[F] Arwen visited for Hogswatch - London meet, Dec 15th
Karen
So this is Hogswatch,,,
and yes it is not a meet report, just a cast list and some random
thoughts and a cast list up for contributions and since this time
I foolishly neglected to twist any arms at the meet itself, I am
mostly relying on people to throw in coments and quotes and random
bits of their own. Although if say, Patrick or Arwen or any other
attendee, be you new or old, feel the urge to write up details I'd
be most appreciative... Mostly what I'd like you all to do is add
your own thoughts and memories and comments - I can't write reports
either but between us we can dredge our memories for who kidded who
under the mistletoe, who said what about the mistletoe and who tried
to eat the mistletoe...
This time our excuse for gathering in the Green Man in numbers was the
Hogswatch visit of Arwen, floating in from .nl to visit her .uk friends.
And incidentally bring along some of her .nl friends and others from
.ie, .il, etc etc
By my reckoning 67 attenders and also apologies from at least five others
detained by winter bugs and the likes.
People came early and were eventually persuaded that it really was way
past closing time and that they were regrettably obliged to toddle off to
their trains and buses and beds for the night. Hanging around
on the pavement until late. In fact when we got to the platforms at
Great Portland Street half the meet still seemed to be there and we waved at
each other from opposite sides of the lines.
Assorted Dutch and German imports were distributed - German biscuits,
chocolate holly, liquorice, chocolates of varying kinds.
Little nomes indulged in persecuting helpless Gideons..and taking names
with menaces.
Barry R forgot to bring the labels...but did provide lots of crashspace.
Jenny demonstrated the art of 'speech making from a chair'
New people turned up with blue lilies in their hair, old people turned up
with children in tow. People made long journeys to be there, others provided
crash space for all who needed it.
Reinier made his usual balloon animals and dueling swords, the usual
children dueled like mad with them.
Festive attire ranged from flashing t-shirts (where did it come from?) to
velvet gowns and reindeer horns and top hats.
Oh and there was a special signing event, but details of that to come
presently.
Mostly people seemed to have quite a good time.So thankyou to everyone
who came and made it a success!And 'get well soons' to KatH and Paul.
And better trains next time to mpk. And sorry we missed you this time.
OK on to the cast and apologies for mispellings and if I have missed you
please shout!
And if you were not here but would like to come along next time - well
look out for the 10th anniversary meet at the Green Man, early next year!
THE CAST:
Starring The Visiting Furriners:
Arwen Lune from the Netherlands
Patrick Dersjant from the Netherlands
Topi from Finland (albeit currently in Wood Green)
Reinier Sjouw from .nl
Aoife Redmond from .ie
Furriners who are now resident in the UK for so long that
probably they should be in the main section now...:
Orjan Westin and Carmilla [sadly without Ann-Cathrin and Ulfie:{]
Ingvar Mattson
Melusine
Rand Knight
Locals [aka UK'ers]
Gideon Hallet
Mchl Grnt, the disemvowelled man
MEG
Mac and Biff
Barry R
Jonathan and Elaine Simons
Susan McIver
Aquarion
Hamster and Lady Kayla
Katrina and David
Rob Collier and Ailbhe Leamy
Tony Finch
Marina and Dog
Bernard
Charlotte Hammond
Oliver Newman
John H Davies
Kat Knight
Adrian Ogden
Mark Datko
The Bellinghpersons, Alan and Collette
Simon Callan
MegaMole
Sarah Whipmann (Nanny Ogg)
Barry Vaughan
Thomas Pratchett
Cookie
Peter Ellis and Julie Lund
Paul Brown
Naomi (Ladylark)
Nikki
Rosemary Warner
Thom (Moth)
Lonewolf
Rachel Walmsley
Kimmi
(Guitar) Huw Davis
Jennifer Herbert (Jen)
Christine Moon
Ali Willis
Charissa
Chris Naden
Lisa
Pete (? - not sure of this name couldn't read it clearly)
Janice Wright
Al
Michael
Rachel
Karen/hypatia
ttfn,
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Paul S. Brown
[MUCH SNIPPETRY]
>Janice Wright
>Al
>Michael
>Rachel
>Karen/hypatia
>
>
>
And, due to this correspondant being a "sad puppy" as one individual
put it we also had the contents of #afp on irc.lspace.org involved in
the meet for a while.
OK - so IRCing from a mobile phone in a pub is sad.
Paul
--
Being a geek is a state of mind
Being paid to be a geek is a state of utopia
- p...@geekstuff.co.uk
Andy Davison
<slrna1nvbc...@goodgulf.demon.co.uk>, Karen <ka...@lspace.org>
wrote:
>By my reckoning 67 attenders and also apologies from at least five others
>detained by winter bugs and the likes.
I went under the meet :)
By the way, if anyone there left the unopened pack of pre-cooked
poppadoms[1] on my train, thanks, they were lovely.
[1] They were Sharwoods garlic & coriander flavour.
--
Andy Davison
an...@oiyou.force9.co.uk
Huw Davies
<snippus maximus>
As per your suggestion (the word *orders* never entered my mind...)
the virgin's view has been posted - Separate post, somewhere.
Kimmi stands accused of snoring and not reminding me to tag.
--
Huw
"No, thanks. I've already had too much chocolate."
Natalie Mayer
Karen <ka...@lspace.org> wrote:
>Locals [aka UK'ers]
(snip list)
>Susan McIver
McKever, I believe (feel free to counterpedant)
Also missing Ben Hutchings, who I know was there because I shouted at him
for phoning from a noisy meet.
-n
Orjan Westin
news:slrna1nvbc...@goodgulf.demon.co.uk...
> and yes it is not a meet report,
which is what we've come to expect - Karen is always first out with a
non-report report. <g>
> I can't write reports
> either but between us we can dredge our memories for who kidded who
> under the mistletoe, who said what about the mistletoe and who tried
> to eat the mistletoe...
Never even saw the 'toe. Must've been hidden when I was spotted. *sulk*
> By my reckoning 67 attenders and also apologies from at least five others
> detained by winter bugs and the likes.
Now, given the high levels of attendance on the GM meets [1], I reckon
you'll soon be the organiser to pull in most bodies to meets, CCDE and Cons
excepted. Is there a highscore somewhere - Organiser, Total Attendees,
Largest no. of Attendees - that sort of thing?
> Festive attire ranged from flashing t-shirts (where did it come from?) to
> velvet gowns and reindeer horns and top hats.
... and a strawberry hat. I should've known better than trying to dress to
be noticed among afpers.
Oh, and there were cuddly toys there, as well.
Nice meet, I wish I'd been there earlier.
Orjan
Guitar Huw
"Karen" <ka...@lspace.org> wrote
<snip>
>
> Mostly what I'd like you all to do is add
> your own thoughts and memories and comments
report. This was done via Google, which as has been pointed out is
not propogating. So I've copied them in. Without the amendments.
That we should have made. If we weren't knackered. Or on the merry
way to oblivion. Or able to count.
I just want to say (again) that we had a great time. The number of
times we were talking to someone and got into the 'Oh, so you're
<insert afp posting name here> will make afp conversation a better
experience than it already is.
GOOGLE POSTING 2 (Oi, Muppet). Posted in hangover mode from a
cybercafe in London
<snip everything>
What's sadder?
a) waking up in the morning wondering whether you tagged
b) not tagging
c) searching for an Internet cafe so you can check
d) responding to your own posts
or
e) all of the above plus paying £35 for a taxi to get to my sister's
place.
Ho Hum.
--
Huw
Knackered.
GOOGLE POSTING 1 (Green Man meet). Posted from my sister's house
after much vino collapso.
Well, it was like this...
Kimmi and I met in London in the afternoon, wandered around for 3
hours or so (with Kimmi complaining like hedgehoggery) and got to
the venue for 5.30, hoping that Karen was going to be there to tell
us who everyone was as they arrived.
Unfortunately, Karen wasn't there...
As people arrived, we tried to get to grips with who was who, but
given that others were dropping hints like they were going out of
fashion, we soon sorted that out.
Total attendance was in the 50's (excluding the rugrats).
There was much chocolate and alcohol, which worked for me (shame
Kimmi doesn't do dark/milk chocolate or alcohol).
Met (in no particular order - and if I forget anyone,
I apologise)
Karen
Aquarion
Gideon
Ingvar
Darth Arwen
The esteemed Mr Ogden
Peter Ellis
Hippo
Quantum Moth
Rachel (sp?)
Rob Collier
Some big bloke called Mr Cooke
Jenny
Rosie
Naomi (who is not an afper apparently)
Topi (verging on togepi - pokemon fan there, I think)
Roadrunner (Meep, Meep)
Rand
And many others, whose names can't be remembered in this haze...
(but who were all very nice people)
Looking forward to the next meet now.
This is NOT as scary as some people would have you believe <g>
(Guitar) Huw
--
afpfiance to Kimmi, who is not sat by the side of me as this is
typed (lies, damned lies and police evidence)
Quantum Moth
> Mostly what I'd like you all to do is add
> your own thoughts and memories and comments - I can't write reports
> either but between us we can dredge our memories for who kidded who
> under the mistletoe,
>
Um.. were there goats present?
> who said what about the mistletoe and who tried
> to eat the mistletoe...
>
So there *were* goats present.
> In fact when we got to the platforms at
> Great Portland Street half the meet still seemed to be there and we waved at
> each other from opposite sides of the lines.
>
s/waved/pointed and laughed/
> Assorted Dutch and German imports were distributed - German biscuits,
> chocolate holly, liquorice, chocolates of varying kinds.
>
Special mention goes to the ever-orbiting Quality Street tin, which in
turn provided the most entertaining deluge of double-entendres I've
been involved in in many a long meet; vis. Pthomas's "chocolate
pocket". Anyone who wants to explain that, may. But I'm not going to.
The clergy could be reading.
> Festive attire ranged from flashing t-shirts (where did it come from?) to
> velvet gowns and reindeer horns and top hats.
>
Jealousy engendered by Charlotte's T-shirt, expressed as a percentage:
100. I mean.. it had lines of Matrix code tumbling endlessly down a
teeny-tiny screen. Officially the coolest item of clothing ever.
On the apologies list, Corinne was notable by her absence - she
decided to stay home and get some studying in for her return to Uni in
January after a year out. I wuld just like everyone to know that I
missed her.
Okay, since I spent most of the time in the Green Man doing nothing
but make jokes about chocolate, I'd like to conclude with lowlights of
the meet continuance at Pthomas's, starring P^HRosie, Lonewolf,
Ccooke, Naomi, Rachel, Me (duh), Thomas (double duh) and, the next
morning, Aqua and Lonecat.
In no order of preference:
Discussing VERY WRONG Harry Potter slash. Aquarion even joined in via
SMS, suggesting Dumbledore/Snape. He a bad boy, and I stand by my
assertion that any such slash is a wicked and naughty thing. Very
funny, though.
Rosie and Naomi's unfortunate cinnamon-chocolate coating (which
probably sounds pervier than it was. I'm just trying to make the meet
sound really depraved).
Trying desperately to avoid Buffy season 6 spoilers. Failing in
Rachel's case. Sorry, Rachel. At least no-one heard the singalong of
the musical episode on the way from the tube station. Oh, and waiting
and waiting until Thomas watched episodes 8,9 and 10, just so he was
up-to-speed.
More Buffy: Arranging Thomas's Buffy action figures[1] into degrading
and naughty poses, then photgraphing the results. I don't mean to
brag, but when it comes to putting action figures into lewd tableaus,
I'm quite the artist. Hopefully the photos will be up on Rosie's site
some time soon, for you all to admire the results. Some could count as
spoilers. Some could count as actionable. That same set of photos
could also include one of the few good photos of myself in existence.
Er. No, wait. That was taken earlier. Much earlier. Nothing to do with
Buffy figures acting dirty.
Um.. any quotefile would be unfit for publication, so it's lucky we
weren't making notes. Let's just say that, between us, we managed to
make any phrase uttered sniggerworthy. It's a kind of talent.
Hmm. Did I miss anything from there? It was deliberate, please don't
fill in the gaps.
[1]I once again apologise to Mr Pratchett for breaking the arm of his
Willow figure. Whoops. And, further, a-daisy.
--
thom willis
direct blood descendant of ferdinand magellan.
outrageous liar.
rachel walmsley
> Rachel (sp?)
Aha. A perfect place for me to jump into the thread. Presuming
that you're talking about me here, yes, that's the right spelling.
(I think the only other Rachel there was one of the rugrats, and I
think she spells her name the same way too. ICBW, YMMV, IANAPWAGM[1],
LHDAB, etc.)
Having battled my way past Connex trains, people who had been at
Gilligham v. Sheffield Wednesday and the world's longest queue at
a cash machine in recorded history, I managed to get to the meet
between about 18:30 and 19:00. One of the opening comments was
from Michael Grant, stating that he knew I must be an afper as
soon as he saw my legs coming down the stairs (I was in black and
white hooped tights). Hello, and welcome to afp :)
Saw a whole lot of people. Lots of people that it was nice to see
again, a few that it was nice to meet at last, and a bit of new
blood. One of the problems with meets that large is that you
invariably manage to miss talking to a few people but oh well -
there's always Green Man VI (right Karen?).
Other memories from the meet include being miseltoed by Julie (oh
no), attempting to strangle Aquarion for excessive punnage (oh
*gods*), playing with Buffy action figures the following day after
having crashed at Thomas's (oh my) and attempting to figure out how
to reconcile the money a few of us owed each other in the minimum
number of transactions[2] (owe who[3]).
I'd also like to say a huge thankyou to everyone who looked after
me or showed concern for me when I was being ill at the meet,
especially lonecat, it was much appreciated[4]. Thanks also to
Thomas for the crashspace, and to Karen for organising it again,
even if I did manage to miss exchanging more than a few sentences
with her again.
rw.
[1] ... person with a good memory.
[2] I owed ccooke 5ukp, Aquarion owed me 12ukp and Rosemary owed
him 5ukp. You do the maths.
[3] Sorry.
[4] To anyone who was worried about me, I have sought medical
advice and it was almost certainly nothing serious.
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Guitar Huw
"rachel walmsley" <flo...@sheepish.org.uk> wrote
> Guitar Huw <guita...@hotmail.fish.fish.com> wrote:
>
> > Rachel (sp?)
>
> Aha. A perfect place for me to jump into the thread. Presuming
> that you're talking about me here, yes, that's the right spelling.
Could be... I was overcome with enthusiasm. And flossie defintely
rings bells.
Hang on. <Checks your URL>. Yes it's you...
<snips>
>
> Saw a whole lot of people. Lots of people that it was nice to see
> again, a few that it was nice to meet at last, and a bit of new
> blood.
I can't remember giving blood. That probably explains why I felt
weak the next (same) morning ;-)
<snip 'til EOF>
--
Huw
afpfiance to Kimmi
Andy Brown
<flo...@sheepish.org.uk> wrote:
>
> and attempting to figure out how
> to reconcile the money a few of us owed each other in the minimum
> number of transactions[2]
>
> him 5ukp. You do the maths.
I make that 2 transactions, starting with the obvious one
--
Andy Brown
At work. All opinions are my own.
Oliver Newman
>
>Festive attire ranged from flashing t-shirts (where did it come from?) to
>velvet gowns and reindeer horns and top hats.
>
It came from cyberdog in Camden, they have a website at
www.cyberdog.co.uk or at least that's what the visa says :)
was great to meet more people, even if I didn't know who half of them
were and they were scary :)
--
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www.sithadmin.co.uk
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pia
news:1d7c98c.01121...@posting.google.com
>Discussing VERY WRONG Harry Potter slash. Aquarion even joined in via
>SMS, suggesting Dumbledore/Snape. He a bad boy, and I stand by my
>assertion that any such slash is a wicked and naughty thing.
My dear young fellow. Do you really think that has not been done? See
e.g. http://www.swallowingshadows.nu/snapefics/slash.html
Myself, I'm a sucker for Snape/Hermione -fiction. Some of them are
readable, even...
pia
Quantum Moth
Oh, we were discussing Harry Potter slash we had seen on the net. And
it's *still* very VERY WRONG!
btw, you have my posts? how come? waaah, they no get to anywhere!
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MEG
news:slrna1nvbc...@goodgulf.demon.co.uk...
> So this is Hogswatch,,,
> and yes it is not a meet report, just a cast list <snip>
And the clan of MEG, MAC & BIF (mom's got a silly name, so can we) were treated
to a lovely relaxing weekend which surrounded the meet.
We arrived after a surprisingly quick journey from Bristol to make ourselves at
home with Karen and Alistair - not forgetting Michael and Rachel - on the Friday
evening. We sat up and talked into the early hours and woke really late on
Saturday (9:30 IS late for me!) to take a quick but fruitless trip into the high
street looking for a special item (more later).
On the journey to the tube station that evening we were treated to a tour of the
lights of Ruislip. Boy! do they go overboard with their decorations. There was
one house that looked like a big circus tent and another which had a whole
nativity scene, a sleigh on the roof and an untold number of lights, lighted
statues and angels. This last won the prize but plenty came in second place.
We froze on the station as MAC (Paul - 13) complained of hypothermia but
steadfastly refused to put on his coat. A bit of private bullying did the trick.
As we arrived at the Green Man, Karen's 'phone was ringing and it was Reinier?
who was lost just around the other corner of the station. After meeting up
("Wave", "Where are you?", "Here", "Where?", "Here") we went into the pub and
down the stairs to be greeted by hoards of attendees who had all tried to be the
first to arrive.
Greetings were made, some hugs, some hand-shakes, some puzzled faces which
betrayed the fact that some people who had met, or not met, had forgotten or not
been introduced to the people who were warmly welcoming them {sheepish grin}.
Drinks. Food. Hello's. Drinks. Chocolates. Flashing shirts. Balloon animals.
Chocolate holly. Top hats and skimpy dresses. Chair speeches. Rugrats. Sword
fights. The signing queueueueue. Mistletoe. Drinks. Chocolate. Hand-painted
glassware. Euros (thanks, Patrick). Kisses. Hugs. Dancers. "Oh yes you did".
Cards. Cameras. Cat-herding out of the basement :(
Everything over too quickly.
All of the above happened but I vehemently deny ever calling Dog a "Tosspot" on
the group. Anyway, even if I did, he got a little birthday kiss to make up for
it.
Sunday am: got back to Ruislip to fall into bed, allowing Karen to do the notice
while I snuggled into my warm bed. I surfaced about 10:00 when I heard others
moving around. I'd been having a leisurely read of the Q magazine and was
mightily relaxed having had a good night's sleep without the clock ticking and
chiming through the night.
After lunch and lots more conversation and the treasured hour while the children
were *allowed* ;) to play on the computer games, we made our farewells and got
on the road to Bristol. Which was, again, a very pleasant, uninterrupted
journey.
An excellent meet made all the more wonderful by the tremendous hospitality of
our hosts.
Notable event: Watching Al preparing the soup. Worth taping and selling at
WHSmiths.
- MEG, MAC (Paul) and BIF (Rebecca
pia
> btw, you have my posts? how come? waaah, they no get to anywhere!
No I didn't. The thing is, I filter rather rigorously, so occasionally
I go back to Google-archives to see if there's anything interesting
I've missed because of my filtering scheme. It was during such mission
I stumbled into that post of yours. I thing 8-FED said there've been
propagation problems from Google during the last few days.
pia
Suzi
news:9vltn7$hpm$1...@library.lspace.org...
[Snip]
> On the journey to the tube station that evening we were treated to a
> tour of the lights of Ruislip. Boy! do they go overboard with their
> decorations. There was one house that looked like a big circus tent
> and another which had a whole nativity scene, a sleigh on the roof
> and an untold number of lights, lighted statues and angels. This last
> won the prize but plenty came in second place.
There are a vast and varied array of decorated houses in our village...
my personal favourite is the one with a Santa pittoning up the front
wall (which is opposite the house with a large illuminated sleigh on the
roof) :-)
Suzi
SteveD
>Oh, we were discussing Harry Potter slash we had seen on the net. And
>it's *still* very VERY WRONG!
So, what's the weirdest combination of HP characters that springs to
mind? Draco and Hedwig? Hagrid and Krum? Snape and Trevor the frog? Or
are there even more mind-boggling possibilities?
-SteveD
--
"I like a book that's been around a bit." - Miq
hippo
Orjan Westin <NospamRepla...@cunobaros.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:9vke11$fucgf$1...@ID-90122.news.dfncis.de...
Well, my two hippos were present and I saw one or two others : but
I expected a lot more, come on afpers lets see your cuddlies next time ;-)
Apologies to all of those I didn't get around to saying hello and
actually talking to. (next morning I counted out about 55 I actually
knew or recognised : 67 all together ? .... wow)
Thankyou to the very kind afp-newbie, (he knows who he is :-) )
for your generosity.
I must admit (as those of you who have met me elsewhere) I rarely
drink much in the alchoholic sense and I'm sure I had far too much
as I can just remember being rather merry at the end of the evening
It's great to carry the memories of all the hugginess and mistletoe <g>
and happy friends on into the holiday season, and to have welcomed properly
new folk to afpmeets.
Thanks to Karen for organising *again*
and thanks to Barry for crash space at short notice.
I for one, thoroughly enjoyed the evening.
Hippo
--
Mark Datko
Christmas pages : http://www.mdatko.btinternet.co.uk/P1M01.htm
Patrick Dersjant
Read it? y
> On 16 Dec 2001 01:49:08 GMT, in message
> <slrna1nvbc...@goodgulf.demon.co.uk>, Karen <ka...@lspace.org>
> wrote:
>
> >By my reckoning 67 attenders and also apologies from at least five others
> >detained by winter bugs and the likes.
>
> I went under the meet :)
You should really go and organize a meet on one of your trains - that
must be fun.
Patrick
Patrick Dersjant
Read it? y
> Karen <ka...@lspace.org> wrote
> > By my reckoning 67 attenders and also apologies from at least five others
> > detained by winter bugs and the likes.
>
> Now, given the high levels of attendance on the GM meets [1], I reckon
> you'll soon be the organiser to pull in most bodies to meets, CCDE and Cons
> excepted. Is there a highscore somewhere - Organiser, Total Attendees,
> Largest no. of Attendees - that sort of thing?
Not to my knowledge. Though if you really insist, I can add creating a
stats page to the meets section on L-Space. I mean, it's not as if I
didn't have enough to do already <g>.
> Nice meet, I wish I'd been there earlier.
Definitely nice meet, and this might just be the best place to add my
own memories.
Due to being jobless at the moment I had plenty of time, but not really
any money to visit meets, especially furrin ones. Eurolines coach
tickets were affordable though, but the nine hour journey was quite
tiring. I'll fly next time, thanks. On top of that, the coach broke
down in Dover, and we had to wait in the cold for an hour for a
replacement. The warm welcome and excellent Gorgonzola Ravioli from my
kind hosts made up for that, though - thanks, Jenny & Gideon!
Anyways, the time on the coach meant I could try to take a huge chunk
out of the to-read stack, which has grown to about 20,000 pages. And
succeeded - by skipping the Appendices in The Return of the King,
admittedly, but still. Another good read was The Thief of Time, by John
Boyne (0-75381-276-2), which I can warmly recommend.
I spent Saturday afternoon visiting the British Museum with Gideon, as
it had been some time since I was there - I'd not seen the Dome before,
and its impression on me was huge. I really like the way they have
integrated what was a sad, dark innerspace into the museum.
After about two and a half hours we went off for an indian snack, and
on to the Green Man, where about ten people were already waiting for
us, amongst them Arwen and Barry R. Greetings were exchanged and
chocolate immediately offered. More people arrived, and the evening
became a blur to me - I talked to loads of people, missed talking to
even more, and much too early the time was come to say goodbyes and
leave. Only to discover a largeish section of the meet was waiting on
the platform of the tube.
The journey back the next day - in the same coach that broke down on
the way into London, fixed this time - was uneventful. Read a bit more,
slept a bit, and returned home tired still. Nevertheless, a weekend
well spent.
Patrick
Eric Jarvis
yep...a meet on Andy's train...I'm up for that :)
imagine spending your working day with a whole bunch of people you
know having fun the other side of a door
--
eric - afprelationships in headers
"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"
Marco Villalta
> So this is Hogswatch,,,
... and what have you done...?
> I can't write reports either but between us we can dredge
> our memories for who kidded who under the mistletoe,
^^^^^^
Kidded? I thought they laughed because they tickled one another
with the misteltoe.
(P.S. Come on people! It's been almost three days since Karen's
article was posted, and still nobody has played these obvious
gags? What happened to you, a.f.p?!)
(P.P.S. No, I wasn't at the meet. I was slightly offset. By
more than 1000 km... <attendees draw a sigh of relief> )
--
Marco Villalta
Danish graffiti from 1984:
"Sex kills -- die happy!"
Collected by Torben Olsen
Patrick Dersjant
Read it? y
> yep...a meet on Andy's train...I'm up for that :)
>
> imagine spending your working day with a whole bunch of people you
> know having fun the other side of a door
Even better, we could be taking turns driving the train from station to
station. Though we'd better not let Martin drive. 'This tube is going
to Cuba'.
Patrick
Andy Davison
<MPG.1689f7e41...@news.xs4all.nl>, Patrick Dersjant
<pat...@lspace.org> wrote:
>a - a scroll of news from Eric Jarvis
>Read it? y
>
>> yep...a meet on Andy's train...I'm up for that :)
>>
>> imagine spending your working day with a whole bunch of people you
>> know having fun the other side of a door
no, yer barstuds, if it's my meet it's in the cab. This restricts it
to 'Authorised Persons'. I never did know what that meant but you
can't get more than 6 or so in. Cabmeet01 could be a possibility
though.
>Even better, we could be taking turns driving the train from station to
>station. Though we'd better not let Martin drive. 'This tube is going
>to Cuba'.
Werrrrl, of course if I was an instructor/operator and Martin was a
trainee there would be no probs except they don't go to Cuba. I know.
I've tried. Chesham[1] - yes, Cuba - no.
[1] I'm going to Chesham tomorrow (actually later today (Weds)) -
whoopee! (I think not)
--
Andy Davison
an...@oiyou.force9.co.uk
Arwen Lune
19 Dec 2001 02:18:56 +0000. This is what it read:
> no, yer barstuds, if it's my meet it's in the cab. This restricts it
> to 'Authorised Persons'. I never did know what that meant but you
> can't get more than 6 or so in. Cabmeet01 could be a possibility
> though.
Cool!
Can we take turns in saying weird stuff over the intercom thingy?
Darth Arwen
--
TRAILER for THE TWO TOWERS! [(c) Radagast] OMINIOUS VOICE: "The
rise of a mighty King" | SCENE CUTS to the Golden Hall with GANDALF
and THEODEN. Gandalf turns to the King and speaks. GANDALF: "Get
off your arse - we've got a war to win." | And the King stands.
Andy Davison
<MPG.168a620ec...@news.cis.dfn.de>, Arwen Lune
<ar...@meanandevil.co.uk> wrote:
>Cool!
>Can we take turns in saying weird stuff over the intercom thingy?
No. Weird stuff over the PA is frowned upon. If I'm going to get
another bollocking for it it'll be for something I said thanks.
--
Andy Davison
an...@oiyou.force9.co.uk
Adrian Ogden
>Quantum Moth <sc...@mostly.com> emoted:
>>Oh, we were discussing Harry Potter slash we had seen on the net. And
>>it's *still* very VERY WRONG!
>So, what's the weirdest combination of HP characters that springs to
>mind? Draco and Hedwig? Hagrid and Krum? Snape and Trevor the frog? Or
>are there even more mind-boggling possibilities?
Voldemort & Mrs Dursley? (Seductive, the Dark Side is.) The scary
thing about that idea is I can see it turning into a major plot point.
--
<< Adrian Ogden -- "Sic Biscuitus Disintegrat" -- www.rdg.ac.uk/~sssogadr/ >>
"Bollards" said Pooh as his spellchecker crashed.
gra...@affordable-leather.co.ukdeletethis
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 11:00:11 +0000, Andy Davison
<an...@oiyou.force9.co.uk> wrote:
>No. Weird stuff over the PA is frowned upon. If I'm going to get
>another bollocking for it it'll be for something I said thanks.
The best stuff I ever heard over a train PA was when the guard
announced that various drugs were being sold on the train...
including alcohol, nicotine and caffeine!
He also announced that "Our ETA is approximately 10:15 ish..."
(obviously he was confident about the train running on time!!)
Cheers,
Graham.
Michel
> The best stuff I ever heard over a train PA was when the guard
> announced that various drugs were being sold on the train...
> including alcohol, nicotine and caffeine!
>
> He also announced that "Our ETA is approximately 10:15 ish..."
> (obviously he was confident about the train running on time!!)
I remember many occasions where the train/bus PA announced something which
made me smile. Things like "Erm, ladies and gentlemen, it appears we have
just forgotten to stop at Woerden. Passengers for Woerden can change trains
on the next station". Or "We apologise for the delay, we are currently
standing in front of a red sign and we don't know when...oh, we seem to be
moving."
And one time when we had a very long delay they announced 'We seem to have
finally reached Utrecht Central Station. We have cried here in the cockpit.
<cynical>We hope you enjoyed travelling with this *fantastic*
company</cynical>"
For the dutchies, there's omroephumor.nl with PA announcements like this
(the above are personal experience). For the furriners, there's a small
selection of furrin announcements on
http://www.omroephumor.nl/u-buitenland.html (partly english). I wondered
whether anyone knows of an english site like this.
Michel
--
Gouwenees forever :-)
Len Oil
> No. Weird stuff over the PA is frowned upon. If I'm going to get
> another bollocking for it it'll be for something I said thanks.
Once while on Sheffield's "Supertram"[1], passing through a 'wild' bit of
land[2] we got the following of the PA:
<Bing Bong>
"Ooh look! A Fox!"
<Bing Bong>
He was right, out and about in broad daylight.
[1] "Is it a train? Is it a bus? No, it's a waste of money public money!"
is but one opinion...
[2] Meadowhall branch, city-bound, embankment just before crossing the
Parkway IIRC.
--
Len Oil,
the man with no imaginative .sig yet.
Annette Fraser
>"Andy Davison" <an...@oiyou.force9.co.uk> wrote:
>> No. Weird stuff over the PA is frowned upon. If I'm going to get
>> another bollocking for it it'll be for something I said thanks.
>
>Once while on Sheffield's "Supertram"[1], passing through a 'wild' bit of
>land[2] we got the following of the PA:
><Bing Bong>
>"Ooh look! A Fox!"
><Bing Bong>
>
I was standing on the platform at Central Station in Sydney once, waiting for
my train, when this announcement was made:
<very heavy Italian accent>
'The two-twenty train has-a been cancelled. She is-a no more.'
Highly amusing :-)
Annette
--
High Priestess of The Big Penguin
The Merchandise Queen
PokeyBun - Gotta mug 'em all
Michel
Fraser) wrote:
>'The two-twenty train has-a been cancelled. She is-a no more.'
>
Or like they said in a train I was on in Belgium: "Everybody should
get out here, this train will be terminated."
Michel
LuSiVe
Oil <len...@lenoil.demon.co.uk> writes
I like it ... it's better than Sheffield's sodding buses anyway.
But then it wasn't *my* public money that got wasted 'cos I live in
Derbyshire.
Oh - hello I'm new here :) I've got chocolate AND cats.
--
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Marina Muilwijk
<3c20e2c...@news.ntlworld.com>:
>The best stuff I ever heard over a train PA was when the guard
>announced that various drugs were being sold on the train...
>including alcohol, nicotine and caffeine!
>
>He also announced that "Our ETA is approximately 10:15 ish..."
>(obviously he was confident about the train running on time!!)
A few weeks ago I was on a train to Arnhem and Nijmegen. It was 15
minutes late (not unusual). When we approached Arnhem the guard
announced that the train was so late that it wouldn't go on to Nijmegen
and that the next train to Nijmegen would leave from platform
<something>. This announcement wasn't very unusual either (according to
people who travel on that line frequently). What was unusual was that
the guard was giggling so hard that he could barely speak.
It makes you wonder what he had been doing just prior to this.
Marina
Menno
saying:
> > who said what about the mistletoe and who tried
> > to eat the mistletoe...
> >
> So there *were* goats present.
Or Gaul druids?
Cheers,
Menno.
Len Oil
> In message <1008817245.6537.3...@news.demon.co.uk>, Len
> Oil <len...@lenoil.demon.co.uk> writes
> >[1] "Is it a train? Is it a bus? No, it's a waste of money public
money!"
> >is but one opinion...
little closer to where I live, but it's fairly close right now and the
layout's too awkward for my finicky way of thinking. And then there's the
cost vs the cost of running a car I'd be running anyway.)
> But then it wasn't *my* public money that got wasted 'cos I live in
> Derbyshire.
IIRC, Barnsley, Rotherham and Doncaster councils all shelled out to support
the project, on the understanding that parts of the system would service
their districts. So far, we've still got just the three main legs (and some
end-forking) all within Sheffield...
> Oh - hello I'm new here :) I've got chocolate AND cats.
Greetings. (I've never welcomed a new person before, being fairly new in my
own right in this incarnation.) I think we're supposed to say "Sit down,
don't mind the cats, have some chocolate" but as you're already well
acquainted with the cats and chocolate, you better just sit down. :)
Martin Wisse
<an...@oiyou.force9.co.uk> wrote:
>Werrrrl, of course if I was an instructor/operator and Martin was a
>trainee there would be no probs except they don't go to Cuba. I know.
>I've tried. Chesham[1] - yes, Cuba - no.
that just shows the skewed priorities of the London Underground. Whoever
would want to go to Chesham?
Martin Wisse
--
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Martin Wisse
Darling, that's sooo passe.
It's New Zealand for me.
Eric Jarvis
> On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 02:18:56 +0000, Andy Davison
> <an...@oiyou.force9.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> >Werrrrl, of course if I was an instructor/operator and Martin was a
> >trainee there would be no probs except they don't go to Cuba. I know.
> >I've tried. Chesham[1] - yes, Cuba - no.
>
> that just shows the skewed priorities of the London Underground. Whoever
> would want to go to Chesham?
>
somebody for whom the alternative is Romford?
note for those who have never been to either Chesham or
Romford...smart move
Nanny Ogg
<ka...@lspace.org> writes:
>Festive attire ranged from flashing t-shirts (where did it come from?) to
>velvet gowns and reindeer horns and top hats.
If we're mentioning T-shirts, I think Peter Ellis's `X and Y chromosome'
T-shirt should definitely get a mention, considering the aggregate amount of
time people spent reading it.
Thank you, Karen, for a most excellent meet (again)!
All the best,
Sarah, who has particular reason to be grateful for Hogswatch meets ;-)
--
`If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, you'll be
taller than everyone else.' Kipling and _I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue_
`Unfortunately Real Life lacks a decent tourist information service' Adrian
Morgan
Jenny Radcliffe
> He also announced that "Our ETA is approximately
> 10:15 ish..." (obviously he was confident about
> the train running on time!!)
Most inspiring line heard over one of them train intercom jobbies:
"OK, the slow goods train ahead of us has got out of the way so
we're moving fine again now ... until the next disaster".
Marco Villalta
> am.f...@qut.edu.au (Annette Fraser) wrote:
>
> >'The two-twenty train has-a been cancelled. She is-a no more.'
>
> Or like they said in a train I was on in Belgium: "Everybody should
> get out here, this train will be terminated."
Rolling. On. The. Floor. Laughing out loud. Kicking. And
screaming my arse off.
Well, all right, I didn't, because I read that at half past
midnight and did not want to wake up the entire building (thin
walls, thin roofs[1]). But trying to contain that laughter
almost broke my ribcage.
--------
[1] I dislike when the old lady above walks around in clogs.[2]
Luckily she doesn't do that very often.
[2] Not Cloggies, as in Nederlands people. I think I may have
the wrong word here, but I didn't bring my dictionary (too heavy)
and it's currently about 1800 km away.
--
Marco Villalta -- catching up (~1100 msgs left, as I write...)
"Reminds me of a mate called Sukhdeep. I imagine him in Harlem -
'Hey, muthaf**ka, you Sukhdeep?' 'Well, as a matter of fact...'"
-- MegaMole on a.f.p 2001-12-15