Organise events to meet up and drink Port.
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DRT
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by DRT » 12:51 Fri 14 Feb 2014
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:
- DRT;
- JDAW;
- MPM.
Is anyone else thirsty?
Current
draft of the placemats.

Â

"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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by jdaw1 » 13:04 Fri 14 Feb 2014
I’m in. Oh, I seem to be ‘in’ already. Good.
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by flash_uk » 00:41 Sat 15 Feb 2014
My wife and kids are away Monday and Tuesday night so it would be madness to pass up the opportunity!
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by DRT » 00:51 Sat 15 Feb 2014
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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by flash_uk » 12:36 Sat 15 Feb 2014
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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by PhilW » 13:02 Sat 15 Feb 2014
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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by flash_uk » 13:53 Sat 15 Feb 2014
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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by DRT » 14:35 Sat 15 Feb 2014
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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by PhilW » 14:51 Sat 15 Feb 2014
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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by DRT » 14:56 Sat 15 Feb 2014
Are you a photogropher?
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by flash_uk » 15:01 Sat 15 Feb 2014
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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by flash_uk » 15:02 Sat 15 Feb 2014
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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by flash_uk » 15:02 Sat 15 Feb 2014
DRT wrote:Are you a photogropher?
No. My wife is a good photographer though.
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by DRT » 16:28 Sat 15 Feb 2014
Were you a bully at Rugby School?
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by PhilW » 17:43 Sat 15 Feb 2014
You were once struck by lightning?
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by jdaw1 » 17:44 Sat 15 Feb 2014
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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by PhilW » 17:48 Sat 15 Feb 2014
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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by DRT » 17:49 Sat 15 Feb 2014
Are you a pyromaniac?
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by PhilW » 18:00 Sat 15 Feb 2014
Or are you involved in pyrotechnics?
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by flash_uk » 18:24 Sat 15 Feb 2014
No, Flashman the bully I am not. Nor the victim of a lightning strike, a firestarter or a fireworks engineer.
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by DRT » 18:55 Sat 15 Feb 2014
Is your real name
Barry Allen?
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by flash_uk » 19:42 Sat 15 Feb 2014
No nothing to do with DC Comics

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by flash_uk » 19:50 Sat 15 Feb 2014
Excellent - thanks for the guidance. Just need to source the bottle I have in mind some time on Monday...
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by jdaw1 » 20:58 Sat 15 Feb 2014
I’ve made placemats as if blind, but do we want to be sighted? I’m ambivalent.