Three word game ...

[classic33]

into the bay

 

[172traindriver]

where the mermaids

 

[classic33]

would appear after

 

[woodbutcher]

too much grappa

 

[classic33]

had been consumed

 

[woodbutcher]

by closing time

 

[classic33]

"Last Orders" having

 

[woodbutcher]

been generously delayed

 

[classic33]

when the barman

 

[Paulus]

spontaneously burst into

 

[Oldbloke]

flames, screaming obscenities

 

[Ming the Merciless]

about flying fish

 

[classic33]

going past the

 

[woodbutcher]

widow of opportunity

 

[classic33]

which presented itself