Off the Hook (was Nags Head).

Jonah

Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk

• Aug 3, 2015

• #21

I've been casting my net to catch some details but have floundered in my search.

 

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.

• Aug 3, 2015

• #22

Will you lot please stop carping on!

 

Jonah

Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk

• Aug 3, 2015

• #23

Koi @proactive it's a Ray of sunshine seeing all these puns.

 

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.

• Aug 3, 2015

• #24

bigbluewolf said:

Koi @proactive it's a Ray of sunshine seeing all these puns.

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You poor sole. You should get out more

 

Floss

Well-Known Forumite

• Aug 3, 2015

• #25

These jokes are getting a bit fin on the ground now

 

Jonah

Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk

• Aug 3, 2015

• #26

As I Grouper I think we are Basking (shark) in the same shoal of thought when it comes to puns.

 

Wormella

Well-Known Forumite

• Aug 3, 2015

• #27

Putting aside fish puns, that's a pretty logo - I hope the menu lives up to that...

 

Jade-clothing

Well-Known Forumite

• Aug 3, 2015

• #28

Gramaisc said:

The earliest mention that I can find was by @Jade-clothing - http://www.staffordforum.com/xf/ind...opening-in-stafford.10418/page-45#post-225302 .

Rather more than a year ago.....

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Good old Mill Street gossip
I'm expecting this plaice to be amazing inside since it's taken them so long to do it up.

 

Ecker

Well-Known Forumite

• Aug 4, 2015

• #29

Wormella said:

Putting aside fish puns, that's a pretty logo - I hope the menu lives up to that...

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Certainly a clever bit of iconography there Wormella, using the hooks to
represent eyes, nose and a broad smile.

 

Trumpet

Well-Known Forumite

• Aug 4, 2015

• #30

If Basil were about I'm sure he would have gurnard further details by now.

 

John Marwood

I ♥ cryptic crosswords

• Aug 5, 2015

• #31

What do you call a fish with...

Oh hang on this only works as an audio joke

 

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PeterD

ST16 Represent.

• Aug 5, 2015

• #32

So no details about this establishment, 2 pages of puns and a photo of the front. Possibly opening in September. They do however have a Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/offthehook2015?fref=ts

 

Maryland

Well-Known Forumite

• Aug 5, 2015

• #33

PeterD said:

So no details about this establishment, 2 pages of puns and a photo of the front. Possibly opening in September. They do however have a Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/offthehook2015?fref=ts

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Well at least it's kept them from getting drunk, fighting and snorting coke. Probably.

 

Noah

Well-Known Forumite

• Aug 5, 2015

• #34

PeterD said:

So no details about this establishment, 2 pages of puns and a photo of the front. Possibly opening in September. They do however have a Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/offthehook2015?fref=ts

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A very empty facebook page.

 

Andreas Rex

Banned for smiling

• Aug 6, 2015

• #35

I'm really looking forward to this opening! Here's an article from yesterday's Newsletter (pg 56).

 

wildwood

Well-Known Forumite

• Aug 6, 2015

• #36

Takeaway you say?

 

Andreas Rex

Banned for smiling

• Aug 6, 2015

• #37

....and a bit of Facebook detective work later...

 

Andreas Rex

Banned for smiling

• Aug 6, 2015

• #38

 

Andreas Rex

Banned for smiling

• Aug 6, 2015

• #39

It's a good job someone noticed the typo in the logo before getting the sign made!

 

Gramaisc

Forum O. G.

• Aug 6, 2015

• #40

Andreas Rex said:

It's a good job someone noticed the typo in the logo before getting the sign made!

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We would have just christened it The Mermaid - no harm done.