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Hi all
Pub Crawl III - Hustle Time (Friday 15 July 2005) was a resounding success.
So much so, it seems that no-one can really remember exactly what happened.
We have spent the last few weeks scratching around for any recollections
- thank you to those who have provided a morsel or two of memory, and
particular gratitude to Max Power, Rock n Roll, The Palk and G-Nat for
taking the time to put a few bullet points into e-mail form, and to PK
for providing comments and corrections.
From its humble but potent beginning in 2003, the PAOCBC Pub Crawl has
grown into a club favourite event, and the 2005 manifestation was the
most potent to date.
What follows is a brief report, based on the best information available
at this time. As usual, expect an incompetent and inconsistent mix of
tenses and first / third person voice.. Any gaps in the report below should
not be assumed to be as a result of any editing decision based on merit
or newsworthiness - simply as a reflection of an absolute lack of information.
Intelligent, charismatic, and modest your correspondent may be, but all-seeing
and all-knowing he is in fact not.
Queen's Head
To the unsuspecting observer, Friday 15 July 2005 passed much like any
other day...
A quiet and civilised gathering commenced at the kick off pub from about
5.30pm. Club members and friends arrived at various times, and took the
opportunity to enjoy a parmy or a steak. A few quiet kicked off proceedings.
A very mellow start.
Continuing a pub-crawl tradition, Ben "The" Palk is the first
to arrive. Demonstrating an ability to generate confusion, miscommunication
and misunderstanding even without the benefit of liquor, The Palk spends
his first moments at the pub making new friends. The Palk recalls: "I
was first to arrive and while sitting alone I had an altercation with
a tall blonde woman - I had an empty stool next to me - she came up and
said 'is anyone using this' - I say 'no' ie 'no you can't have the stool'-
she takes the stool - I say angrily 'I said no' and put my hand on the
stool - tall blond woman drops the stool and slinks off. 40 seconds later
her and her two hot friends opt to go to the other bar - Later I'm sitting
at the bar with The Burglar and Flair and they say 'hey, look its Jodie
Blewett' - tall blond woman = Jodie Blewett".
Mark "Max Power" Powell orders a parmy about 5 minutes before
the due departure time, and sets himself an eating challenge to knock
it over in time - good work Max. Matt "Rough Justice" Just makes
a welcome guest appearance. Tom "Tank" Evans attends as a guest
of the Club and as a stand-in for longtime club stalwart Jono "Dr
Elbows" Evans. Ryan "Manners" Williams has recently suffered
a very nasty ankle injury, and as such his absence is excusable (save
to the extent that there is a rumoured sighting of him out on the town
at the Crown & Sceptre that same evening). Matt "Madman"
Williams is also nowhere to be seen - no doubt fulfilling his man of mystery
obligations elsewhere
Sean "Rock n Roll" Heylen enjoyed a chat early with Matt "Dazzle"
Trim, who was splitting publican duties with Pub Crawl duties. In the
fine tradition of the Crawl, Rock n Roll's t shirt selection attracts
immediate attention - Rock n Roll noting: "Dangerous Stu comments
on G'nR' t-shirt as I walk into Queens Head".
At the risk of missing anyone out, veteran pub crawlers in attendance
at this locale (or soon thereafter) include Simon "G-Nat" Miller,
Andrew "Toddy" Todd, Liam "Leaping Chad" Golding,
Patrick "The Professor" Khoo, Mark "Lenny" Waters,
Sean "Rock n Roll" Heylen, Cliff "The Burglar" Hurburgh,
Guy "Flair" Collins, Chris "Pippen" Spry, Nathan "G
Man" Graham (accompanied by the lovely G Girl), Brad "B-Rad"
Daniel, Mark "Hendo" Henderson and Andrew "A" Williams.
Making their first pub crawl appearances are John "Hanzolo"
Hanzalik, and also "Dangerous" Stu McDonald, in attendance with
the lovely Paula "PXS" Stirling.
Phil "Papa" Motteram makes a brief appearance (I think at this
locale) - the Palk was delighted to see him: "Papa Phil arrives -
it is his birthday - he is already drunk - he stays for one pub (good
cameo)".
A eats the remnants of Dangerous' parmy. Everyone else finishes the meal
that they were civilised enough to buy for themselves.
In an attempt to avert the usual memory crisis that besets such events,
the Palk carries with him a couple of notebooks, for the purposes of booking
notes throughout the evening. He gives one to the G-Nat. Detailed forensic
and foreign language analysis is subsequently needed to reveal any legible
content.
The usual "are we going yet?" rigmarole commences, with a few
abortive attempts to get the show on the road, and a number of "just
one last beer"s. Everyone is too impatient to wait empty handed for
others to finish. A couple of the lads have an Asahi as the last beer,
mainly so they can say "Asahi!".
The Crawl finally makes its way outside for the Pub Crawl briefing. All
the usual rules, obligations and privileges attach to The Incredible Hat.
In addition, in a first for PCIII, the red and white headband Mr Hustle
is introduced. The wearer of Mr Hustle, appointed at the sole discretion
of the wearer of The Incredible Hat, is obligated to be enthusiastic,
and to do the "one percenters" to make the Pub Crawl a better
place. Any member of the PCIII contingent, while in the presence of Mr
Hustle, is obliged to match the enthusiasm of the wearer of Mr Hustle.
Rock n Roll is a worthy initial wearer of The Incredible Hat, and makes
a sage decision to appoint Lenny as the inaugural wearer of Mr Hustle.
The Crawl proceeds apace toward the Cathedral. Passing his car, the ever
enthusiastic Dangerous Stu makes the wise decision not to break out the
tequila he has stored there (should the Pub Crawl need "firing up");
those in attendance do not appear to be shirking their duties at the bar
front.
Mr Hustle shepherds the Crawl safely across the road, and holds the door
open for all as they stream into the dodgy Cathedral.
Cathedral
The Crawl arrives to find James "Magic" Hill waiting, beer in
hand.
Rule in operation - Left Hand only. The usual breaches occur. G-Nat observes
"Arrive at Cathedral to find Magic & B-Rad committing first mistake
of the night - drinking from wrong hand - ignoring of course those that
made an even bigger mistake and didn't partake in PCIII - which ironically
is probably not very "PC" at all. Maybe more "OC"
than "PC" at times with The Burglar on the prowl- but I digress".
G-Nat's prolixity would fortunately decline as drinks are consumed.
G Nat notes that "Flair declares this is the greatest part of the
night, where he gets to drink from his favoured southpaw side".
The Palk is one of the later infringers, much to the mirth of bystanders.
Rock n Roll, wily veteran that he is, toys with observers by faking RH
sips. The rule is deceptive in its simplicity - Rock n Roll notes that
even Mr Hustle Lenny was caught with early left hand lay-up infraction.
Dangerous Stu makes the first of many shooter purchases - sorting out
the all powerful Sat B squad with "twister" shooters. It may
be at this location that the trend commences, as observed by Max Power
- "Dangerous Stu buying me banana flavoured shots at every pub cos
he thinks I like bananas". G-Nat weighs in to the banana debate:
"Max Power drinks $2 Lucky Dip from the wrong hand and is forced
to drink another - perhaps creating the illusion he really does like bananas".
In the happy tradition of rounds, the trend was followed - Rock n Roll
observes that "Twisty $2 shots at Cathedral bought by G-Nat".
The Crawl does good work, and the Cathedral is a fairly efficient sector
- quite a few rounds knocked over (in the metaphorical sense, not in the
Standing-Near-Palk sense). A finds himself happily involved in four separate
rounds.
Tank and Old Red colleague Steve "Dawesy" Dawes prop up one
end of the bar. Toddy patrols the room, ensuring all are going about their
drinking tasks.
G-Nat made a note that "Toddy
is sick as a dog & declares each of his many drinks to be his last
before he should head home".
The Palk notes the quality interaction between Toddy and The Tank: "Toddy
and Tank do the lamest high five routine ever witnessed. Toddy high-fives
like a Dad - The Wicked!"
Awkward ghetto-style greetings out of the way, the lads get back to drinking.
Lenny hustles about the place, and ensures rule compliance by the Burglar,
in the manner of an old-school enforcer, with the threat of a glass of
red held above his head.
PXS takes great delight in calling the Palk on a right hand breach. The
Palk complains at some length about this fact. The Palk finally agrees
to drink a penalty, then makes a great show of measuring the penalty (using
his three narrowest fingers), and, with sarcastic fanfare, consumes the
penalty. With his right hand. More penalties, and the process repeats,
until we are all saved by the arrival of...
Chairman's Happy Hour
Once again thanks to the generosity of Club Chairman Rock n Roll, the
Crawl enjoys a 3 stage transition to Pub 3, by way of a well-appointed
limousine.
The Pub Crawl committee tasks Leaping and The Professor with the important
task of leading the first group to the next pub, and establishing a position
for the subsequent groups to muster at. The Palk notes that the pair takes
this responsibility seriously: "Leaping yells 'we will be the beach
head, THE BEACH HEAD!'". First group leaves at about 7.40pm.
Chairman's Happy Hour rule applies for all limo transitions - Showtime
(aka one foot off the floor). In phase 3, Tank delights in taking this
as an opportunity to put his feet all over other peoples legs; "Ha
ha, feet off the ground! More champagne!!"
Limo Man gives the punters an excellent tour of Adelaide's main streets
and nightspots, the occupants all enjoying a champagne as part of the
package (or in A's case, a take-away Boag from the Cathedral, and in Stu's
the pint he walked out of the Cathedral with).
The Chairman himself notes that "The Palk is toasted already by Chairman's
Happy Hour". Despite his toasted status, the Palk reaches an important
personal milestone by managing, for the first time in Pub Crawl history,
to refrain from giving Limo Man directions as to the quickest route to
the next pub.
Austral
The Crawl masses its forces at the Austral, where Tom "The Enforcer"
Lunn is wetting the head of the Junior Enforcer recently introduced into
a grateful nation, ably assisted (in the celebration) by Jeremy "Jezza"
Cullinan and Mike "Old Skool" Tye.
G Nat notes that record keeping standards are high: "Unknown handwriting
in the official pad notes that we (Group 2) arrived at 8.18pm at 'The
Astral'".
Andrew "Sportsdesk" Hough joins the crawl (as PK later notes,
Sportsdesk joined the crawl late and left early - went home to watch a
football game).
Lenny retains Mr Hustle for this stop, and The Enforcer enjoys a brief
stint as an honorary wearer of The Incredible Hat. Led by Rock n Roll,
The Enforcer and crew smoke it up with some dirty big cigars. The G-Nat
enjoys the aftertaste the next morning.
Ever professional, G-Nat networks: " I run into an important lawyer
contact in front bar and try to act serious for a few minutes until said
lawyer asks 'what are you here for tonight?' G-Nat replies 'pub crawl
- with those guys'. All seriousness thrown out Austral window into Bent
Street."
Leaving a small contingent of special forces behind to consolidate The
Enforcer's celebrations (and, additionally, Magic and Sportsdesk, who
it appears primarily wanted to skulk about and watch the end of the football)
the main Crawl contingent rallied outside the Austral for a formal The
Incredible Hat handover, and appointment of new Mr Hustle. As part of
the special forces team, G Nat notes an Old Reds cameo: "The Big
Kiv also joins in festivities later at the Austral. G-Nat thinks (although
hypocritically) that he cannot remember the last time he saw Kiv sober".
Dangerous Stu was a very deserving appointee to the office of The Incredible
Hat. Continuing the trend of astute decision making of said office of
The Incredible Hat, Dangerous appoints the Burglar to the post of Mr Hustle.
Reflecting an (always doomed) attempt to increase the use of ridiculous
levels of deference in conversation, which deference appears to be the
only way to avoid the tech-foul manifested ire of basketball officials
in the modern amateur game, the rule to apply was Honorifics Only - everyone
has to be a Mr, Dr, Professor, Il Duce, etc. This commenced immediately.
A short time later it was explained to Mr Flair that the point of the
Rule was respect (even if entirely feigned respect, of course), and as
such his witty attempts to refer to all of the lads as "Princess"
was a technical breach of the rule.
Mansions
A greater hive of scum and villainy you will not find elsewhere in the
galaxy. But, much like heading to Mos Eisley when in need of a wise-cracking
space pilot with a hirsute, pantsless, power-forward type off-sider, in
the midst of a pub crawl, heading to the Mansions is the done thing.
The Crawl charges across Pulteney Street, pausing only briefly in their
descent to the bowels of the Cantina as, as Mr Max Power observes, "half
the club get carded at the Mansions".
Mr Hanzolo telephones Mr James "The Horse" Baker, who was busy
taking things for granted at another function, and advises him as to the
rambunctiously fun times being had by all. Mr The Horse complains about
the Crawl not being organised around his social calendar.
While it was probably an ill-advised move on the part of one or both parties,
the management advertise $2 shooters, and the Club collectively decide
to purchase very large numbers of same (multiples of 10 being the easiest
to calculate, of course). Raucousness ensues. Mr Max Power sums it up,
noting that he was "shocked by the affordability of drinks at Mansions,
then remembered it was the Mansions". Dr The Burglar's Mr Mr Hustle
efforts are truly inspirational and untiring. Solid effort by all concerned
here, as consumption rates are maintained and full advantage taken of
drink specials. Mr Dangerous had been agitating for this venue to be included
in the Crawl line up, and his masterful work under The Incredible Hat
here neatly complements Dr The Burglar's hustle.
Recollections formally enter the "vague" category from this
point.
At the changeover, Leaping takes up the mantle of the Incredible Hat,
and cunningly appoints the Professor as Mr Hustle.
The Marrakesh
The Crawl makes the Rundle Mall traverse. No doubt with a view to improving
the recovery of his injured hand, Leaping, along with G Man, leads a small
group in a "360 leap and touch the sign" game along Adelaide's
premier shopping strip. The Palk runs ahead to scout for the next pub
- the PCIII committee having resolved to make an attempt to include the
low profile and often-closed Marrakesh in the itinerary.
By all reports, the Palk bursts into this quiet, about-to-close pub, and
tells the staff that they need to stay open. They say no. He says "but
we have, like, 40 people coming. We'll spend $500, and be gone in half
an hour". This ongoing debate crucially keeps the front door open
long enough - Leaping and The Professor herd the Crawl into the confines
of James Place, and up the narrow stairs to meet the somewhat startled
staff and regular punters of the Marrakesh.
The Shot Clock is in play at this location. Much amusement follows loud
countdowns accompanied by either blissfully unaware victims, or flailing
failures to locate the Bulldog clamp. Sportsdesk loves the Shot Clock
game, and is a ruthless proponent of same. Various club members take to
the expansive dance floor (parquetry square, approx 2m x 2m). The few
regulars and other punters still floating about the bar at closing time
are treated to the Pub Crawl spectacle. Someone knows the bar staff, and
takes great amusement in having the staff feign anger and repeatedly eject
a very bewildered Magic. Handles of beer jauntily scoffed left right and
centre. The Professor one-percenters his way around the room, ensuring
that the enthusiasm of all remains virulently high.
In due course, the rabble bids farewell to its hosts, and descends the
narrow stair (mostly without incident) and stumbles about in the laneway.
(Slow moving) thoughts are collected, and energy summoned for the assault
on the final pub of the troika of venues forming the Pub Crawl middle
stages, each characterised by a peloton-shredding work-rate and an AHA-delighting
tempo of cash-liquor exchange. Contrary to the spirit of The Streets'
"Same Old Thing", all three of these pubs would follow a loose
theme of not being "street level" (consistent with that source,
however, there is a fair prevalence of "Who's round is it?; Down
that beer quick smash my glass back down fall over the table; All rowdy
and pissed").
Anyway, enough awkward attempts to make pop culture references - across
a street or two and down the stone steps to the Bull & Bear it was.
Flair was anointed with The Incredible Hat. G-Man was a worthy Mr Hustle.
Bull & Bear
In one last act of profound stupidity, the powers that be determine the
rule for this venue is Straws Only - all the better to speed the absorption
of the liquor-ific effects. Shortly after the Crawl's arrival, the bar
guy has to rush out the back to break open a new box of straws.
Contrary to the usual trend of half-life decay seen in a middle-stages
pub crawl, PCIII is gaining in numbers. Rock n Roll and G-Nat belatedly
rejoin the primary group, their arrival marked by a clamorous cheer from
the punters (as to their journey, G-Nat notes that "RnR declared
'walking overrated' and a taxi is hailed"). A sizeable group of friends
and associates have joined in - cheers for their appearances at various
times to Danzo, Michelle, Michelle's mates, Westy, Amanda XM, Junior XM,
T-Mac, Kirsten D and Luke-Lee. G Man does good work attempting to enthuse
all of these people, none of whom has any idea why a guy in a headband
is bouncing around in front of them trying to make them excited. Woooo!!
Ben "Heart & Soul" Foran makes his first appearance, to
the acclaim of the gathered crowd.
Leaping decides to record some thoughts for posterity, takes up a pen
and makes notes in the G-Nat notepad, which G-Nat advises are to the effect
that "G-Nat is wearing a turtle neck. Leaping is f***ed and can not
write any longer".
A commences negotiations with bar manager for 30 cowboy shooters. A wants
them for $110 (no idea where this number came from - and neither did the
manager, so maybe a clever bargaining ploy). Manager hums and hars about
whether he can do that price; A tells him "use plastic cups, use
the crap liquor, pour them all a bit short - whatever, just get us the
30". Club then has an enthusiastic (if somewhat unclear) toast, to
the general effect of "Hooray for us!".
Immediate past Incredible Hat wearer Leaping engages in some deep discussion
with Rock n Roll; as RnR recalls: "Leaping hugs me and dribbles 'do
you think we can win all 3 Intercol games?'".
It may have been at around this time, during the Mr Hustle reign of G
Man, that the trend of excessive high-fiving was started, that would continue
well into the depths of the crawl. G Man's quality of hustle, ably assisted
by G Girl, is noted by G-Nat: "G Girl & G-Man hustling a treat.
G-Man notes that Sportsdesk is soft & is banned - from what I don't
know". We can only assume that Sportsdesk, perhaps still focussed
on the deployment of the Shot Clock, has failed to match G Man's enthusiasm
when required.
The Club is in great spirits, and a benevolent mood of mutual respect
abounds. As RnR eloquently puts it: "Punters all pretty much ruined
at the Bull & Bear".
At or around 11.15ish, G Nat observes that "Dangerous Stu proves
just how dangerous he is by throwing a schooner on the floor with reckless
intent".
In a Bull & Bear tradition of jolly pub crawl shenanigans with hints
of sinister undertones, the lads discover some punter spraying blood everywhere
in the toilets. Pub Crawl returns to the bar and leaves that bit of "local
colour" for the bouncers to deal with.
Somewhere around 11.30, the contingent ascends the Bull & Bear stairs,
and rallies on the cold pavement of King William Street. B-Rad becomes
the new and deserving wearer of The Incredible Hat, and sneaky bastard
Flair gets in his ear, with the result that A assumes Mr Hustle duties.
Second general, partially directionless, loud traverse, as the Crawl heads
South. The Palk scouts ahead, metaphorically and literally knocking on
the doors in turn of salubrious venues The Ambassadors and Criterion,
neither of which have remained open long enough this night to enjoy the
warm conviviality of the crawling crew (or both managers have received
advance warning, and have had time to bar the doors and hide behind the
pool table).
Rough Justice notes his contempt for the thoughtlessness of these establishments
in being closed, as G Nat records: "Rough Justice, authoritative
with 2 collars on, says 'Ixnay on the Ambassadoray' for being closed".
Angling across the edge of Victoria Square, the Crawl homes in on that
shining light of pub crawl solace, Charlies Bar. The transition is as
expected; G Nat: "Leaping confuses those that have previously recognised
his Club Champion-worthy athletic status, by taking yet another stack".
Charlies Bar
As is tradition, the Crawl slurs its way into the bar, to the general
bemusement of staff, regulars, and those few unfortunate travellers who
had been under the impression that this was a classy hotel.
Unbeknownst to most, a minor crisis had developed en route, as the Palk
suddenly realised that he was without his man bag. Checking those around
him, he returned to Bull & Bear to look for it. Meanwhile, A, who
had either picked the bag up after Palk left it behind, or carried it
briefly while the Palk was running ahead to check venues, still had it
with him as he busily hustled about Charlies Bar. Apparently the Palk
was somewhat tetchy when this was ultimately figured out.
Not sure what rules may have been in play here. Flair recalls that Honorifics
Only made a return, and Left Hand Only may have resurfaced. .
Pool may have been played. Beers were certainly purchased. Many crawlers
benefited from others' (such as Rock n Roll's) benevolence - mystery Crowns
or bourbons somehow finding their way to them. RnR: "Buy 6 Crown
lagers and hand out. Left with no drink of my own, Hanzolo offers me half
drunk handle of beer. 'Thank you but no young Padawan. Noted, your generosity
is.' Proceed to buy 4 bourbons and keep 2."
G Nat advised that "the notebook records that G-Man says G-Nat has
game (not sure why that made it in the book - but scarily must have been
the most interesting point of the relevant conversation)". G Nat
also observes that "RnR tells the tale of how he was once Bar Manager
at Charlies, much happier to be on this side of the bar".
A hustles around the place, probably confusing wild-eyed volume with the
required "enthusiasm". Startles a non-crawler in the toilets
with loud Wooo!!, in response to "what is the headband all about?".
The Crawl's arrival is not entirely a negative experience for those already
at the venue - RnR: "group of girls seem excited by the Burglar (perhaps
he will take his shirt off they think?)"
Perhaps overly stimulated by the sight of all the likely types amongst
the Crawl, some of the women at the venue prove to be a nuisance. RnR:
"Go to jukebox to choose rock and roll. Put $2 in and group of girls
ask if they can choose a song. They choose Guy Sebastian whilst screaming
"he's soooo gorgeous" then insist that they should choose the
rest so I walk away in disgust".
Escaping the venue mainly intact and conscious, the Crawl lurches about
the front of the Hilton, generally lowering property values in the vicinity.
For the final official sector of the Crawl, Max Power is granted The Incredible
Hat, and, amidst much fist pumping and point-guard style carry on, Rough
Justice takes up the mantle of Mr Hustle.
The Saracen's Head is announced as the next venue. The Crawl streams off
in about four different directions, each sub-group equally convinced that
the most efficient route is that which they are taking. RnR brings his
night to an end as he waits for the group to disperse, and then "jumps
into a cab like the Phantom".
Saracen's Head
It should be noted that A's group got to this pub first. On seeing the
milling group of seedy punters, the bar guy who we know sighed "I
wish you'd let us know you were coming..."
No idea what the rule here was. Probably something like "attempt
to stay upright". Handles of Pale are the order of the day; some
lean on the bar, a few kick back at the tables, and a sizeable group assaults
the pool table and juke box. Max Power, having commented earlier on 'Paradise
City' and 'November Rain' selections in the context of R n R's t-shirt,
then deciding to request 'Live and Let Die'. Max reports "being mighty
annoyed when it still hadn't been played 30 mins later - what a waste
of a dollar!".
G Nat relays content of notebook: "12.33 - 'Flair spills beer on
himself'; 12.47 - Foreign handwriting declares 'Flair rocks'".
The second notebook reveals some cryptic scrawl, which, as far as our
best scholars can decipher, reads: "The Professor is dying and the
Palk advises 'No Horse!' The Professor is devastated. Leaping cannot walk."
Subsequent notes suggest "Professor gets second wind", and that
"Mr Hustle Rough Justice is working the floor, The Incredible Hat
wearing Max Power is showing chest hair".
At 1.17am, the Palk dances to "When Will I Be Famous?" (We can't
answer, can't answer that).
The Crawl was nearing its end game - while some were at home on litre
#2 of water and feeling pretty good (well managed, RnR), others were "getting
some fresh air" outside the Saracens (good work, Leaping).
Our time at Saracens is jolly. At around 1.30am we are given the boot
- the facts are not entirely clear but it appears that the publican has
tired of our high spirits. The notebooks are unhelpful - a scrawled note
records that some character called "Gobbo" got caught attempting
to steal a beer (poor form, Gobbo), and is forced to pay up. Further unconfirmed
reports suggest that someone may have been lacking fructose, and this,
combined with headwear, manifested itself in a terse exchange with the
staff.
In any event, it is time to move on. The Crawl now officially over, the
standard default of Shotz is called.
Flair reports that, at the end of the street at the Pulteney St intersection,
A walks out into the street to flag a cab, climbs in, allows G Girl and
Flair a few seconds to climb aboard, and they travel the 400m to Shotz
with taxi man. No point in mucking about.
Shotz
Messy, as usual. The Crawl scatters to the four corners, some for a quiet
beer, others to go a little bit nuts on the dance floor. No official office-bearers,
but I suspect that the Palk may have taken up The Incredible Hat, and
G-Nat continuing the fine work of Mr Hustle.
The notebook entries for the Saracens - Shotz period are scratchy at best.
Rather than attempt to make sense of them, such as can be read they are
as follows: "1.30 Flair refuses to share the love - 1.36 G Man loses
a shoe - 1.37 Walls tell them to 'go away' - 1.38 G Man climbs on G-Nat
- 1.39 The Palk encourages Gusto - 1.40 The Palk relieves himself in Queen
Street - 1.41 G Man with a death wish - 1.50 G Man gets his shoe back
- 1.52 G-Nat is cash: G Man - 1.55 Heart & Soul has The Incredible
Hat - 1.57 security makes The Incredible Hat scarce - 1.58 Rough Justice
working 'Vic' on D-Floor".
As to his "All Star Drinking 5", always a source of controversy
and interest, the Palk advises: "After the Rookies Night it was Palk,
A, G-Man, Old Skool, The Burglar - I think it might now be A, Palk, Dangerous,
G-Man and The Burglar - with honourable mentions to Max Power (still struggling
to fight back from girlfriend take-home after Rookies Night) and Flair
(who is on the cusp of 1st team selection)".
The Palk recalls that immediate past Incredible Hat wearer Max Power was
looking a touch seedy; "G-nat says 'go home Max, you look buggered'.
Max yells (much like Homer saying 'I'm going to Duff Gardens') 'I'm not
leaving till I win the Pub Crawl'". On this topic Palk subsequently
asserts: "Palk won the Pub Crawl - first to arrive last to leave".
More drinking, dancing, etc.
It is entirely unclear exactly what happened at this locale, needless
to say a good time was had by all. The punters disperse homewards at various
times. Reports have it that Heart & Soul and the Palk are the last
men standing, accompanied late by Flair and G Man.
After
Not that it really matters what happens after (as long as everyone gets
home with all limbs intact, etc), but it seems that Heart & Soul decorated
various parts of his abode, inside and out, upon returning home. Leaping
had french fries stuck in his ear while asleep at HJ's, Max Power made
an apt observation to the Burglar upon seeing him on the way to the same
venue: "I thought you were a McDonald's character". And the
Burglar, as always, was a big hit with the ladies.
Good work all. Next event - Player's Player Awards Night - Sat 27 August
2005 - see you all there.
A
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