London - 3rd of April

[Snowdog]

Doh! Forgot about this - someone is cooking me dinner.

It'll microwave. Get your ass down there.

[KeithPratt]

Nah, it's important.

[Snowdog]

Nah, it's important.

I wasn't actually expecting you to do that.

Hope the evening's a success.

[The Slider]

You on a promise, Toby?

Hm.
Fingers and tops vs a Fish Supper....

hard to call if you are a Viz reader.

[Minnie the Minx]

Nah, it's important.

I wasn't actually expecting you to do that.

Hope the evening's a success.

We want blow by blow commentary please. Keep logging on and posting every time something racey happens.

[The Driver]

You on a promise, Toby?

Hm.
Fingers and tops vs a Fish Supper....

Well his fingers will end up smelling the same either way.

[Jimbly]

Nah, it's important.

I wasn't actually expecting you to do that.

Hope the evening's a success.

We want blow by blow commentary please. Keep logging on and posting every time something racey happens.

Some girls will
Some girls wont
Some girls need a lot of lovin
Some girls dont........

[Snowdog]

And there I was trying to be polite.

*sigh*

[Snowdog]

What a night. Great to meet his Lordship after all this time.

I don't remember leaving the pub & I'm still pissed now.

Result!

[Neil Jung]

What a night. Great to meet his Lordship after all this time.

I don't remember leaving the pub & I'm still pissed now.

Are you perhaps still there?

I got home at 11pm. The fish and chips from Masters was excellent! There was me, Ray Lord Belborough, Matt NewMusicalExPrez, Del Snowdog, Andy Griff + girlfriend, Andy Piledriver and briefly The Slider and Roddie RCL. BCB being a music board I mostly discussed tv (Torchwood, Bionic Woman, BSG, AshestoAshes, Sopranos, Last Man Standing etc) with Del.

[Prez!]

And here's the photographic evidence from The Chandos:-

Lord B & The Driver


NeiL Jung & Dels Nose


The Driver


A Mincing Gaylord


A Lord and A Mincing Gaylord.
Sorry the picture quality is not fantastic, they were taken on my mobile.
The fish & chips was fantastic, nice to meet everybody, particularly Ray.
Got home about 1 am, but Ha Ha Wankers, I've got the day off!

[Prez!]

It was commented upon that Andy Piledrivers new beard made him a dead ringer for The Corporate Whore.
You didn't tell us you had an accident prone twin brother, Martin.

[The Driver]

A jolly fine evening, and nice to be able to have a bevvy or three for a change. As The Slider was kind enough to make a guest appearance for us, Ray and I returned the favour by wandering in to Charing Cross station to find yer man by the ticket gates.

Lovely to meet Ray - I left him on the train at Camden. I note that he hasn't posted today - perhaps The Slider could check with LU Lost Property.

[Prez!]

Lovely to meet Ray - I left him on the train at Camden. I note that he hasn't posted today - perhaps The Slider could check with LU Lost Property.

Didn't he say he was flying out from Terminal 5 today ?
He could be lost for weeks!

[Neil Jung]

Griff and Ray

He's flying back on the red-eye tonight, via Legoland.

[Snowdog]

I pity anyone who has to suffer Legoland.

Fancy... Coming all that way & ending up there.

[Snowdog]

NeiL Jung & Del's Nose

Oh but what a nose!

[Quaco]

It was commented upon that Andy Piledrivers new beard made him a dead ringer for The Corporate Whore.
You didn't tell us you had an accident prone twin brother, Martin.

One gets tripped up in his use of periods; the other trips, period.

[trans-chigley express]

I'm safely back in HK. Heathrow's very modern, clean, and spacious Terminal 5 gives an impression of calm efficiency but you just know it's chaos behind the scenes and sure enough my flight was delayed due to a baggage mismatch which they claimed was purely a "computer glitch". Upon arriving in HK we were greeted with a long list of passenger names whose baggage was somewhere other than Hong Kong - so the computer was right afterall . Fortunately my name wasn't on the list.

It was great to meet so many board members in the flesh with a much better turn out than I expected; I think only Toby couldn't make it. Neil Jung and Prez both made a much appreciated effort to come from out of town. Everyone turned out to be exactly as I imagined based on what I know of them from the board and I immediately felt at home amongst people I've never met but seemed like old friends. I managed to stick it out till the end with the hardened drinkers I couldn't keep pace with (where does Del put it all?). I Didn't get to talk to everyone as much as I'd like (RCL and The Slider could only make brief appearances) but it certainly whetted my appetite for more meetings if at all possible. I should try and time my UK visits with the bigger jolly ups in future.

I spied Matt sneakily taking photos inbetween not getting a word in edgeways with Griff and Del in full flow, and just knew they wouldn't be flattering.

The Slider's fish and chip recommendation was spot on too, so good that The Driver's organic vegan-based health regime went out the window although he did cleanse his body with plenty of organic cider afterwards.

Legoland was great too.

[The Slider]

I managed to stick it out till the end with the hardened drinkers I couldn't keep pace with

You looked a little ...er...bewildered, lets say, when Piley brought you through the station.