Tuesday 18th Feb 2014 - A Half-term Thirst

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Tuesday 18th Feb 2014 - A Half-term Thirst

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I received a cry for help from a thirsty man yesterday so have made an executive decision in order to deliver the appropriate assistance.

Where: Where else?
When: Tuesday 18th Feb 2014 @ 18:30.
What: Bring a bottle to quench the collective thirst.

Attendees:
  1. DRT;
  2. JDAW;
  3. MPM.
Is anyone else thirsty?


Current draft of the placemats.

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Re: Tuesday 18th Feb 2014 - A Half-term Thirst

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I’m in. Oh, I seem to be ‘in’ already. Good.
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My wife and kids are away Monday and Tuesday night so it would be madness to pass up the opportunity!
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flash_uk wrote:My wife and kids are away Monday and Tuesday night so it would be madness to pass up the opportunity!
Gordon's alive!

Splendid.
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I do often get the Flash Gordon-isms, but my "flash" moniker has a different origin...you have until Tuesday evening to guess it, at which point I can share the history :-)

What sort of bottle are you thinking of bringing along?
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flash_uk wrote:I do often get the Flash Gordon-isms, but my "flash" moniker has a different origin...you have until Tuesday evening to guess it
Every time you enter a room, do you yell "hah ha!" and thrust your hips?
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Nope :-)
But I do get the Flashheart-isms also, in fact one or two friends have adapted the moniker and do use Flashheart with me.
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flash_uk wrote:What sort of bottle are you thinking of bringing along?
We often have a theme resembling ‟Bring A Bottle To Share”. Recent such events happened on 8th January 2014, 2nd January 2014, 28th November 2013, 31st October 2013, 8th October 2013, 2nd October 2013, 25th September 2013, and 10th September 2013. Those review threads list what was drunk: approximately, any decent bottle from WW2 to the early 1990s.
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flash_uk wrote:I do often get the Flash Gordon-isms, but my "flash" moniker has a different origin...you have until Tuesday evening to guess it, at which point I can share the history :-)
Did your mother make you wash a checker-board kitchen floor as a child?
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flash_uk wrote:Nope :-)
But I do get the Flashheart-isms also, in fact one or two friends have adapted the moniker and do use Flashheart with me.
Do your clothes keep falling off?
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Are you a photogropher?
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DRT wrote:
flash_uk wrote:I do often get the Flash Gordon-isms, but my "flash" moniker has a different origin...you have until Tuesday evening to guess it, at which point I can share the history :-)
Did your mother make you wash a checker-board kitchen floor as a child?
Thankfully not that. Otherwise I would have to approach every situation with "Here's one without flash, and look at the difference WITH flash."
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PhilW wrote:
flash_uk wrote:Nope :-)
But I do get the Flashheart-isms also, in fact one or two friends have adapted the moniker and do use Flashheart with me.
Do your clothes keep falling off?
Not that.
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DRT wrote:Are you a photogropher?
No. My wife is a good photographer though.
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Were you a bully at Rugby School?
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You were once struck by lightning?
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Usually at a blind tasting the placemats have wines named after people. This time I’ve done differently (☦ ♰ ♱ ☨ ☩).

Pictures in first post.
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jdaw1 wrote:Usually at a blind tasting the placemats have wines named after people. This time I’ve done differently
Was I the only one hoping to see Ming the Merciless and Brian Blessed staring back at me from inside the placemat circles?
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Are you a pyromaniac?
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Or are you involved in pyrotechnics?
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No, Flashman the bully I am not. Nor the victim of a lightning strike, a firestarter or a fireworks engineer.
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Is your real name Barry Allen?
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DRT wrote:Is your real name Barry Allen?
No nothing to do with DC Comics :D
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jdaw1 wrote:
flash_uk wrote:What sort of bottle are you thinking of bringing along?
We often have a theme resembling ‟Bring A Bottle To Share”. Recent such events happened on 8th January 2014, 2nd January 2014, 28th November 2013, 31st October 2013, 8th October 2013, 2nd October 2013, 25th September 2013, and 10th September 2013. Those review threads list what was drunk: approximately, any decent bottle from WW2 to the early 1990s.
Excellent - thanks for the guidance. Just need to source the bottle I have in mind some time on Monday...
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Re: Tuesday 18th Feb 2014 - A Half-term Thirst

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I’ve made placemats as if blind, but do we want to be sighted? I’m ambivalent.
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