[F] Oxfrod meet...
ric...@greenend.org.uk
Well that was an interesting one 3-)
Owen and I arrived by coach to be met by LNR. After monopolising her
stereo and eating her chocolate for a while we made our way to the
Wheatsheaf, where Alan and a few others had already arrived. Plus
about a million football fans. On finding that no food was available
at the pub we went straight for the second-nearest pizza place.
When we got back the pub had filled up with AFPers a bit more (and
this theme continued throughout the evening). I'm not sure if we ever
outnumbered the football crowd but it might well have been close.
There were photos from the Clarecraft event, which I'd missed. I'd
not actually known up until that point who the occupants of The Tent
had been... (cue Bonzo Dog Doodah Band).
Well I talked to quite a few people, some of whom I recognized, some
of whom I didn't, and some of whom I really -ought- to have
recognized. The Damerell was wandering around with bright blue hair
(and still had it at work today too).
Much beer and cider was consumed. Pint glasses were for some reason a
rare commodity, so the drinks tended, like the football, to be of two
halves.
Come closing time the party staggered in the direction of Burger King,
as has already been recounted. Those of us with taste declined to buy
from it; Ftony, LNR, Owen and I disappeared off to get some sleep at
that point. (Thanks for the crash space due to the keeper of purity
scores...) In the morning, Tony crept out very quietly, taking every
care to awake the rest of us, not aware we were all awake anyway...
Sunday didn't really count as an afpmeet but I'll recommend _The Full
Monty_ (to watch) and Cafe Bateau (to eat in) anyway. Oh, and _White
Merc with Fins_ to read, though I haven't got very far through it yet.
ric...@greenend.org.uk
ric...@greenend.org.uk writes:
> In the morning, Tony crept out very quietly, taking every care to
> awake the rest of us, not aware we were all awake anyway...
I mean `every care not to awake', of course.
ric...@greenend.org.uk
"Gwyneth Ellis" <gwy...@dimensiwn4.co.uk> writes:
>ric...@greenend.org.uk wrote:
>> Sunday didn't really count as an afpmeet but I'll recommend _The Full
>> Monty_ (to watch) and Cafe Bateau (to eat in) anyway. Oh, and _White
>> Merc with Fins_ to read, though I haven't got very far through it yet.
>
>I finished it. It's good.:-)
Yup, having also finished it I'll recommend it on the strength of the
whole thing rather than just the first couple of chapters. Meanwhile,
onto _Disco Biscuits_, which has Jeff Noon, Martin Millar and Irvine
Welsh all under a single cover - what more could you ask for? - and
_American Psycho_ (by Brett Easton Ellis, author also of the excellent
_The Rules of Attraction_).