frogpatrol Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Shoot, I forgot - I work Wed night. Sorry, no can go. Good luck, all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Hello,good evening and welcome, firstly may i say thank you to froggie, et al, who stopped me from looking a complete pillock at the quiz last Tuesday. i had just arrived back from blighty,(England to you collonials) when i was decended upon by Rodney Bain and David Williamson, who proceeded to tell me their version of what transpired at the last quiz and graciously returned to me six vouchers of 500baht value,none of which is mine i hasten to add. these will be returned to said participants at the next quiz. all i can say in defence of my team-mates is that many times teams have played with an extra person at their table,if this has been a Thai girlfriend it was never a problem.umbrage was taken,I presume,as there seems to be a rule here that is not always followed. I, for one, vote for the six only rule with NO exceptions but don't expect everyone to agree with me. Let's not get away from what we should focus on,the night out, we enjoy the quiz because we see friends we don't see for a month at a time, we get away from the girlfriend for a few hours,we talk in sentences instead of mono-dialogue about important things like football,girlie-bars, etc. I hope to see long-gun and the usual suspects at the bulls head where he will berate me with tales from the stadium of light no doubt. We remember well the days of myself,Phil Williams,Bangkok George, long-gun, big Peter,Mike the menu,Ian,new Phetbury Pete et al, down to cowboy after the quiz had finished, oh happy days, although most are too busy to come to the quizzes nowadays the memories linger on,(or should that be the mammaries linger on).anyway, hope to see you soon, Liverpool Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Gun Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Eeeeh, I'm getting all misty-eyed here, Jim, at the thought of those much-missed former colleagues, though I've seen George and Phiket Pete recently. Look forward to seeing you at the quiz tomorrow. I trust you're fully recovered now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Gun Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 And in the spookiest of coincidences, who should be sitting at the table between the two NPFs, but the aforementioned Ian, not seen there for 4 years or so, and failing to recognise either Jim or myself. The quiz itself made the Londoner debacle look like superb organisation. With teams here limited to 4, NPF1 (started with 7 but were soon outnumbered by most of the other tables). Fair's fair, there were only 4 'players' and they won by a few lengths, going away. We finished strongly to pinch 2nd and some lovely towels, but were badly hit by the PA breaking down and robbing us of the whole 'Beat the Intro' round, which, modestly, is one of our strengths. With so many people in there and all the technical problems, the quizmaster started to resemle Basil Fawlty but it was still a fun, if chaotic, start to the evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pom Michael Posted May 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 Speak for yourself there young man. Next time I'll show up at 9 pm - which is about when this quiz started. And finishing at 11:15 is a bit late for a old man like myself. The clueless wonders did come in second, and I even donated my beer towel to the Luk Lucky Charm. Hopefully my karma increases for the next Londoner Quiz on the 31st of May. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 I think Long Gun donated his towel to the waitress at Midnite who was having a birthday... Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poorjudge Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 And now for the rest of the story. Long Gun is generous to a fault, as always. Actually the aptly named "Cheating Bastards" filled half the room with a swirling vortex of players, "girlfriends", and shady-looking technical advisors, one of whom dropped by our table to tell us not to complain "if we knew what was good for us". Thus we had to look on in horror as one of the technical advisors brutally attacked the QM's sound machine with a cricket bat, thereby crippling our chances. Our only refuge was in drink. Quite frankly, I don't remember the towels. Long Gun, do you have any idea what I did with mine? Still somewhat confused, I remain, A Poor Judge of Character Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun_Kong Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Is the Londoner quiz tonight or next Tuesday? Eoither way, count me and my prize certificate in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Next. Missed ya last night (see Coss' post in Nightlife)! Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun_Kong Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Thanks for the quick response. See you next week for sure. Sorry I missed last night. I was busy setting up a new mini hair salon for my GF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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