Original thread here: http://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/topics/3561/

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Hello Honky Tonks!

Please come to a Pud (or wake if you wish) in memory of Geoff D, at Michael V & Mrs V’s place in Brisbane’s inner southside, starting midday Saturday 19 October 2013, finishing whenever. That’s this Saturday. You know you want to come, so add your name to the list.

It’s Saturday afternoon and night. Staying the night will allow you to recover…

Many of you have been here before. Similar system. You bring your favourite tipple and some nibbles. I’ll make an evening meal. I’ll have ice-filled containers to keep drinks cold. There’ll be plenty of seats and tables and stuff.

Those who plan to stay the night, bring whatever you need to make yourself comfortable for sleeping. We have some camping matresses – first in best sleep – or bring your own. There is plenty of floor area, though much if it is not particularly private (lounge room, garage downstairs etc). Oh, and please let me know you plan to stay.

If you need emailed instructions, sssfmv at the place of hot males could get me. ;)

Definite

Michael V
Mrs V
Spiny Norman
Spockie
Peak Warming Man
Divine Angel

Possible

Ian
Pommie John
Purple
Meg
Pigman

I am a possible at this stage

It’s nice you’re turning up to your own pud.

Divine Angel said:

It’s nice you’re turning up to your own pud.

Well, without me and Mrs V, there’d only be 4 people.

:(

I am saddened that there hasn’t been a bigger response.

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Definite

Michael V
Mrs V
Spiny Norman
Spockie
Peak Warming Man
Divine Angel

Possible

Ian
Pommie John
Purple
Meg
Pigman
Dropbear

I find social situations like this awkward and should DA look upon me, I don’t want to have sex with her in your bathroom…

that aside.. I have plans with the family

I hope you all have a very fine afternoon

You’re safe, MV’s loo isn’t disabled.

These posts look very strange to people who wander in later and haven’t read chat.

Divine Angel said:

You’re safe, MV’s loo isn’t disabled.

lucky, people are probably gonna want to use it

Divine Angel said:

These posts look very strange to people who wander in later and haven’t read chat.

totally…

WTF says “have a very fine afternoon”

I’d attend, were it not for the fact that Brisbane is millions of miles away.

diddly-squat said:

WTF says “have a very fine afternoon”

Exactly- it’s a memorial pud, sure to be a sombre occasion.

diddly-squat said:

Divine Angel said:

These posts look very strange to people who wander in later and haven’t read chat.

totally…

WTF says “have a very fine afternoon”

posh eh?

Bubblecar said:

I’d attend, were it not for the fact that Brisbane is millions of miles away.

or probably closer to about 2,500km

Divine Angel said:

diddly-squat said:

WTF says “have a very fine afternoon”

Exactly- it’s a memorial pud, sure to be a sombre occasion.

Geoff wouldn’t want sombre, so that is unlikely to happen.

diddly-squat said:

Bubblecar said:

I’d attend, were it not for the fact that Brisbane is millions of miles away.

or probably closer to about 2,500km

Probably just seems a million miles if you have to get there riding a girls bike dressed as a pirate.

You’re ruining the joke, MV!

But you’re right. He’d want us to eat, drink and be merry.

I’ll be thinking of Geoff on the 19th. Enjoy remembering him, everyone.

Skunkworks said:

diddly-squat said:

Bubblecar said:

I’d attend, were it not for the fact that Brisbane is millions of miles away.

or probably closer to about 2,500km

Probably just seems a million miles if you have to get there riding a girls bike dressed as a pirate.

I must say… this did make me chuckle

girl bike multiplier = 4
pirate dress multiplier = 200

Divine Angel said:

You’re ruining the joke, MV!

But you’re right. He’d want us to eat, drink and be merry.

don’t think for a second this means I’ll have sex with you in the bathroom

Divine Angel said:

You’re ruining the joke, MV!

But you’re right. He’d want us to eat, drink and be merry.

Sorry

(Hangs head in shame at ruining joke.)

(Excuse – in the original thread, someone indicated concern about that.)

Well that would be awkward, Mr Mutant is also attending.

diddly-squat said:

Divine Angel said:

You’re ruining the joke, MV!

But you’re right. He’d want us to eat, drink and be merry.

don’t think for a second this means I’ll have sex with you in the bathroom

I don’t think Wayne Carey will be attending.

There’s no way a pud would ever be maudlin :)

Divine Angel said:

Well that would be awkward, Mr Mutant is also attending.

So it’s MMF now…???

Divine Angel said:

Well that would be awkward, Mr Mutant is also attending.

Cool. I thought (from comments the other day) that he wasn’t coming. Added to list. :)

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Definite

Michael V
Mrs V
Spiny Norman
Spockie
Peak Warming Man
Divine Angel
Mr Mutant

Possible

Ian
Pommie John
Purple
Meg
Pigman
Dropbear

You’ll all have to be extra nice to him.

I’ll try to be nice. It’d difficult but I promise to try.

Remember: there still a little chilli vodka. :)

diddly-squat said:

Skunkworks said:

diddly-squat said:

or probably closer to about 2,500km

Probably just seems a million miles if you have to get there riding a girls bike dressed as a pirate.

I must say… this did make me chuckle

girl bike multiplier = 4
pirate dress multiplier = 200

I don’t mean to be pedantic, but isn’t there a factor of 1.6 missing there somewhere.

Oh, and could people please bump this thread quite a bit over the next couple of days?

Thanks.

sibeen said:

diddly-squat said:

Skunkworks said:

Probably just seems a million miles if you have to get there riding a girls bike dressed as a pirate.

I must say… this did make me chuckle

girl bike multiplier = 4
pirate dress multiplier = 200

I don’t mean to be pedantic, but isn’t there a factor of 1.6 missing there somewhere.

it’s already factored into the existing distance multipliers…

Bump.

Grind

sibeen said:

diddly-squat said:

Skunkworks said:

Probably just seems a million miles if you have to get there riding a girls bike dressed as a pirate.

I must say… this did make me chuckle

girl bike multiplier = 4
pirate dress multiplier = 200

I don’t mean to be pedantic, but isn’t there a factor of 1.6 missing there somewhere.

You’e obviously not an engineer, despite claims to the contrary. The major factors have been covered. What real engineer bothers about a factor of less than two?

:-)~P

Twerk.

I suspect there may be many across this wide brown land who will raise a glass in his memory at a nominated time.

Neophyte said:

I suspect there may be many across this wide brown land who will raise a glass in his memory at a nominated time.

what is the nominated time with adjustments for time zones?

Neophyte said:

I suspect there may be many across this wide brown land who will raise a glass in his memory at a nominated time.

Yes.

How does 8pm AEST work?

We can do the final co-ordination via the ‘net.

I certainly will. Vale Geoff D.

Spockette is not too well at the moment, I’m not sure if she can make it sorry.

Spiny Norman said:

Spockette is not too well at the moment, I’m not sure if she can make it sorry.

Oh, bugger.

Tell her I insist she get better immediately, if not sooner.

If she doesn’t – the tickling finger will come after her, next time she surfaces.

I’ll be with you in spirit.

Michael V said:

Spiny Norman said:

Spockette is not too well at the moment, I’m not sure if she can make it sorry.

Oh, bugger.

Tell her I insist she get better immediately, if not sooner.

If she doesn’t – the tickling finger will come after her, next time she surfaces.

That’s my job, and yes I will.

Spocky has to come! She can’t leave Mrs V and I to be the only girls!

roughbarked said:

I’ll be with you in spirit.

If there’s chilli vodka, it sounds like I’ll be spirits too.

Divine Angel said:

roughbarked said:

I’ll be with you in spirit.

If there’s chilli vodka, it sounds like I’ll be spirits too.

oh lordy i hope so ;)

1500 km is a bit GI for me but I’ll certainly raise a glass or two at the right time.

Dropbear said:

Divine Angel said:

roughbarked said:

I’ll be with you in spirit.

If there’s chilli vodka, it sounds like I’ll be spirits too.

oh lordy i hope so ;)

Try horseradish vodka, it’s way better than it sounds.

There’s still time to brew up some flavoured vodkas, Bear.

Tamb said:

1500 km is a bit GI for me but I’ll certainly raise a glass or two at the right time.

nods

I’ll try to do it from wherever I am.

You still there DO, or is Sibeen lurking? I have an electrical wiring question.

I’m glad that you started this thread Micheal (I was just about to go looking for the old one) but I am sorry to say that you will have to move me from the possible to the impossible list.. my apologies..

Another long car trip has been thrust upon me, and my doctors (don’t trust ‘em) want to perform some experimental procedure on me next Monday.

But I will be thinking of Geoff and you all, and really missing the sex in the bathroom, under the shrubbery or wherever.

We’ll have to organize a coordinated toast at a pre-arranged hour so that we can all be there in spirit (spirits even).. maybe Spiny can do a hot lap of Brizzy ;

Please, please be extremely careful with the rat poison.. we don’t want any more casualties :)

Sorry.

Oh, bugger, Ian. Hope you recover quickly.

Ian said:

my doctors (don’t trust ‘em) want to perform some experimental procedure on me next Monday.

We look forward to meeting you as a cyborg.

Divine Angel said:

Ian said:

my doctors (don’t trust ‘em) want to perform some experimental procedure on me next Monday.

We look forward to meeting you as a cyborg.

The 6million Zimbabwean$ man.

Tamb said:

Divine Angel said:

Ian said:

my doctors (don’t trust ‘em) want to perform some experimental procedure on me next Monday.

We look forward to meeting you as a cyborg.

The 6million Zimbabwean$ man.

Does that mean you’re turning up with no clothes on?

Just returned from a long trip to read this thread :(

I will miss Geoff.

poikilotherm said:

Tamb said:

Divine Angel said:

We look forward to meeting you as a cyborg.

The 6million Zimbabwean$ man.

Does that mean you’re turning up with no clothes on?

Totally Nude.. oh sure..

But not for 6million Zimbabwean$

:)

Oh come on, 6 mil Zam $$ means you can buy a whole loaf of bread! Won’t someone please think of the children??

Divine Angel said:

Oh come on, 6 mil Zam $$ means you can buy a whole loaf of bread! Won’t someone please think of the children??

Not just one loaf of bread, but several: 6,000,000.00 ZWD =17,405.28 AUD

http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=6000000&From=ZWD&To=AUD

However: (http://www.xe.com/currency/zwd-zimbabwean-dollar?r=6#additionalinfo)

“The Zimbabwean Dollar is the currency of Zimbabwe. Our currency rankings show that the most popular Zimbabwe Dollar exchange rate is the USD to ZWD rate. The currency code for Dollars is ZWD, and the currency symbol is Z$. Below, you’ll find Zimbabwean Dollar rates and a currency converter. You can also subscribe to our currency newsletters with daily rates and analysis, read Zimbabwean Dollar News, or take ZWD rates on the go with our XE Currency Apps and website.

Notice: The Zimbabwe dollar has been suspended indefinitely.

In January 2009, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe permitted the use of foreign currency in Zimbabwe in response to an economic decline that caused inflation levels of 5 billion percent. By April 2009, the Zimbabwe dollar was suspended indefinitely; the government now uses the South African Rand, the United States Dollar, and the British Pound. For more information, read the BBC’s “Zimbabwe dollar ‘not back soon’”.”

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So, 4 years at 5 billion percent inflation is, well, lots of ZWD for almost nothing AUD. Ignore the conversion above…

Back to your usual programming.

Hi MV. Just received the email to attend this afternoon. I sent a return email as I could not give a specific answer right now. The email elaborates though.

I will give a definite answer tomorrow morning or afternoon (hopefully)

There aren’t many times I’ve wanted to be in Brisbanemarieofmyexistence (hmn, actually can’t think of any in the past) but this is one.

If I’m awake at toast o’clock I’ll have a drink, if not I’ll have one when I wake up. Perhaps before bed would be a better idea (so about 12 hours early) because I’ve been breathalysed on the way to work before…

Definite

Michael V
Mrs V
Spiny Norman
Peak Warming Man
Divine Angel
Mr Mutant

Possible

Ian
Pommie John
Purple
Meg
Pigman
Dropbear
Spockie
Woodie

I’ll be there mid-afternoon, about 3ish. Plus, I’ve woken with a cold so there’ll be no kissing.

Sorry something (good) has come up, I can’t make it and neither can Spockette.

Bummer.

I’m concerned that we are now below critical mass. :(

Definite

Michael V
Mrs V
Peak Warming Man
Divine Angel
Mr Mutant

Possible

Pommie John
Purple
Meg
Pigman
Dropbear
Woodie

Mass would be nice, then we get wine and Jesus’ body.

POSTPONED

New date to be decided.