Cafe Royal closed?

[frequent]

It was usual back then to only name children after saints. More variety in first names now. I was known as Philomena back in my stripper days.

Surely Sexburga would have been more apposite?

[Nirish guy]

Reminds me of the old joke about the Indian child who asked his father how he was named and the father replied "All indian children after named after the first thing the father sees as the baby is born my son, now, why is it you ask two dogs fucking?" :-)

[a447]

I've been told that apart from having "stage names" the guys also have other nicknames given to them by their friends and family.

It's a bonding mechanism.

If, for example, you join a football team in Australia, the first thing your team mates do is come up with a nickname. I was told this by a former star football player I once met at a party. His nickname was "the rat". He said he had earned a reputation as a womaniser whilst working is way up through the junior leagues. He was into women like a rat up a drainpipe.

[scottish-guy]

...He was into women like a rat up a drainpipe.

I just ate!!

Highly apposite metaphor though.

[poshglasgow]

I've been told that apart from having "stage names" the guys also have other nicknames given to them by their friends and family.

It's a bonding mechanism.

If, for example, you join a football team in Australia, the first thing your team mates do is come up with a nickname. I was told this by a former star football player I once met at a party. His nickname was "the rat". He said he had earned a reputation as a womaniser whilst working is way up through the junior leagues. He was into women like a rat up a drainpipe.

Drainpipe? I seem to recall that it was once called a vagina.

[scottish-guy]

Smells the same.

(So I've heard)

[Patanawet]

Is Cafe Royal open or closed?

[Oliver]

I've checked some of the booking agencies (Agoda etc) and they aren't taking reservations.

[gerefan2]

I've checked some of the booking agencies (Agoda etc) and they aren't taking reservations.

You’re right, I tried a few and they all said “no availability”, well in to next year.

It’s serious if they are refusing bookings on the eve of “High Season”.

I get the feeling they are collecting the money from current bookings and when that dries up the parasites will move in.

[dab69]

Had saved an emailed confirmation of my last trips reservation (weird souvenir huh?) so I thought I would reply directly to Nai at the hotel.
Almost two days later I got :

"Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups:

Le Cafe Royale (info@lecaferoyale.com)
Your message couldn't be delivered. Despite repeated attempts to deliver your message, querying the Domain Name System (DNS) for the recipient's domain location information failed."

They were the first and only hotel I had stayed at since my first trip in 1997. Well one time they were overbooked for my overstay and had to settle for a night at the Ambiance.