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In some not really surprising news, the pub regulars that have valiantly stayed home over the last 9 weeks, are now back in the pub and parking their arses in the same wooden grooves they’ve been dreaming about since the mid-March lockdown began.
This is particularly noticeable at those heavy drinking pubs that have an indoor-balcony-smoking-area at street-level, and mainly serve as a TAB you can get drunk in.
The Lord Kidman Hotel in Betoota is one of those pubs.
The iconic gaming pisshole is back open today, but only to twenty people per room.
While these tapered restrictions are still being met with criticism as unnecessary overreaching nanny-state bullshit, the twenty per room rule is is absolutely fine by the Kidman locals.
Mainly because the venue would very seldom get twenty people in the front bar, as well as the back bar, beer garden and top floor dining area at the one one time – outside of grand final night or the Melbourne Cup.
While patrons are now allowed to order drinks without having to also order a meal, they are still being restricted in their social interactions.
Punters are only allowed to be seated in the venue, unless they are heading to the bar or the toilet – with some pubs even offering that weird European luxury known as table service.
For local lagerman, Terry Resch (82), these new restrictions are everything he’s ever wanted and more.
“I love it” he says with a yellowy-teeth grin.
“I’m literally being told to sit in my seat while they deliver me jars”
“Even better, I’m not being tempted by the pokies or a high salt counter meal.”
Terry says that while he hopes the pandemic is brought under control sooner rather than later, he’s also happy for these strict new measures to remain in place forever.
“All I need in this life of sin, is me Keith, Bob, Horrace and an endless stream of Tooheys Old schooners being delivered to the table”
“Welcome back boys”
