Sir Tim Martin’s wild evening with Elvis Presley, the Moon, a jet and some pints
EXCLUSIVE: Wetherspoon boss Sir Tim Martin had a very strange night in ineed, after tucking into a few pints of ‘nectar of the gods’ Aboot Ale, his favourite beer
Britain’s most-famous landlord had an encounter with Elvis Presley, an aeroplane and the Moon after a night on the sauce.
Sir Tim Martin, the owner and boss of bargain boozer chain JD Wetherspoon said he would likely get in trouble for comments made during an interview with the Daily Star where he had been discussing aliens and the supernatural.
The mogul said that during a psychedelic trip brought on by a trio of pints his favourite beer, Abbot Ale which he previous described as the “nectar of the gods”, he saw the improbable event play out before his own eyes.
“I have to admit that in my youth – no longer true – I had three pints of Abbots, more than my quota, and saw Elvis landing a plane on the moon, and he was also drinking a pint of Abbot at the same time.”
The 69-year-old from Devon let on with a chuckle that he regarded the incident as proof that the impossible, maybe even the otherworldly, was never too far away.
“So yeah, it can happen. I’m going to get in trouble for this, won’t I? Never mind.”
It wasn’t the only time during his chat with the Star that Sir Tim deployed a little psychedelic, far-out, sentiment.
He had earlier chatted about the possibility of Wetherspoon jumping on the trend of other major chains such as Greggs, Subway and JustEat releasing clothing ranges.
“I’ve been slightly sceptical of this, but we’re open to suggestions – yeah maybe the world’s grooviest pub company,” he said, drawing out the ‘ooo’ sound on the grooviest with a crack breaking out on his face.
Sir Tim also discussed the rise in popularity of Wetherspoons The Game, which see people order drinks to the tables of strangers in pubs they are not in, using the chain’s app.
It sees drinkers promise to ‘pay it forward’ in exchange for a round of drinks from their benevolent benefactors.
Sir Tim, however, was left a little bemused.
“Is this where people buy drinks for people who aren’t in their pub, I’ve heard of it but I’ve never played it. I’m not a big internet sort of guy bIn their own pub,” he said.
“I can understand buying a drink for someone sitting next to you, I’m not sure about someone a couple of hundred miles away. As they say in France, à chacun son goût, everyone to their own taste.”
