Gathering 17, G17 - Good name for a band, that...

Another Tuesday evening, another Gathering.  And thus, another one of these
write-up things.  Oh happy happy joy joy...

When half the Gatherers arrive before I do, it's either a good or a bad sign.
When one of these early-birds happens to be Andy 2, who we haven't seen since
the dodgy old days of G10 back in June, it suggests that regardless of 
whether its a good or a bad sign, it's going to be one of those nights anyway.

So, Andy 2 was introduced to Andy 4 (Andy 3 notable by his abscence, which is
perhaps just as well given the difficulty some of us were having in figuring
out which Andy was which), Keith was introduced to nobody (since he knew
everyone else there anyway :-), and we were all introduced to our pints...

Rolling in between 7 and 8 came Oliver, Nick and bringing up the rear, Ian and 
Janet.  Just in time to help out with the pub quiz, what fun!  Alas, our
collective mind failed dismally to improve on our last effort, and we only
managed a pitiful 3rd place, with 48/64 points.  But never mind, 3rd prize is
a T-Shirt, and it was Janet's birthday the next day, so that solved the 
problem of what to give her as a group pressie ;-)


Various other notable events.  None.

OK then, various other non-notable events which are still notable enough to
be written about in an attempt to fill out the space provided and make the
evening seem marginally more fun than it appears ATM...

Someone, who's name shall remain secret (unless anyone comes up with a 
suitable bribe - see the other parts of this website for ideas on what or 
*who* to bribe me with...) managed to "slightly" damage one of the chairs.
Tut tut :-)

Remembering that Gatherings aren't Gatherings without nuts, various bags of
nibblies were purchased, causing Nick to almost die with excitement when
it was discovered that the T & S sold pork scratchings...  Meanwhile, at the
other end of the table, a rather recalcitrant bag of nuts finally allowed 
itself to be ripped open, sending a shower of nuts all over the place, and
causing the first of two drinks to be spilt.  Mmm, beer-soaked nuts, lovely.
And when the second drink was spilt, Ian almost ended up saying the same
thing, for entirely different reasons...

Our associate Gatherer from last time, Mr Had Had Had (we know what we mean,
the rest of you can just sit and wonder), turned up, though not because we
were there... Evidently his first taste of a G was enough to persuade him
that it should also be his last.  Either that, or he thought it would be
more prudent to spend the evening with the female companion he'd brought
along, rather than leave her on her own to come and josh with us...


Well, I seem to have run out of things to write about, things to make other
things up about, and things to eat.  So that, therefore, is that.  End of
write-up.  Please disperse and leave the area in an orderly manner, there
is nothing more to see here.




Go on, get your coat and go.




Look, there really is nothing more to see, you're just wasting your time
now.  Honest.  I mean, what more could there possibly be?




Are you STILL here?  Jeez, haven't you got anything better to do with your
sad and pitiful life?  Go on, hop it before I get the bouncers to chuck
you out...




WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-THUD...

Chris

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