Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

[Sancho]

...This is why we're having a hangi tomorrow. A hangi is a Maori earth oven, pretty much the same as a luau.

I've had a couple of mates get a couple of wild pigs for us to cook. Takes all day to prepare and cook.

Got any decent river stones around your way? It's going to be hell to pay excess baggage on 500 lb of rocks!

We do indeed have river rocks here, A'.

And so, as pieces of pigs pleasantly popped and sizzled in the Polynesian cooker, the band took the stage. Guns, grenades, hi-grade fireworks, and heavy artillery bristled in the crowd and mood was turning ugly. The home-grown crooners were still deciding on what to call themselves, so the band taking the stage, naturally, was:

THE BLASTERS

The singer leaned his mic-stand in close to a Marshall stack, strictly for the electronic-feedback squeal it gave, strictly for attention-grabbing effect it produced. And then, as a hush fell over the crowd, the band absolutely massacred the key of G with an old Sonny Burgess tune:

http://youtu.be/acqtCttrBX8

And the crowd went wild - Sadie was definitely back in town.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Can you tune handgrenades?

You can tuna piano but you can't tuna fish.

...electing to use a .303 rifle and a dustbin is definitely cheap and nasty!

No worries, I'll grab my 1943 Smith Corona (30.06) she'll blow the bin out of the dust.

Cross-ref to thread concerning a thing I wrote for the Telegraph....

I spotted your other thread, I'll take a gander. About to start chapter 7 btw.

Found a good deal of catering and entertainment...she's not Shakira, but.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjTpe...ture=endscreen.

Ha!
Sounds, remember Justin Wilson?
Now that guy could whip up a mess of fine vittles and tall tale to boot...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK4umRMJlrs

[Paulclem]

Never quite get the Cirque De Sole...well, whatever they are called; I guess it's a bit too sophisticated for me. I took Silent to the Circus when she was a child, I found myself noticing the flies around the elephants and wondering when the costumes had last been laundered...oh, and the sexy horse riding lady had a thick bit of hair under her arm...

On a different note:
Paul, did you do the job interview yet?

Silent: I was thinking of putting a nice red bird on Selenas hood...

Never liked circuses with animals - not that I'd been to many.

Those Cirque De Soleil people- entertaining and disturbing and awesome. A fine combination without the tackiness of the circuses of old.

No news about the job yet. They buggered up the online advert, and had to re-advertise it again. I've had mine submitted for three weeks now. We'll see. The longer it goes on, the less confident you feel.

[Paulclem]

The artillery looks fantastic. I used to fire pack howitzers in the Uni TA. Fantastic fun. You feel the pressure of it in the bridge of your nose, and you can watch the shell as it arcs away into the blue yonder.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

We do indeed have river rocks here, A'.

And so, as pieces of pigs pleasantly popped and sizzled in the Polynesian cooker, the band took the stage.....

River rocks and "pigs pleasantly popping" led my mind to The Neanderthals with the world famous Pontani Sisters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgHM98rfE28

Now I'm all worked up in a lather over the Pontani Sisters - I'm booking these gals for party.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpnmwTZUU7A

[Sancho]

Good Lord, what a party!

I'm not fully recovered yet. I think somebody used my head as a bongo drum. I'm not quite sure what was real and what wasn't. Life was but a dream, yada-yada-yada....

Sorry 'bout the weather. Last weekend we had more thunder showers at Sancho's Farm than we've had in a long-long time. But hey, like they say in the army: if it ain't raining - we ain't training. (Also, Sancho's Farm isn't really a farm - it's just a few acres on which Sancho and his old lady planted a some pecan trees, strictly for tax purposes.)

At any rate, the rain didn't stop the Lit-Net's garage band. Fragmentation Nation brought down the house (or in this particular case, the barn). The final make-up of the band was: 3 guitars, a bass guitar, 2 banjos, a fiddle, a bull-bass fiddle, a trombone, a snare drum, some hand grenades, and a battery of 105mm Howitzers.

Of course the rain didn't stop the Pontani Sisters from perfectly pulsating their pectorals and giving El Sancho a partial panic attack.

The bean-ball challenge was a real hit. The North American team claimed victory, but then again, so did the British team. It was so muddy, it was hard to tell who was who.

Speaking of The Bean -



She seemed to be saying, "Uh, I wouldn't do that if I were you, Sancho." You see, the mosh pit was so muddy that we didn't need to go down to the lake to play Lake Idiot - we played Mosh-Pit Idiot instead. We modified the original game by leaping into the mosh pit from the hay loft. It went okay. I think.

What a weekend. So where is the next Annual Barn-Dance Barbecue and Book Club Party going to be?

[The Atheist]

Good idea - once I recover from this one.

We must have more parties - I've been the busiest I've been in months the last couple of weeks!

Next time, a different theme is called for.

[Sancho]

Haha

Good point, A', and I agree - More parties.

If this party had a theme, I think it must've been - being irresponsible.

[The Atheist]

Irresponsible?

Rock music at 5 am...... illegal, home-made fireworks.... firing live howitzers?

How's that irresponsible?

[Paulclem]

Agreed. So long as you point them the other way, then they'll probably be ok...

After "THE PARTY TO INCULCATE FURTHER FANTASTICAL PARTIES", this is somewhat tame, but it has a whimsical charm.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandsty...ars-experience

I thought I'd try to get my work colleagues to take it up, and we have developed a version clown tag, that is getting lumbered with a toy clown surreptitiously placedon your desk by the end of the day. We now have to try to spread the joy across our offices over the city. More strategic fun.

[prendrelemick]

Our cat plays a version of that - with dead things.

[Paulclem]

Our cat plays a version of that - with dead things.

It's on a par with that intellectually.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

...I thought I'd try to get my work colleagues to take it up, and we have developed a version clown tag, that is getting lumbered with a toy clown surreptitiously placedon your desk by the end of the day. We now have to try to spread the joy across our offices over the city. More strategic fun.

Our cat plays a version of that - with dead things.

Sounds like clowns have become a current trend in your life Paul.
Over here it's those gotdang Gnomes popping up everywhere.

...Next time, a different theme is called for.

Actually, I was already toying with a Beatnik idea a couple of weeks ago.

“Crazy...hey big daddy”
“How are you Wilbur?”
“Like it don’t ever change Pete. I just keep swingin, creates a wild draft and I stay cool.”
“You remember Capri ?”

“…but this is the real chic all of it not just the crazy façade dig? :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8W4wZVGnu4

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[prendrelemick]

Straight from the fridge Daddy-o.

[Hawkman]

Now that sounds like a happening thing. I'm a rebel, but I don't yell, I just get up front and purr portentously into the mike... Cool