[i]Elan: Next, we go to the tavern. 
Roy: Why? I need adventurers, not a drink. Well, not JUST a drink. 
Elan: That's where adventurers are hired, silly! 
Roy: Why? It's not like they're looking for jobs on the wait staff. 
Elan: I dunno, it's just tradition.[/i]
[b]— [url=http://www.giantitp.com/Comics.html]The Order of the Stick[/url] [/b]

And so all our adventures meet in a tavern, for to have it any other way would be sacrilege.