New clubs open everyday in Dublin and with them come some absurd names
'Alchemy' derives originally from an Arabic term meaning 'the art of transformation'.
And after you wake up beside last night's conquest from this club to find them transmogrified into a battered old crone, there might be a bit of logic to this title.
The Twisted Pepper, Abbey Street
What exactly is a twisted pepper? And what has it got to do with four-four beats and sweating your face off?
Perhaps naming your hip club after a cheap Mexican restaurant is not the wisest choice.
Copper Face Jack's, Harcourt Street
Get in, get drunk, get your hole. Walk out with bird.
"What was the name of that place again? Slapper Case Slacks? Rubber Face Crack? Off Your Face Max?"
"I can't remember, love. Now ride me sideways."
Is it the name of a brand of champagne popular with hip-hop artists, property magnates and saps with too much money? Is it a testament to the Waterford origins of much of the clientele?
Or is it just the new name of the transvestite you just felt up in the toilet?
re: Copper Face Jack
John Scott, first earl of Clonmell (1739-98), was known as Copperface Jack. He served as solicitor general, attorney general, and lord chief justice. He had an extremely unpleasant reputation as a "hanging judge". He lived at nos. 16-17 Harcourt Street where the nightclub is now.
Posted by: Jay | November 17, 2009 at 23:13
Ah yes, an eighteenth century lord chief justice keen on hanging.
A PERFECT name for an ex-Garda-owned nightclub packed with sex pests.
Posted by: Rob | November 18, 2009 at 14:24
Hee hee ha ha
Posted by: golden lady | November 20, 2009 at 15:17