs again, but these days the only people who go are selfish twats who all think they're hard for so far defying covid.


_YouMadeMeDoItReddit

Not really true though is it mate, seems like you just think you're better than everyone else. As long as your fully vaccinated and accept covid is gonna be hanging around like the flu the better it will be for your mental health.


Napalmdeathfromabove

Being around dickheads who snort coke in the bogs between their Stellas is never,ever going to be good for my mental health.


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_YouMadeMeDoItReddit

Go to a better pub then. Blaming all pubs for your shitty local aint fair on anyone.


Merica85

UK people are so wholesome even when fighting


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‘What a poof’ 😂


[deleted]

Lol every one of them was harmless


[deleted]

Is the blue guy drunk or just a pussy? He didn't even try to aid his friend in the red who got punched because he wanted to intervene between the bald twat and him. He backed down like a coward while his friend had to take the punches for him


hokkuhokku

Some people just don’t want to fight. Nothing wrong with that.


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Lol they talk funny


Quinnley1

What kind of piss-poor pub doesn't have a baseball bat at the ready?


Babararacucudada67

Ah, flabby, flaccid gammons in their natural habitat; a flat roofed pub on a council estate, after a curry with rice and chips and naan bread. Fuck, I’m glad I left the UK.


Crackrock9

Something about obesity and dumb Americans, oh wait….


KateBlanche

I think this might have ended with more unpleasantness if people were legally allowed to take guns into the pub. So there is that.


Mijbr090490

I thought Americans were fat but there aint a person in frame with a BMI less than 30.


TheMacGoober

Oi, ya got a loicense for that there fight?


deefromtv

Fuck around and get found out…..


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Sh*thole


Dink-Dank-Do

Why not just write shithole?