[F] Ealing Meet report....
Alex the Eternally Harassed
I arrived at the usual location (The Wheatsheaf, Haven Lane) at around
7:15pm, expecting to be one of the first people there. I was surprised to
see a fairly full house already.
The full list of attendees (apologies if I missed anyone):
Myself, Alex TEH
Simon Callan
Rob the Ergonomist
Bel Birch
Eva Culleton-Oltay (I hope I spelled that right. Death was threatened <g>)
Paul Watts
Gideon Hallett
BSL Simes (and sister)
Kitten (does she get the title of The Other True Kat yet?)
Matt
Mike Knell
The Bellinghpeople (as always <g>)
Ben Chalmers
Helen Highwater
Adrian Wragg
The Muppet (with haircut. I've never seen uncontrolled hair that short
before. Imagine rubbing velvet. it's like that)
Oh, and we mustn't forget the whole purpose of the meet:
Rocky Frisco.
Virtual attendees were:
Darrell (I have stuff to do)
Darrell (fx: female voice from background "Darrell, your dinner is ready")
Darrell "Stop bloody phoning me, alright"
Paul & Karen
Darrell
Orin (who allegedly took the call in bed)
Zaruga (who was woken up specially - sorry)
Hamster (Hope LiR is OK)
Darrell (I will/will not be going to bed, and at which point I may/may not
go to sleep immediately, and may/may not read if I don't go to
sleep immediately)
Having arrived at the Wheatsheaf, we discovered they were having a 'Back to
Skool' night and all the barstaff and some others were dressed in St
Trinians-style school uniform.
After lots of the normal afp-discussions, Mike decided to find out *why*
Darrell was unable to attend. After discovering he had "stuff to do", and
the phone had been passed round a bit, a voice was heard in the background
telling Darrell that his "dinner was ready". Speculation as to who this
unknown female voice is, obviously, likely to be rife, and a seperate
AFPThread called "[C] Who is Darrell's Mystery Woman" is likely to appear
*real* soon :)
After more telephone calls to Darrell and the Rood household, Live Music
happened.
I don't know how, but 'Tina' managed to not only find the resonant frequency
of her speakers, the pub, my ears and most other things while singing, but
she also managed to be out of tune with her backing tape.
This was around 9:30pm. It was decided that Enough Was Enough and we all
headed towards the Bellinghouse to continue there.
Having 18-odd people in the Bellinghouse was... interesting. Lots of
alcohol and snacks were had and Darrell was phoned once more (well, wouldn't
you?).
Other people were also phoned. Zaruga was got out of bed, as was Orin
(although he claims that he was still *in* bed when talking).
Loads of other stuff also happened, but if I mentioned it all, then there'd
be no point in other people following up, so the rest is up to you...
I will finish with one last comment on the Darrell situation:
Darrell, we *will* find out what happened :) Reading is next weekend,
yes? Be afraid. Be very afraid.
--
Alex the Eternally Harassed
Michael The Roach Janszen
On Sun, 28 Sep 1997 11:01:33 GMT, hara...@lspace.org (Alex the Eternally
Harassed) shook the Earth by stating:
(/chomp)
>The full list of attendees (apologies if I missed anyone):
(chomp)
>Eva Culleton-Oltay (I hope I spelled that right. Death was threatened <g>)
What with?
penI'yIn 'ej pechep
Michael "The Roach" Janszen (AFP NLMeet reporter)
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Ben Hutchings
In article <yhTvKGAe...@toreador.demon.co.uk>,
Darrell Ottery <dar...@lspace.org> wrote:
>In article <342e2fb...@news.lspace.org>, Alex the Eternally
>Harassed <hara...@lspace.org> writes
>
>>Virtual attendees were:
>>
>>Darrell (I have stuff to do)
>
<snip>
>An easy 3 points for spotting that misquote.
Dorothy Parker - easy indeed.
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Jacqui
Darrell Ottery wrote:
> Anyway, after all, we can't have just the one committee member being
> smug, can we? ;)
And what pray tell does this mean? Are you sure about this or would you
like to reconsider? You DID hear the story about the sharpened claws,
didn't you?
Jac
--
Smug when I need to be.
Adam Jones
Darrell Ottery wrote:
> I'm saying nuffink, guv. But I didn't sleep immediately, and nor did I
> read.
And remember: Leaky ceilings are a real problem, folks.
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Mark Lowes
On Mon, 29 Sep 1997 01:33:34 +0100, Darrell Ottery
<dar...@lspace.org> wrote:
>In article <342e2fb...@news.lspace.org>, Alex the Eternally
>Harassed <hara...@lspace.org> writes
>>Darrell (I have stuff to do)
>"I'm fucking busy. And vice versa."? (ooh, let's say a mere 3 pts)
Hmmm....
More details would be interesting....
>>Darrell "Stop bloody phoning me, alright"
>I never said that, OK? :) Just setting the record straight on this one.
Sure you wouldn't like to update the record on everything else as well
>:)
>>Darrell
>This was during the silent period, right?
Before or after the noisy period?
>>Darrell (I will/will not be going to bed, and at which point I may/may not
>> go to sleep immediately, and may/may not read if I don't go to
>> sleep immediately)
>I'm saying nuffink, guv. But I didn't sleep immediately, and nor did I
>read.
Ok we'll make it up then....
*bwhahahaah!!!!*
Mark
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Darrell Ottery
>Virtual attendees were:
>
>Darrell (I have stuff to do)
"I'm fucking busy. And vice versa."? (ooh, let's say a mere 3 pts)
>Darrell (fx: female voice from background "Darrell, your dinner is ready")
And so it was, too. Food wasn't bad, either...
>Darrell "Stop bloody phoning me, alright"
I never said that, OK? :) Just setting the record straight on this one.
>Darrell
This was during the silent period, right?
>Darrell (I will/will not be going to bed, and at which point I may/may not
> go to sleep immediately, and may/may not read if I don't go to
> sleep immediately)
I'm saying nuffink, guv. But I didn't sleep immediately, and nor did I
read.
>After lots of the normal afp-discussions, Mike decided to find out *why*
>Darrell was unable to attend. After discovering he had "stuff to do", and
>the phone had been passed round a bit, a voice was heard in the background
>telling Darrell that his "dinner was ready". Speculation as to who this
>unknown female voice is, obviously, likely to be rife, and a seperate
>AFPThread called "[C] Who is Darrell's Mystery Woman" is likely to appear
>*real* soon :)
:P See if I care...
>Having 18-odd people in the Bellinghouse was... interesting. Lots of
>alcohol and snacks were had and Darrell was phoned once more (well, wouldn't
>you?).
I did. HTH.
>I will finish with one last comment on the Darrell situation:
>
>Darrell, we *will* find out what happened :)
We shall see.
>Reading is next weekend, yes?
Correct. And for three bonus points and the chance to go for tonight's
star prize...
>Be afraid. Be very afraid.
My very existance is filled with fear and trepidation. Much like a trip
to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
An easy 3 points for spotting that misquote.
Anyway, after all, we can't have just the one committee member being
smug, can we? ;)
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