Venue :             Black Bull, Fulwood

Date :               Wednesday 24/03/04

Time :               9.0 p.m.

 

Present on time :

Paul Barlymow

Andy Seens

Steve Stooly

A Bit Late :

9:15      Dave Moower

A Lot Late :

10:15    Col Spottweiler Puppy Greenwood

Couldn’t Be Arsed To Turn Up At All :

Markage Proctor

Steve Tiley (he said he would)

 

Apologies rxd from :

Nobody. They will be judgethed in Hades.

 

1.       Previous Actions

2.2 Markage – FAILED / OUTSTANDING (not the “very good” meaning). I texted him during the mtg., which should have been unnecessary bearing in mind he should have been sat within shouting distance at the time, and from, presumable, still under his cat on the sofa, with his Mum unable to write an excuse me note this week (“why don’t you just get up off your fat arse and go along, you lazy toe-rag”), replied to the effect that Lizanne is checking her diary, and therefore IS up for being Stag Bob (ă Black Adder).

 

2.3 Seens – done. Si Kelsall invited

JC – don’t worry, anticipating the obvious, I’ve asked Pete for his email address myself.

 

3    PXB / Stooly – sort of done, though in truth not really. Actually, FAILED. However, since sufficient Invitees replied to my email with available dates, you get away with it.

 

6    Seens – tried in vain to find suitable accom in Skipton.

Stooly – produced a fine quality compendium of all aspects of Whaley Bridge, including the names & addresses (incl. Postcodes) of all pubs in the area.

Moower / Barlymow – both provided detailed analysishire (plural of analysis) of Penrith, courtesy of www.knowhere.co.uk. Very good, all the locals have described the slapper-ness of the birds in town, and the Fight Likeliness Index of each pub and club. Also, which breed of dog is served at which curry house. Barlymow FAILED to ask the policeman who knicked him about the place.

7    Stooly – has emailed Dianne requesting weather, but no response from her yet.

 

2.       Invitee Responses

 

2.1.    Response from Si Eags

Seens,

A huge improvement and congratulations, we wish you well in your new role of best man. Sticky Bun security was always the downfall of the sticky bun feature. What about Taxi drivers? Whenever you address anybody you have to pre fix with 'Taxi For ' in a loud voice. Appearance casual wear with a beaded seat cover attached to your back. I hope this helps.

Regards

Si Eags

2.2.    Response from Si Kelsall, being his usual self and not committing to anything.

'A brilliant work of art, had me laughing out loud' - Si Kelsall - 'could have closed my eyes and been there' said The Sunday Times

2.3.    Response from Andy Ryds

Seens,
Not surprisingly, will not be able to make either Saturday. I reserve the right to reverse this should I win the lottery, should YOU win the lottery, or light-speed matter transporters become widely available prior
to the said date,. disappointingly,
Andy Ryds

2.4.    Date Preference

Thanks to those who replied. You know who you aren’t.

Mark Green has expressed “no preference”, suspiciously indicating that his preference will be to not bother.

 

3.       Stag Date

Agreed on 12 Jun 2004. We have finally made a decision on something, and should be very proud.

 

4.       Location

4.1.    Skipton – Seens unable to find suitable accom yet, will keep trying.

Action - Seens

Col has some camping details.

Action - Col

4.2.    Whaley (1 L, not 2, Seens will write to Microsoft to question their spellchecker’s author) Bridge very small and quite, according to Col. Castleton may be better, and has camping. Stooly to go on a recce mission this w/e, drive about and questioning the locals etc., covering the whole of Derbyshire.

Action - Stooly

4.3.    Penrith- need more accom details. Barly to ask his brother-in-law or something

Action –Barlymow

Moower needs to remember to press the “accommodation” button on his browser.

Action - Moower

5.       Theme

·         Taxi drivers – quickly moved on

·         Witches – looking quite favourite

·         Brides – looking not quite favourite, has something too townie about it. Markage – you can’t vote if you’re not here.

·         Police Women - this late comer from Col was voted in immediately (he said he’d never “done one” before) ; short black skirts, white shirt (BYO) with stick on applettes, fishnets, neckerchief-type-things, hats (Blackpool ?), badges, a notebook for “taking down [bird’s] particulars”. This has all the makings of a classic, and of course all attendees shall refer to each other as “ăuntstubble” at all times, else shall be Sherried. After explaining to all how the skirts could be simple black material, wrapped around + Velcro fastening, and therefore one-size-fits-all, Stooly queried how we could make them to fit any sized person. Seens can look into suppliers.

Action – Seens.

6.       Weather

After Dianne Oxbry has not replied to Stooly’s email, he’s going to phone up GMR, pretending to be her irate husband, and hassle her for some details.

Action – Stooly.

7.       AOB

7.1.    The Groom stated that the Bride wasn’t happy about the “II”. Fair dos, it’s gone.

7.2.    Preston Beer-fest, St Walburgs, this Thurs/Fri/Sat. Agreed Fri best for most.

Post Mtg. Note – Little Andy says get there early to beat the queues, so meet there 7pm. Also, it’s his mate Simon who’s been trapped in a Mexican cave diving incident.

7.3.    www.bill-bailey.co.uk  is playing in May, Salford 13/14th, Blackburn 15th. Anybody else interested ?

 

8.       Next Meeting

Rather than all driving to a pub that serves no sophisticated snacks at 9pm, we’ve decided to move to curry house in town. The Naseeb is well known to all, conveniently located on Church St, and briefly comprises a curry house with beer. It has excellent conference facilities, and serves beer and curry. The groom is away on holiday in Tennereefy next week, checking out alternative brides, so Monday after that.

Monday 5 April 9pm, Naseeb.