{"product_id":"9781780090658","title":"Don't Touch the Nuts: And Other Unwritten Rules of the British Pub","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhether it’s the seat that’s always saved for the local Old Boy, the décor that looks like it’s been bought in a job lot from the ‘heavy dark red fabric’ shop, or the quiz team who insist on calling themselves ‘Norfolk in Chance’ for the hundredth time, British pubs follow a set of bizarre and baffling rules that are second nature to most pub fans but confuse the hell out of tourists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormer GQ editor and pub aficionado Daniel Ford casts a light on these hidden rules and answers such questions as:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDo all real ale drinkers have to sport beards?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy has every country pub had at least one king, queen or ghost stay there?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs half a shandy ever an acceptable drink?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy shouldn’t you stand in the middle space of an empty pub urinal?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf you win three quid in the quiz machine, why are you expected to buy a round for everyone in the pub?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd, most importantly, just why shouldn’t you touch the nuts?!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IMM Lifestyle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131311603952,"sku":"9781780090658","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780090658_p0.jpg?v=1763711057","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780090658","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}