Anyone going to the victory parade??

[Mr. Rick]

Jolly quiet in here today eh? All those lucky oiks standing around in the cold and in bars in London I guess. Expect a flood of "happenings" stories tomorrow   ... me jealous? Surely not!!  

Edited to say "no. 600!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"  

[pretzel]

Saw the coverage on TV today - great scenes, and something to be proud of, but it did look bloody cold. Hope those of you who made it had a good time.

Did anyone see the nutters in the fountains at Trafalgar Square? I expect they will be all be suffering from hypothermia by now.

[jpchenet]

Just watched some of it on the telly - what a great atmosphere (bloody cold though I imagine!)

Quite right about the atmos[here, but not that cold actually (which surprised me as I'd worn about five layers)

And of course the pub had the heating on anyway.

Fantastic day!!  Only just got home in fact!!  

[Steve Pyro]

Quite right about the atmos[here, but not that cold actually (which surprised me as I'd worn about five layers)

And of course the pub had the heating on anyway.

Fantastic day!!  Only just got home in fact!!  

Yes, we had a damn good time and the weather was positively tropical.
Myself, Andy Z, Gibberish, Rick Cutler, JP Chenet and his stepfather then made a good try at drinking all the beer in the pub.
More later when I can remember it?

[gibberish]

Excellent day, and one to be proud of.  Can hear myself telling the grandchildren if I ever get any.  Self and Zarse cleared off a bit before the others.  Zarse last seen heading for Kebab shop in Three Bridges, later to send text message to the effect that Kebab seemed to be half medical waste, and half an old shoe!!!!!!  In my slightly hazy state, I could only reply  'Excellent'  

[rcutler]

I was very good day in London, I didn't feel the cold but then speed drinking probably helped. I am not sure if the full effects of drinking for 12hours with rugby and Lemans'ers has taken place yet (still feel drunk at 9am). Kelli an American studying something in Spain but here on Holiday walked me in my drunken stuper back to Paddington with three minutes to spare for the last train. Managed to get a phone number and several of here friends numbers as well as her email address!

We all thought that we should arrange to meet up after work in London or a more suitable place for a few beers in the near future. I will start a new thread when I have got over last night!

Rick  

[gibberish]

Hey Rick glad you made it OK.  Any idea what happened to JP?

[Andy Zarse]

What a great atmos, the thing I most remember was seeing not so much the players as the Cup itself.

Crikey, did we really drink that much without eating so much as a peanut between us? In the true Le Mans drinking tradition I suppose. And it was especially nice to see there were no slackers and no tippers.

Steve, hope your wife enjoyed our company, it can't be much fun to meet us pissheads after a hard day's slog at the office.

JPC what time did you leave? You seemed remarkably sober.

Gibber, do us a favour when you get to Three Bridges station tonight. Cross the road and have a look at the traffic light control box and see if there is still any sick on top of it. I leant against the box to eat my large donner, resting my elbow on the top. Looking down, I was perterbed to see that my elbow and forearm were resting in (yet another) pool of spew that someone had been so thoughtful as to park there.   Whilst it didn't actually stop me finishing my kebab, it did somewhat curtail my enjoyment of the repast and I also had to fight down some involuntary wretching of beery stomach acid.

Sick, eh, who needs it?

[jpchenet]

Rick and I went back to the Argylle Arms and drank with a group of guys from Leicester (who know Martin Johnson and are going to his house for dinner in the new year)  Rolled out of there at closing time to wander off and get the last train.

As Rick said, we were also joined by Kelli, a mature student (well.....27) from California who is studying Spanish in Madrid who was visting our fair Capital City for a long weekend with some girlfriends (who unfortunately didn't make it to the pub) Quite a fun girl, she was proud of her cleavage in that it could support a mobile phone (which if course we had to test several times    Phoned her mum in America too to say hi and invited her obver to the wedding but she said she wanted us to get married in California  

[jpchenet]

JPC what time did you leave? You seemed remarkably sober.

Don't know about that Andy, that's certainly not what my head is telling me this morning!!  

[BigH]

Well, it sounds like a grand day out boys, and no mistake.
I have to say, I'm still more than a little disorientated by jet-lag and incontinence; what's all this rugby business, have I missed something big?? All this talk of cups, cleavage and kebabs has me alternately dribbling, wretching, and of course rushing (sometimes successfully) to the lavatory and considering ephemera.
Has anyone got their tickets yet?.....
H

[gibberish]

Gibber, do us a favour when you get to Three Bridges station tonight. Cross the road and have a look at the traffic light control box and see if there is still any sick on top of it.
Sick, eh, who needs it?

Yesterdays alchohol is just getting to me now.  Got the shakes working from home.  Will investigate the said lights as soon as possible, and report back.  You are a one for treading in, slipping on, and generally getting involved with puke

[Mr. Rick]

Well I am suitably jealous and miffed that I had to miss such a splendid time, but at least I feel in fine fettle this morn (very small and totally inadequate consolation).

Good to hear a jolly wheeze was had by all and a shame about missing Kelli's amazing performing cleavage!!!

My own tale of England connectivity (with a Madrid connection too) is that me ol' mucka, the one whose 40th w/end was in Madrid the other week, went to Uni with England coach Andy Robinson and apparently AR's party piece (or rather morning after party piece) was to dispose of the still boiling tea bag from the first cup of the day down people's necks! Class! Mike also used to share a flat at Luffy Uni with Dave Egerton who went to play for Bath (hence my support for such a distant club) and a few caps for our beloved national team too.

Well that's my 2 cents worth as a feeble attempt to compensate for not being there!!

 

[gibberish]

Gibber, do us a favour when you get to Three Bridges station tonight. Cross the road and have a look at the traffic light control box and see if there is still any sick on top of it.
Sick, eh, who needs it?

Will investigate the said lights as soon as possible, and report back.  

OK, investigation complete.  Accompanying me, this morning, on my short exploration of the complex traffic light system outside Three Bridges station, was Professor P Uke. Professor Emeritus of Forensic Sickology at Crawley University for the criminally drunk.  We examined all 12 of the control boxes, but were unable to find any remanants of sick.  At first we thought that Crawley Borough Council might have been round to clear it up, but this would imply an element of competence on their part, which simply does not exist.  

We were therfore forced to take swabs from all 12 boxes, and submit them to an examination in the field.  Proff Uke, having kindly brought along his field investigation kit, proceded to set up in the middle of the traffic light crossing outside the Kebab house.  This was thought to be the most likely venue for the suspected puking incident.  After 30 seconds of intensive analysis there were still no signs of last nights supposed puke.

However, Proff Uke did manage to find microscopic particles of clinical waste, which supports Mr Zarses assertion that he was there.

We were forced to the conclusion that one of two theories was possible:

1     The puke had been thorougly cleaned up.
2     It was never there in the first place.

In support of theory 1 it's always possible, but then so is anything!

If theory 2 is correct, we must suspect the workings of Mr. Zarses mind.

I personally lean to a private theory that it was licked up by one of the professors students in an attempt to get closer to his studies.

Sorry Andy.........nothing there

[jpchenet]

Sounds like it all ended up on Andy's elbow and forearm them