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2002 Annual Presentation Lunch: "the best ever" - back to the photos Palky was so fired up about it all on Monday morning, despite being still hungover, that he wrote the rave below. Refer also to Some comments from Big A and "Special Scene" by Sean Heylen. 10.15am - Ben Palk lazily rocks up to Andrew Williams' abode with the plan of simply printing off stats and going to bball lunch on time. 11.15am - Ben and Andrew are dismayed at the discovery that the stats will not print out. The boys are still up beat and know that they will soon knock this small problem on its head. 11.30am - The boys are now panicking, Finlayson's computer system are proving insufficient. They devise a contingency plan - Sean Heylen is called. A and BP hop in the Gemini race into Sean's office only discover the punters have descended on town due to the Xmas Pageant, parking will prove impossible. BP tells A to park and meet and Sean's offices. A yells across crowded Currie Street "Have you got the disk". BP feels like secret agent. 12.00pm - Even with improved technology courtesy of Sean, the antiquated 4 year old floppy disk that BP has chosen to put the stats on seems to have defeated the upgraded technology. Its is this author's opinion that this disk could have beaten that super computer designed by Richard Pryor in Superman III. 12.30pm - BP leaves offices dejected that stats have not been produced. A is called as he returned to Finlaysons. BP then concocts plan. Bill M is called (BP flatmate), he is on his way home from work, he told when he gets home to use parents net access - and email stats to A at work address. A and BP play the waiting game (which suck they'd much rather be playing Hungry Hungry Hippo). 12.35pm - A receives sms from Dave Cahill. Boys shocked Wednesdays MVP has announced 25 minutes before lunch to start too tired and will not be participating in festivities. 12.50pm - Stats come through. They are printed off in mad panic. Stats are then placed in plastic sleeves and the boys are off to the lunch. 1.30pm - BP arrives at lunch, A goes home to drop off car arrives 5 minutes later, 1/2 hour late but happy as Gnat holds free beer till A and Bp arrive. Punters enthused about arrival of stats. Boys sit down informed they've been ordered the soup and the beef. 1.40pm - BP starts yelling at rookies that they have to get him beer. Rookies seem stunned and do not comply to requests. Bide your time Skywalker they soon will. 2.00pm - Speeches starts - BP and A do Crazy Wednesdays. Speeches went Ok - upset that MVP not there to receive award. BP became assistant coach from American Pie, "culmination". Ben Christie thank Mrs for Thursday and Saturday C's. Khoo thanked Allah while giving awards for Monday. Trevor thanked no one and was so pissed off he didn't give an MVP for Saturday B's, BP got up again for Saturday D's, during speech said Sash has potential to have more flair than Flair. A got up again and gave great speech, Dan GArrett seemed happy to win MVP. All captains and award winners looked like dickheads while posing for camera. The Gnat then awarded life memberships to Trev and Sean. Great speech from Sean. Gnat then gave Jimmy Club Champion. The caffeine one seemed stoked. 2.45pm - Drinking continued. A lot of conversation about basketball. Some boys wonder off to watch cricket. Rookies now into swing of things and start getting club beer. Lots of photos taken - all boys still look like dicks while posing. 3.30pm - Beer runs out - boys smashed. 4.00pm - Club move to front bar. Pete George tries to pick up Road Train Mrs. Pete George advised don't try to pick up Road Train Mrs. Conversations were had and conversations were forgotten. 6.30pm - Club still feeling very festive. Members leave - BP forgets them leaving and starts screaming at remaining club members "where's Trimmy", "he's gone Palky" "where's Dan Garrett", "he's gone Palky", "where is Jono.", "he's dead Palky". Pub starting to fill up. Gourlay is now being called the Chancellor. Sash and James are putting in best effort by rookies for some time. Cliff and Ryan are solid. BP tells Sean he like his Billy Idol Muscle T Sean tells Bp its David Bowie. Bp tells Sean Billy Idol is cool! Guy Collins yells at BP for first of 100th time telling him that there is no way Sash has more Flair that Flair. 9.00pm - Bp goes to put stats in car and is informed by the always intellectual, fair and understanding security that he was not allowed back in. With some swift and sober logic they let BP back in. This author believes he said "Sean will f**k with ya if you don't let me back in". 9.02pm - 11.30pm - SCENE DELETED - maybe saw Sarang Katdare, BP to drunk to look at ladies. Refer below to "Special Scene" by Sean Heylen. 11.31pm - A, BP, Cliff and Ryan leave Havelock on way to Shotz. BP informs A that he will kick his arse at 10 pin bowling. 11.45pm - Boys arrive at Shotz continue to drink. Through mayhem boys think it will be cool to swap shirts. Cliff and A look dynamite in Ryan muscle T. Ryan informs boys it only cost him $15. 12.30am - A leaves. Ryan picks up - all the ladies are over the Saturday A best team man. Ryan not being Shotz team man by palming off any ladies to Bp or Cliff. 1.00am - BP, Ryan and Cliff all to drunk go get burgers at Hungry Jacks. BP talked into buying new HJ Burger even though he hates satay sauce and pineapple. 1.15am - BP and Cliff catch cab. Ryan walks. 1.45am - Bp home in bed. Sleeps. 10.15am - BP wakes up with shoes still on. 6.00pm - A drops Bp at car. The Meteor has $52 of parking fines on it. That said BP pauses and reflects and thinks "Best Basketball Club Lunch Ever!" It was indeed a fantastic afternoon
and well summarised by the Incredible Palk. In no particular order and
by way of hidden extras for the DVD release: "Special Scene" by Sean Heylen. 9.02pm - Sean Heylen interupted in middle of "how to play Aussie Rules like Michael Jordan would" conversation with new best friend Che Cockatoo-Collins by Marcus Bernardi (Havelock Licensee) who says something like "some pissed guy calling himself Palky says you'll sack the bouncers if they don't let him in. What do you want me to do with him?" Sean advises Marcus to usher Palky in and not sack bouncers on this occasion, Marcus complies as all good Havelock Licensees should. 9.15pm - Sarang Katdare (previous Club Champion and A Grade premiership player, now big wig Sydney lawyer) walks into beer garden to join the boys. Sar immediately comments on the popularity of the Basketball Club lunch with the many scantily clad ladies encircling the group of athletes. Sean, Palky, Big A, Simon, etc... carefully choose potential ladies and spin set-up lines for Ryan and Cliff who proceed to practice pickup style in preparation for Shotz. 9.30pm to 11.30 - festivities continue unabated until bouncers advise that licensing condition expiry is imminent. Big A, Palky etc... lobby for Shotz. Sean decides Shotz will send him over the edge and talks Sar into accompanying him to Rundle Street for well earned Yiros, then Austral for finishers. On the way out of Havelock Sean bumps into big potential Deadline client who comments on how good David Bowie muscle T looks. Sean drinks 3 to 4 litres of H2O at Austral and then Botanic (meets wife Kate who has also been out all day) while Sar reminisces on his own Club Lunches and basketball glories with Sean's help. 2.45am - Sean, Kate and Sar fall into cab suffering from double vision. End.
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