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[Drinking] Buying a beer for a mate who's running late.....







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Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Jul 5, 2003
62,400
Location Location
Isn't it lovely when you walk into a pub and the barman says "you've got one in the bin mate"
"Oh cheers. Who from ?"

Marvellous.
 


Easy 10

Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Jul 5, 2003
62,400
Location Location
Surely "one in the wood"?

This reminds me of a phrase my sister-in-law said to me last year when I walked into the living room - "Put the wood in the hole!"

I was a bit nonplussed, until she said it means to shut the door. NEVER heard of it.
 








Tim Over Whelmed

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jul 24, 2007
10,657
Arundel
Standard pub expression, also used by the landlord sometimes "would you like a drink?", "Cheers, I'll stick one in the bin and grab it later"
 




Herr Tubthumper

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jul 11, 2003
62,681
The Fatherland
Never heard it before.
 




Originunknown

BINFEST'ING
Aug 30, 2011
3,155
SUSSEX
Standard practice in the battlecruiser.
Also used when buying someone a drink who isn't late but they already have one on the go, stick it in the bin to avoid being double parked.
 


Brighthelmstone

Well-known member
Nov 9, 2011
940
Burgess Hill
This reminds me of a phrase my sister-in-law said to me last year when I walked into the living room - "Put the wood in the hole!"

I was a bit nonplussed, until she said it means to shut the door. NEVER heard of it.

My old man uses that a lot, usually preceeded with ' were you born in a bloody barn?'
 


vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
28,272
I have used it for many years, when you had small local pubs with a small staff it was a regular thing. Maybe not so common when in "superpubs" with rolling student staff these days swamped with customers. Like when you would cadge a fag of someone you would cadge two with "one for Ron "...… Later On.
 












Wellesley

Well-known member
Jul 24, 2013
4,973
I once asked a barman to put one in the bin. (Save for later)

He looked at me like I was ments.

No, it was because you were only wearing a pair of underpants which you had on back to front and a pair of dirty plimsolls on your ears. That's why I thought you were ments.
 


SK1NT

Well-known member
Sep 9, 2003
8,762
Thames Ditton
Never heard of it and i go to many a pub.. weekly.

Like it though... I usually just text and ask them what they want and have it on the table for when they get there... to be fair i am usually the one that's late though.

I would be reluctant to use the phrase though incase someone like me who didn't understand the phrase literally poured the pint ive paid for into the bin.
 


narly101

Well-known member
Feb 16, 2009
2,683
London
Thanks NSC i knew i could count on you. It's the people I work with obvs, but what also worried me was that a barman at my local didn't know what it was either - he was about 21 so probably his age, but nevertheless....
 








Gritt23

New member
Jul 7, 2003
14,902
Meopham, Kent.
Had an argument at work where no one has heard of the phrase "can you put a pint in the bin for <insert name here> he/she's running late".

Over to NSC to see if this is just me :(

Not heard it as "in the bin" but have certainly heard "in the pump".

As said elsewhere, I think it's very much down to the type of establishment and how busy it is. Quiet pint in your local, absolutely. Busy night in town, it's just not going to happen. If they are having to keep up who's next, it's a bit much to have them leave one in the pump for your mate.
 


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