Dr Paul

02/09/2025

Tiger p***s saw him right in the end. Nice work by Jay of La Hive at Brass Monkey Gorgie.

02/09/2025

What's this woke nonsense? Hot honey Jaffa cakes?

02/09/2025

The "HELLBENDER" must be the species where the threat implied by its name is the most out of proportion to the threat implied by its physical appearance.

It's a kind of salamander.

02/09/2025

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QUIZ NEWS: Bonni is back at Waverley tonight with a hot pot of £120 to get things started.
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There was nearly a hate crime last night at the Brass Monkey.

They were, as usual, playing some random old stuff from youtube on the pub’s screens. A lot of the pubs do this. Examples of popular themes in the last few years have been train cab videos and marble olympics.

But suddenly last night there was a bit of a gasp and a scramble for the remote.

Causing the stramash was an old Warner Brothers cartoon, possibly from the 1940s, whose depiction of non-white characters was, as they say, “of its time.”

The bar staff were fast on the draw and quickly replaced the outrage with monster trucks. Safe ground!

It’s partly a generational thing. By the time I was growing up, depictions of non-white people had moved on quite a bit, but it wasn’t so far in the past that anyone my age would think to scramble to turn off a cartoon.

Are we touchier these days? Or just more aware?

Anyway - biggest pot tonight is at Brass Gorgie. Here’s tonight’s line-up:

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6 pm – Old Eastway Tap (with Bonni)
Jackpot – £90
Free answer - PICTURE round: "SOUTH AFRICA"
Book: 0131 259 3495 or Facebook
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6.30 pm – Brass Monkey Gorgie (with me)
Jackpot – £150
Free answer - MUSIC round: "CULTURE CLUB"
Book: 0131 327 0543 or message their Instagram
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6.30 pm – Porty Tap (with Isla)
Jackpot – £60
Free answer - PICTURE round: "CRAPS"
Book: 0131 629 6266 or Facebook
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8 pm – Waverley (with Bonni)
Jackpot – £120
Free answer - PICTURE round: "THE SIMPSONS"
Book: 0131 557 9855 or Facebook
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9 pm - Safari Lounge (with me)
Jackpot – £60
Free answer: PICTURE round: "PAPAYA"
Book: 0131 661 4741 or Facebook
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul

01/09/2025

Yikes on your bikes.

It’s September and you know what this means: it means the rapid downfall of leisure and happiness as the tragic grind of winter looms ahead, like a flag on a motorway bridge that could fall at any moment.

Speaking of flags, maybe I’ll go into business as a flag guy. Seems to be boom business at the moment.

I’ll sell ‘em all.

My personal favourites (in terms of national flags at least):

North Macedonia
Guyana
Botswana
Argentina

What’s your favourite?

Anyway: tonight:
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6.30pm – Brass Monkey Leith Walk (with me)
Jackpot – £100
Free answer - PICTURE round: "STING"
Book: 0131 554 5286 or Facebook or the Monkey's online booking system
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8 pm - Amber Rose (with Alan)
Jackpot – £150
Free answer: MUSIC round : "GUNS N ROSES"
Book: 0131 226 1224 or Facebook
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8 pm - Ryan’s Bar (with Manet)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer: PICTURE round : "SPANISH"
Book: 0131 226 1224 or Facebook
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9 pm – Brass Monkey Drummond St (with me)
Jackpot – £150
Free answer - PICTURE round: "SALT"
No bookings but you can call the pub for info: - 0131 556 1961
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul














Street

31/08/2025

Remember: there are two quizzes to choose from tonight: Persevere at 6pm and Oliver's Bar on Restalrig Road.

31/08/2025

Just found a note on my scoresheet from last week at the The Joker & the Thief.

Andy was mentioning some kind of youtube gold which had something to do with Celine Dion, on bus in, Edinburgh.

Just done a wee search. Can't find it.

Any further light, Andy? Or does anyone know what he was talking about.

31/08/2025

Gary's a real ray of sunshine, which is sarcasm, because he isn't.

31/08/2025

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QUIZ NEWS: Oliver’s on Restalrig Road have shifted the quiz to Sunday evenings, and it’s been difficult to get started properly. Last chance tonight? Maybe. Give ‘em a go. Jackpot stands at £60
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Some parts of the city we live in have “a reputation” but even in my lifetime I feel this has calmed down a lot. The words “Niddrie” or “Muirhouse” used to inspire terror.
Not so much now.

But even at their worst they were probably nothing compared to Papua New Guinea.

I met a bloke at the Newsroom quiz the other night who used to work in Papua New Guinea (building a mobile phone network).

I asked if it was a wild place. He said yes, almost all of the expats working there would carry guns. I asked if they would find themselves using these guns. He said yes.

He said that after PNG, he moved to South Africa for a while and, in comparison, South Africa was “like Disneyland”.

Blimey. What safe lives we generally live here. Come along and enjoy the safety, tonight:

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6pm – Persevere (with me)
Jackpot – £90
Free answer - PICTURE round: "FROGGER"
Book: 0131 554 0271 or get in touch with them on Facebook
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7pm – Oliver’s (with Stewart)
Jackpot – £60
Free answer - PICTURE round: "ERNEST HEMINGWAY"
Book: 0131 554 0271 or get in touch with them on Facebook
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul

30/08/2025

Monday night is Union Night at the Joker...

Got any questions about workplace issues or hospitality unions? Patrick from Unite will be in The Joker hosting a drop-in every Monday, 7-9 pm, from now until the new year. Come by and chat to him!

30/08/2025

Same letter round: