Thrapple means 'throat' north of the border, but this beer's name is incomprehensible when you first hear it in a busy English pub!
Peter's excuse is that all he ever wanted to do was sell good beer and give people what they want ( a festival with beers such as The Amber Necktie from Selby, Flying Herbert from Guisborough, Old Humbug from Hexham and
Thrapple Dowser from Perth would intrigue any thirst.
"If I ate that just a couple of miles up the road in Glasgow," said Bill as the last tasty mouthful disappeared down his
thrapple, "I'd probably pay double."
On trial are David Montgomery, 23, of Barr Street, Motherwell, and Andrew Coulter, 19, of Caplaw Tower, Gowk-
thrapple, Wishaw.
On trial this time are David Montgomery, 23, of Barr Street, Motherwell, and Andrew Coulter, 19, of Caplaw Tower, Gowk-
thrapple, Wishaw.
However the best one I hooked - and lost - was while fishing the fly in the
Thrapple Hole, a famous drift on Loch Leven.
o PAUL NICHOLLS has a stranglehold on the Tingle Creek that Kendo Nagasaki would be proud of and I don't see the big fella easing up on any
thrapples this weekend.
. Saying "mine's a schooner," may not have the same ring as asking for a pint - and of course is only two-thirds of one - but if it helps people throw less of the demon down their
thrapples, I'm all for it.
That might have been all right if it wasn't for the fact that has been Gordon's own get-out clause, which he's rammed down our
thrapples for the past year.
Considering Atrium almost sits in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle, don't you think the tourists would like to slake their thirsts by pouring some Highland Spring down their
thrapples?
Mind you, on balance, maybe in the 21st century, text speak will get them further than shoving Gaelic down their
thrapples, as some in our Parliament want.
If it isn't Keith Flloyd sauteing his ego, it's Senor Carluccio stuffing his fungi down our
thrapples. Now we've got two fat, high falutin' old boilers filling out our telly screens on BBC2 on Wednesday nights.