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>>Also, we don't want to go into a bar and order a couple of draughts only to be brought a game board and some checkers.
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>Just like we have to beware of going into a tobacconist over there and ordering a "packet of fags" :-)

I once saw a still photo from a James Bond movie (i do not recall which one) where in the background is a bulliten board show a man smoking. The caption on it read "I enjoy coming home and enjoying a fag."