Are all the bars closed on election sunday?

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
14/04/2010 21:52

Can't help notice that a lot of bars are advertising events this weekend including sunday.



The last two parliamentary and presidential elections it has been against the law for bars to open while voting goes on.



In both instances they could only open at either 18:00 or 19:00 when voting ended.



In the 1990's bars could open but TC's could not be served.



Has the law changed again this year or are bar owners simply unprepared?

matula


Joined: 07/07/2008
Posts: 647

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 11:19

No response! deathly hush. mmmm

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 12:44

Hmmmm indeed!

girne


Joined: 14/01/2009
Posts: 438

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 15:08

Have just been informed that your every day shops will be closed. The bars will also be closed and will re-open upon the closure of the elections. You may find the odd bar open..

Jetski


Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 584

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 16:15

Directions to the 'odd bar' please. It's not the Cyprus Queen by any chance?

bootneck



Joined: 23/06/2008
Posts: 242

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 16:49

we have been informed that we may open but should not serve alcohol, we did the same last year...

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 16:53

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2dcsErXw90 !



Richard

smooth


Joined: 04/07/2009
Posts: 156

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 17:09

Just heard via a policeman that you are not allowed to serve or sell alcohol until after 6pm. Food is OK

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 17:17

I cannot understand the rational behind this. The voter gets so pissed he/she can't see which box to put the X in? As the majority of inhabitants cannot vote anyway, what's the point of penalising even further the struggling bars and restaurants!



Richard

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 18:58

RE msg 9, Brinsley: Absolutely nothing is to your liking. Next month, one day, try to tell us why you live here.

Troodo


Joined: 12/06/2008
Posts: 1002

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 19:05

He doesn’t.

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 19:12

Hans

No one is to your liking unless they are in your sycophantic clan and pay you vasts amounts of money for your over priced maps and lectures. Pay income tax on this income?



Richard

Carndi


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 613

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 19:30

Mr Brown has said that the bars in the Uk are to open on election day and try to serve as much drink as possible because the voters get stupid when drunk and might vote for him

Lambousa Gordon


Joined: 03/11/2007
Posts: 1992

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 19:35

Suffrage here is universal on attaining majority.



There is an alcohol ban on poll-days because we take our democracy extremely seriously.



Would that some others would as well...

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 20:21

RE msg 12, Brinsley: (...) vasts amounts of money for your over priced maps. Pay income tax on this income? (...)

=> 1) Want your money back? No problem. 2) Consult my accountant in Girne. I'll be pleased to accompany you.



(...) vasts amounts of money for your lectures. Pay income tax on this income? (...)

=> It's none of your business, but in this case you may again consult my accountant in Girne. What I've spent and still spend on research about medieval Cyprus doesn't even cover the "vast amounts of money" you say I make.



What a cheap shot from a sad and lonely moaner, Richard.

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 20:44

Hans Msg 15

I only moan in bed when the lights are on accompanied by a member of the opposite sex who is a nubile, aesthetically pleasing and financially undemanding. Still wanted for war crimes as a collaborator?



Richard

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 20:55

RE msg 16, Brinsley: (...) Still wanted for war crimes as a collaborator? (...)

=> Ah! Friday evening. Booze (again), Brinsley?!

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 21:07

Hans Msg 17

All evenings are the same to me, 7 days a week, but my conscious does bother me about the 65 million girlfriends I left in mourning when I left NZ; how about your killing fields, any regrets?



Richard

Jetski


Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 584

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 22:20

Blinkin ek Brinsley - give it a rest. I (for once) am entirely on DC's side here. I'd suggest that you sober up and post sensible messages or get a life........ elsewhere.

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 22:44

Jetski leave Richard alone he definitely has better spelling and grammar when incoherent!

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 22:52

Msg 19

My alcohol consumption has nothing to do with Hans nor you or anyone else. I'm so glad you have to revert to old cliches such as 'get a life', showing all what a low command of the English language you have!



Richard

Brinsley


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Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
16/04/2010 23:33

Thanks Britvic, I'll have to buy you a bottle of Schweppes when one day we meet up!



Richard

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
17/04/2010 02:16

Coo-ee. Old Mother Wick here, off her broomstick once again and it's not even Halloween! Still, a New Moon tonight and so I'm using a bit of 'poetic licence'. Brinsley, you never cease to amaze me, you really don't! You have the front to criticise others' use of the English language when, over the last couple of hours only, I have picked up numerous spelling/grammatical errors of yours! By the way, 'rational' should be spelt, in the context in which you used it, "rationale". Still, as you know, I'm not one to nitpick. With regard to your posting on another thread (which I really cannot be bothered to look up), you waxed lyrical about the fact that you only groan in bed, etc. etc. My God, old man, you're either on another planet or you've got a bloody good memory See - I was joking - note the smiley face. Incidentally, I now have a slight advantage over you - I (unfortunately) know what you look like. Continued ..

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
17/04/2010 02:22

I watched the video/saw the photos of the fundraiser at Guidos. I will be perfectly honest, I did, at first, think the Turkish Mafia had infiltrated Guidos, but, then, it all became plain - the dodgy looking B..... in the snaps was you! Well, credit where credit is due, you look nothing like I expected.



Old Mother Wick a.k.a.

Jean

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
17/04/2010 02:29

Msg 23

Best go and see 'Meat loaf' in concert, you'll be in good company, plenty of bats! Look, listen and learn if you can.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIRRCJeRfx4



Richard

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
17/04/2010 02:44

Oh Brinster - that was a little sad, even for you! You are, by all accounts, a typical Antipodean. You don't like women with anything between their ears (unless it's a male body part), you rise to anything I put on here mentioning your name or, indeed, criticising anything you have made comment on. Tell me, Richard, what is it about me that you so despise? I couldn't, incidentally, give a flying f..k, but I must admit I am curious. I could, of course, take you back to when you first starting insulting me. It was around the time when you first started posting. I mentioned the term "BB" - meaning bulletin board and you, at the time, didn't know what the abbreviation meant. Now, rather than asking, you questioned whether my keyboard skills were up to typing more than abbreviations and also, if I remember correctly, whether I could spell certain words or was I just limited to abbreviations? So, what is it about me that you dislike so much? Possibly the fact that I am female and

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
17/04/2010 02:59

continued...

reasonably intelligent? You have accused myself and my husband of being the "type of person that N Cypus doesn't want" - i.e. you suggested that we were covered in tattoos and wore Union Jack shorts. Your insults have known no bounds. You have met neither one of us and yet you have deigned to pass comment on us. I'll tell you what you don't like. Anyone who stands up against you. You're coward and a bully. I've pointed out before on here that when you are faced with a question that you cannot answer, you disappear.



Richard, you are a bitter, lonely old man, and for that, I feel sorry for you.



Jean

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
17/04/2010 03:00

Msg 26

I do not know you nor wish to, as you probably have the same said sentiments about me. You and I, having been warned before by Moderators on C44, should not engage in any form of communication or slanging matches and avoid retorts to each others posts, so please adhere to it!



Richard

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
17/04/2010 03:00

Get a wriggle on Brins - I'm waiting to go to bed!

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
17/04/2010 03:04

Msg 29

Don't forget the batteries!



Richard

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
17/04/2010 03:26

Oh dear, Oh dear!



Is this what your (in your opinion) passes for acerbic wit?



Richard - you are, sadly, an old cliche. Your ridiculous "innuendos" (and I use the term very loosely) are stale, boring and not, I'm afraid to say, remotely funny. They may, of course, be funny in your native land, and to the odd person on here. For example "the thousands of girlfriends you left behind", etc. but to most of us, they are as about as funny as gumboils.



Incidentally, you are easier to wind up than a clockwork train



Yours

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
17/04/2010 08:00

This thread is now closed. Reason: Thread went off topic.