07 June 2024 , 02:00
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If you're British, it's fairly likely you will have been in a Wetherspoons in your life.
The budget-friendly pub, known for its reasonably-priced food and drink, usually graces most high streets in the UK. However, how would you describe it to someone who's never been? Well people were asked to do exactly that over on X (formerly Twitter) recently – and the results are hilarious.
The conversation was started by popular X account @NoContextBrits, as it shared a photo of Wetherspoons and wrote: "Describe Wetherspoons to someone who’s never been to one before."
The post has since gone viral – racking up 2.4million views and attracting thousands of comments. And a lot of people had some choice words to say about it.
One person decided to describe it as a "toilet-themed escape room," while someone else chimed in: "Inexpensive emergency food set to the backdrop of a dull Earthbound version of the cantina from Star Wars. Freakish looking locals, saw dust and maybe a severed limb on the Floor. Often a slightly off smell."
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Adding another humorous take, another X user wrote: "Like a pub, but cheaper and without music that sounds like an explosion in a pan factory or a car alarm going off."
While someone else said: "When I took my American wife for the first time I said 'first fight will happen before midday'. I was accurate." It was also branded "daycare for adults" by another social media joker.
Even celebs got involved, with Apprentice star Tom Skinner, writing: "Sticky tables, grubby floors but always full of lovely people. Average 27,504 steps up or down to their nearest toilet inside. The beer is always well priced and you can always get a well priced bit of grub too. It’s the pub you normally go into before you go out out when in town."
Others also agreed there was a lot of good about Wetherspoons pubs, as someone said: "Affordable drinks and food in an age where everything else is overpriced." Another agreed: "Decent meal and drink of your choice, under £10." While a third said: "Reasonably priced pint, never understood the snobbery against em tbh."