[F] Eindhoven Post-CCDE Meet Report
Kimberley Verburg
Dingjan, Leo Breebaart, Patrick Dersjant, Rolf Milde, Uwe Milde, and me
with attendant small notebook and a rather nice blue Parker pen which
somehow came into my possession at the CCDE.
After greeting those who had already arrived in the Trafalgar Pub last
Saturday evening, I immediately tried to the lighten the load in my bag by
distributing the pile of books and CDs therein and returning to Jeroen B.
the red Parker pen which had run away to the CCDE with me and had taken
part in true CCDE spirit by noting down the evidence for my CCDE report
(still in draft form and late, I know, sorry). Alas, others had precisely
the same plan and I ended up with as many books as I'd started with. I do
mean "alas" because I've got a literature exam in little over a week --
Italian that is, not science fiction. Is my willpower stronger than the
forces of Gentle, Simmons, Vance and Waldorp combined?
Four toy elephants were sat on the tables; the fifth elephant had been
left behind in England and was replaced by a duck. "What duck? - Chorus.
They were offered to me for juggling and I found them of an easy size and
weight to handle, similar to my Thuds and much easier than the toothpicks
that were attempted during dinner. Each elephant screamed annoyingly as it
hit my hand, the duck seemed to quack without provocation. Minor surgery
soon meant that the duck screamed and an elephant was confused -- "I call
this elephant Igor, it has a lithp" - Jos.
As this was the post-CCDE meet, there were photos to admire and be
nostalgic over or, alternatively, to cringe at. Rolf and Uwe had come
well-prepared with not only four envelopes of photos to look at but also a
laptop so we could see the rest on the website.
The waiting staff served up overheated plastic and green chicken among the
edibles, while matters of culture were discussed, although they often had
to be rescued out of the mire of the attendees' minds. The talk of
_Hyperion_ and other books at one end of the table turned into a challenge
of building toothpick structures while keeping the pointy ends off the
table. Meanwhile, Uwe and Rolf were entertaining the other end of the
table with a recount of their week in London, including the impressive St.
Paul's and the London Science Museum which had a butt-measuring device in
its special ergonomics exhibit, but we soon descended to the juicy scandal
for which Dutch meets are renowned and started to gossip about who was
vomming with who at the CCDE.
Unexpected relevance passed by in the form of a gentleman who resembled
Terry, lacking only the hat. Leo read a favourite set of rules concerning
crocodiles from the Assassin's Diary, which was then passed from hand to
anticipatory hand. Those who had read The Science of the Discworld debated
whether it had succeeded in reaching its target audience and what that
target audience actually was.
After I became a civilian casualty of an OS war, ambitious plans were laid
for the future with talk of an AFPMillenniConvoy to cross countries of
meets before ending at the Con itself, bringing the appropriate toys to
make it a Conn Withe 1,000!! Screaming Ellyfants!! (or perhaps 999
screaming elephants and one that quacks after suitable surgery.)
QUOTES
"Amazingly enough, the photos with you in them and those without you in
them equal 100%." - Patrick
"What didn't you say?" - Jeroen M.
"It was a nekkid wimmin meet without the nekkid wimmin." - Eelco
"I still blame Kimberley for that." - Leo
"Do you think like a rabbit?" - Jeroen M.?
"I'm not your type, I'm not inflatable." - Kimberley to Leo
"Wir leben allen in einem gelben Unterzeeboot." - Rolf
"It's an oozey-woozey-cuddly-wuddly-elephanty-phanty-wanty." - Leo
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Arwen Lune
Once upon a time, Kimberley Verburg wrote
in a a place far, far away:
<snip wonderful meetreport>
always nice to know what one has missed...
<snif>
sign this petition for meets in Utrecht:
X [1]
1] wanted to put my hand-drew signature
in here, but thought the better of it.[2] [3]
2] people would probably be pissed off
3] and I'm sure there's a way of abusing it.
Arwen Lune
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And if the sun and moon were both to doubt
Then sure enough they’d both go out
-Levellers, Belaruse-
in...@fdhoekstra.nl
>
> Once upon a time, Kimberley Verburg wrote
> in a a place far, far away:
>
> <snip wonderful meetreport>
>
> always nice to know what one has missed...
> <snif>
>
> sign this petition for meets in Utrecht:
>
> X [1]
Sign. Although I still wouldn't be World Champion AFP Meet Attendant,
they would be somewhat more accessible than the Eindhoven ones.
Richard
Tim T.
sie...@wingnut.demon.nl (Kimberley Verburg) writes:
> Attendees: Eelco Giele, Jeroen Burger, Jeroen "Labrat" Metselaar, Jos
> Dingjan, Leo Breebaart, Patrick Dersjant, Rolf Milde, Uwe Milde, and me
> with attendant small notebook and a rather nice blue Parker pen which
> somehow came into my possession at the CCDE.
Sorry guys.. the meet coincided with my birthday, and Marijke had
made other arrangements, which led to a very educational
weekend. [1]
Sounds like you enjoyed yourself, anyway :-)
TimT
[1] Distance between Duindorp <-> Car park at Kijkduijn : 2 km
size of right knee: Grapefruit < knee < small mellon
Solution : take the bus, which just happens to stand there
Total traveling time: 1.5 hours
Oh well...
> "It's an oozey-woozey-cuddly-wuddly-elephanty-phanty-wanty." - Leo
Stolen...
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Leo Breebaart
> > sign this petition for meets in Utrecht:
> >
> > X [1]
>
> Sign. Although I still wouldn't be World Champion AFP Meet Attendant,
> they would be somewhat more accessible than the Eindhoven ones.
Um, guys?
If you would like to see more afpmeets happen in Utrecht (or any other
place), why don't you just *organise* *one* *there* *yourselves*?
Organising an afpmeet is no big deal, and that's *not* just the Voice of
Experience speaking, honestly. All it takes is a wee amount of extra
mailing/posting time, and perhaps the willingness to make a telephone call
or two to ensure dinner accommodations in your favourite eetcafe or
where-ever.
Feel free to mail me or followup to this article if you'd like to discuss
this some more, and I'll do my best to help.
--
Leo Breebaart <l...@lspace.org>
Leo Breebaart
> Sorry guys.. the meet coincided with my birthday
A belated happy birthday & best wishes, then...
> > "It's an oozey-woozey-cuddly-wuddly-elephanty-phanty-wanty." - Leo
>
> Stolen...
Excuse me?
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Leo Breebaart <l...@lspace.org>
Arwen Lune
Once upon a time Leo Breebaart wrote:
>If you would like to see more afpmeets happen in Utrecht (or any other
>place), why don't you just *organise* *one* *there* *yourselves*?
Ehm, ok... but I never even *attended* one, so this could be somewhat of a
problem. But once my study has started and I've had the time to check out
some pubs...who knows?
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I remain,
Arwen Lune: in-betweenie, cluefull blonde, starter of
the infamous cat-thread, NGF-sister of M’lady Aeowyn,
founder of the WWACCDE99-club and part of a secret,
evil masterplan with Finvarra, Sidhe, Key-Bearer and
the 2Faced Elf.
Patrick 'Turtle' Dersjant
created:
>
>Once upon a time Leo Breebaart wrote:
>
>>If you would like to see more afpmeets happen in Utrecht (or any other
>>place), why don't you just *organise* *one* *there* *yourselves*?
>
>
>Ehm, ok... but I never even *attended* one, so this could be somewhat of a
>problem. But once my study has started and I've had the time to check out
>some pubs...who knows?
Quick Guide to Organizing A Meet:
1. Find a suitable Pub[1].
2. Find a suitable Date[2].
3. Announce the Meet, either on afp, or specific to the Benelux area,
on the benelux-meets list
3. Check whether enough[3] people are going to attend.
4. If not enough people are attending, re-plan the meet.
It's not as difficult as you think. Trust me.
Patrick 'Turtle' Dersjant.
[1] Criteria are Good Guinness if possible[4], and an atmosphere that
allows talking [5]
[2] Just check for two or three (consecutive) weekends, and check on
the benelux list or on afp for the most suitable one.
[3] Which means at least 3, of which no more than 2 may live at the
same postal address, AFAIK. Exact Rules may be available from L=Space,
or as a follow up to this one. Anyone???
[4] Well, Guiness at least. The quality may be a topic of conversation
;)
[5] Loud music is generally Frowned Upon.
--
.signature missing, presumed having a good time.
Kimberley Verburg
>On 16 Aug 1999 21:10:06 GMT, Kimberley Verburg wrote:
>
>>As this was the post-CCDE meet, there were photos to admire and be
>>nostalgic over or, alternatively, to cringe at.
>
>Or to be jealous. I merely say "I'm not ticklish". B*st*rd! 1)
It helps if you say it when there are women around to take up the
challenge, attending Dutch meets puts you at a major disadvantage. :-)
>>"Wir leben allen in einem gelben Unterzeeboot." - Rolf
> ^ ? ^ 's' I'd guess
Oops...well, you know what they say, German is just Dutch with a funny
accent.
(Mine's the black jacket pretending to be a hedgehog.)
>1) ;-) - just in case
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Martyn Clapham
writes
[ snip ]
>For the unlikely case that some people might want to look at my pages
>with Rolf's and my own pictures of CCDE-related events, including pre-
>and post-meets, go straight to http://rumil.de/ccde99/.
>Get'em while they're hot!
Nice photos.
If you want to know why Vicci appears in my sig just go and look at
http://milde.future.easyspace.com/ccde99/photo/ccsam030.jpg
BTW, I've got my photos developed and will be putting them up ASAP.
Unfortunately my camera started playing up at CCDE and some of ones from
the kids masquerade haven't come out very well. :-(
Mart.
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Shotgun-afpengaged to Carol. Regularly embarrassed by Vicci :-)
Kept under control by the wonderfully mysterious Naomi X and the superlative
Supermouse.
Kimberley Verburg
>If you want to know why Vicci appears in my sig just go and look at
>
>http://milde.future.easyspace.com/ccde99/photo/ccsam030.jpg
This photo seemed free of embarrassment potential until I went to the
page containing the thumbnails and read Uwe's caption, "Unicorn and
Virgin (with certificate of authenticity)." Hint: Martyn is the one
without the horn.
Gid Holyoake
generously decided to share with us..
> Martyn Clapham <mar...@mclapham.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >If you want to know why Vicci appears in my sig just go and look at
> >
> >http://milde.future.easyspace.com/ccde99/photo/ccsam030.jpg
>
> This photo seemed free of embarrassment potential until I went to the
> page containing the thumbnails and read Uwe's caption, "Unicorn and
> Virgin (with certificate of authenticity)." Hint: Martyn is the one
> without the horn.
ROTFL..
Ermm.. Kimberley dear.. I don't think that came out quite as you
intended.. just because one is a certified virgin, it doesn't
necessarily follow that one is impotent you know! :-)
Gid
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Martyn Clapham
<G...@netcomuk.co.uk> writes
>In article <37bcc2c...@news.lspace.org>, Kimberley Verburg
>generously decided to share with us..
>
>> Martyn Clapham <mar...@mclapham.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >If you want to know why Vicci appears in my sig just go and look at
>> >
>> >http://milde.future.easyspace.com/ccde99/photo/ccsam030.jpg
>>
>> This photo seemed free of embarrassment potential until I went to the
>> page containing the thumbnails and read Uwe's caption, "Unicorn and
>> Virgin (with certificate of authenticity)."
You don't think I was going to make it that obvious, did you? :-)
>> Hint: Martyn is the one without the horn.
>
>ROTFL..
>
>Ermm.. Kimberley dear.. I don't think that came out quite as you
>intended.. just because one is a certified virgin, it doesn't
>necessarily follow that one is impotent you know! :-)
You rotten ba*d! :-)
Until I saw _your_ post I wasn't putting that meaning on the comment!
I dunno, you do him a video that proves how good he is at filking, and
he does that to you!
*Sulk*
Mart - who will not lower the tone any more by replying to Gids
accusation! :-))
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Afpengaged to Carol. Regularly embarrassed by Vicci and kept under control by
the wonderfully mysterious Naomi X and the superlative Supermouse.
Afpurity = 49% old test, 37% new test. Beyond the point of no return! :-)
Tim T.
l...@lspace.org (Leo Breebaart) writes:
> ti...@smiler.timt.nl (Tim T.) writes:
>
>
>> Sorry guys.. the meet coincided with my birthday
>
> A belated happy birthday & best wishes, then...
>
>> > "It's an oozey-woozey-cuddly-wuddly-elephanty-phanty-wanty." - Leo
>>
>> Stolen...
>
> Excuse me?
Sorry, taken as a birthday present (We wants the quotes, yes we do..)
Snipped from the post and put in the random quotes file.. (Given to
me by one Rocky Frisco of this parish, and still being fed..)
TimT.
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esmi
said...
> umi...@gmx.de (Uwe Milde) wrote:
> > I merely say "I'm not ticklish". B*st*rd! 1)
>
> It helps if you say it when there are women around to take up the
> challenge, attending Dutch meets puts you at a major disadvantage. :-)
Tsk! Tsk! You're not evading your responsibilities, are you
Kimberley? You did realise that you are supposed to represent *all*
the female afpers at Dutch meets, didn't you?
esmi
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