ok. working on the basis you can never have too much REPORTING BACK here goes: The first great bowling/picnic weekender of 2003: REPORTING BACK Sun, smiles, more sun more smiles and some cheers when Lord Ken finally decides to turn up to the big Sinistravaganza outside the illustrious Rowans bowling emporium. We said hello, we talked a bit and then we waited for Mr C to stop talking to 'she was my boss, but now she's my friend'. Into Rowans, out of the glorious sunshine (why?) to start the serious business of the day: getting the drinks in. All was going nicely, the entire Surrey Sinister Massive were enjoying their first gathering, the love hearts were being passed round (sweets, if these are not available to overseas Sinisters), when Mark decided to announce to the assembled masses that i was, indeed, the only single girl there. Thanks for that, Mr C. Not that i'm complaining, i much prefer all charming young men to know that fact, it was just, how do i put this, a little unsubtle. so we went to start bowling. I'm not very good at all things game-like and must apologise to Daf for taking one of his turns (i didn't know that if you get them all down you don't get your second turn). I don't think it made much difference though (I recommend taking Daf to all bowling outings as he will make everyone look expert). there was a lovely pink bowling ball though, it looked really nice when going down the lane/gutter, and that's what matters, really. for the second game we split into leagues so i can't tell you about the competitive action the other side of the hall. in fact i can't even tell you who won the game i was in, though i'm sure it was Eric (three strikes in a row, you know). i (being a popular sort of girl and greatly in demand at social functions) had to run away at this point so i'll leave it to other Sinis to tell you about the rest of the Saturday. ******************* Sunday. 2pm. "Meet outside the cinema at 2pm." they'd said. "We'll be there!" they'd assured me. Ha. Good job i had a book. Sunday. It was cold, very cold and i'd forgotten my hat. i contemplated returning home but decided to give them a chance. Good job i did. Straggles of Sinisters started arriving. No-one looked quite as chirpy as they had on the Saturday. Murmers of beer and even more beer reached my almost frozen ears as delegations went off to Sainsbury's to top up the alcohol level. Loaded with wine, beer and vodka we then stocked up with twiglets and crisps, checked the football and started off to the top of the hill. i can't write much about the actual picnic or football as i was drifting in and out of hypothermia during my time there. A few high/lowlights. *BigStu might nearly be a doctor but he needs some eating lessons. or just to learn to locate his mouth when eating. *Liz makes fab cheese scones and chocy cup cakes (yum) *Archel hides her vibrating phone deep inside her clothing *Marc C takes dirty pants picnicing with him *The Pinefox gets upset when "there just isn't any bread" and makes tuna sandwiches with cheese scones *Stephano plays football with half a bottle of wine in his hand. i think that sums it up. The pub was good. it was warm. i thawed out and ran away before any of the sweaty people turned up. thanks to Lord Ken for arranging this weekend. i laughed lots. we even talked about Belle and Sebastian sometimes... Miss Lucy xxx __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus For a better Internet experience http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+