Sinister: white thighs and greasy poles

[Hugo Shannon]

hello all!

i know you're not meant to talk about yourself too much, but i had an 
experience yesterday that needs sharing.

having quit my dull inland revenue job some weeks ago - to start doing semi 
hard labour on an archaeological dig rather than watching day time tv - i 
was suprised to find that i was being made to go on an its a knockout thing. 
i'd signed up for a paid day off work ages ago, but my ex-colleagues were 
quite insistant i still showed. i don't know if they have its a knockout in 
the states, its jeux sans frontieres (or something like that) in europe, but 
for those not familiar with it, i shall explain:

lots of people ( around 300 none too fit civil servants in this case) sign a 
legal waiver saying they won't drink alcohol or sue if we hurt ourselves, 
drink lots of alcohol, then proceed to humiliate and injure themselves on a 
series of inflatable death traps filled with water mixed with an extremely 
acidic non sensitive skin friendly detergent. on an overcast fairly cold day 
in a field in sheffield.

i felt pure misery for the first time in memory.

it was ok on the dry courses, but there was a point where i was completely 
dry and some paid chimp threw a whole cold bucket of water over me from 
unsporting point blank range. then it got worse. ok, so most people did work 
for the revenue - but they're nice people just doing a job - cold soakings 
are out of order. a bit of a splash to the legs may add to the fun, but 
complete drenchings all over in coldish surroundings - no fun at all.

after this i went to the bar for a large brandy, and felt much better. our 
team came in 30th out of 32. we were definitely in the top 5 for drunkenness 
though.

anyway - content and that.

i havn't heard jonathan and david yet, even though i've listened to radio 1 
for the first time in years on the off chance.

i possibly have a spare standing ticket for the rah - i'll be selling at 
cost price £16 and a quid or 2 booking fee. i may still be able to get a 
chum to go, but i thought i'd test the water. sorry if this is list abuse, 
but, in my defence, i'm drunk. i never post sober. is this a rule yet?

is there any big meet up for london? i've got the day off and am getting the 
train down from nottingham. i don't know london so i can't suggest anything, 
i think someone did a while back that sounded ok.

i seem to have been typing for ages, way more than 15 mins. i won't have 
anything interesting to say for at least, ohh, 17 weeks anyway, so its ok.

goodbye, (much sympathies and best wishes to jen - hospitals are scary 
places, i had a bad drip experience once too)

hugo.
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