Step in, friends. Come, sit, have a drink or three and rest your bones a bit. This is the End of the World tavern: Outside there's the apocalypse. Inside there's tequila. We also have cookies (No, not that kind, if the feds ask. If they don't... wink).
Have a look around. Every nationality eventually passes through here, so you're bound to find something which caters to your tastes.
1. Teh Pootie Diaspora
Being curious creatures, the cats are the first to gawk at visitors.
Of course, being decadents, cats are sure to arouse the visitors' envy.
Still, they can be loving creatures:
And they provide the entertainment here.
2. The Methuselah's Story, Quit Yer Whining Edition
So, whippersnappers, you think you have it tough? Well, let me share with you a story about the time I were travellin' in Siberia. Horrible place. Mosquitoes, bogs, freezing winters, and boilin' summers. And then it got worse.
You see, I were travellin' along the Tunguska river, Podkamennaya Tunguska, it's called, in the Yenisei Governorate, back in '08, and he met some local sheperds. Great people. Didn't have much more than the shirts on their backs, their yurts, and their reindeer. There weren't many Russians there, and the sheperds were Tungus, I believe. Friendly lads, though strange. Anyway, I stayed with them, got fed and clothed, and they didn't ask nothin' in return.
Anyway, I left them sometime in June and went on my way. But then something strange happened. The night started gettin' bright and there was a strange glow in the sky. It was blue, and it moved. Then I heard a rumble, and the earth shook. Rocks fell from the sky, and a hot wind blowed. I thought it been strange, so I went back to see if the sheperds were all right, but, you know, there was nothin' there anymore. All the trees were knocked over. Anyway, I had a camera with me, so I took some photographs.
Scientists later said a meteorite hit the Earth or something like that. It flattened 2,150 square kilometres. I feel sorry for those poor sheperds. Never did nothing wrong, and then they get kilt in such a nonsensical way. I suppose that's one of those existential things.
So, the next time you whine about how horrible life is, think of that.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event)
3. The Karaoke Corner
You don't want to go there. You really don't.
- The Alcohol Corner
Step right up, people, ignore the locals lying on the floor. See, they can't stop drikin' and they pass out.
Anyway, here's today's choice of drink.
Moulin Rouge
4-6 ice cubes (preferably unused)
6,0 cl brandy
12,0 cl pineapple juice
pieces of pineapple (optional)
well-cooled champagne or white wine
a slice of orange (for decoration)
Pour ingredients into a glass in the above order. Add champagne or white wine until the glass is full. Decorate.
5. The Gigolo Corner
Keep away from this guy.
6. We Don't Really Need To Do This
... because we own a hedge fund.
It's a thankless job, but somebody's got to do it.
7. And Now gor a Word from Our Sponsors
8. And Remember
behave inside the tavern or our bouncer will throw you out.