[Tiste Simeon]

caladanbrood, on 06 December 2009 - 06:42 PM, said:

Apparently going to bring a +1 with me. Oh dear...

She actually agreed? Oh dear, maybe I should warn her about certain of the characters who she shall be meeting... *heads over to Facebook*

[Cougar]

Roll call then who is in:

Confirmed are

Mezla +1
Hetan and Mal
Cougar +1
Brood +1!
Toby
Dag
Stone Monkey
Imperial Historian
Fid
Grumble
Trem
Rodeo
Ribald

anyone else let us know and if you don't have my number please get it off me before Friday.

[Tremolo]

In 24 hours I will be breathnig London air!

[caladanbrood]

Don't forget your towel and nightstick.

[Tremolo]

Do I need an umbrella? And a chain on my wallet? I am meeting Toby!

[Mezla PigDog]

Apparently we're drying out here and it's going to get cold instead. This is England though, I always have an umbrella with me!

[Giles]

The chain on your wallet might not be enough! be vigilant i caught him trying to figure out how to get my wallet without me noticing even though it was chained on

[Hetan]

chained on what? Inquiring minds want to know

Is Ribald still coming? We need someone to take the p*** out of

[Thelomen Toblerone]

I'm gonna have Tremmy up and en route north ridiculously early Saturday.

What time are the proceedings kicking off? Worryingly, there are talks of a family do on Sunday which might mean a night-time journey back to London, suitably off my face, on Saturday night, which won't be fun, but I'm endeavouring to discover more. With this in mind, I plan on getting the most out of my day (and extortionately priced train fare) if so, and accordingly want to get up there and started early as possible.

I figure the train is 2 hours, and so getting to Manc for 11am is easily possible - if me and Trem turn up that early, will anyone be around for a "bevvy", as I believe you lot say?

[caladanbrood]

Normally things start to get rolling between 12 and 1, but basically whenever people turn up.

[Cougar]

Ribald told me he was coming dependent on the outcome of his Viva on Friday, so keep your fingers crossed that he's written the best ever PhD thesis on Malazan..I'd imagine he's fairly stick on for that.

[Mezla PigDog]

So he's coming if he passes? Or is it if he fails he will need to drink all day with people who don't know him? I think I would have done that if my viva had gone bad

[Cougar]

It's at Edgehill, I'm sure he'll pass, they probably had to look up what a viva was cos he was the first person to ever finish writing an actual thesis. I'd imagine that they already have a statue of him commissioned. I did suggest he take Steve with him to it, I mean, who else turns up to the viva with one of the key players, it would be like turning up to an astro-physics viva with Steven Hawking.

[Hetan]

This Manchester meet-up has all the portents for true epic-ness

[RodeoRanch]

Mezla PigDog, on 09 December 2009 - 06:34 PM, said:

Apparently we're drying out here and it's going to get cold instead. This is England though, I always have an umbrella with me!

Yes but the British definition of cold is laughable. Laughable!

[Cougar]

RodeoRanch, on 10 December 2009 - 11:27 AM, said:

Yes but the British definition of cold is laughable. Laughable!

You talk big, Ranch.

Come naked.

[RodeoRanch]

The Nude Merry Manky Malaz Meetup?

[Tremolo]

Ridiculously early? Good thing I am an early riser then....


i AM SITTING AT THE AIRPORT!!!!

[Ribald]

The viva is at the University of Liverpool ... and if I pass I will probably have a few drinks tomorrow night and then head home to sleep the sleep of the righteous doctors, if I fail then I will drink myself into oblivion and quite possibly wake up in Hull (a story for another time). So I am planning on attending but levels of drunkenness versus hangover with a coefficient attributed to good versus bad mood because of viva, must be considered.

[Ribald]

Cougar, on 10 December 2009 - 11:44 AM, said:

RodeoRanch, on 10 December 2009 - 11:27 AM, said:

Yes but the British definition of cold is laughable. Laughable!

You talk big, Ranch.

Come naked.

RodeoRanch, on 10 December 2009 - 11:50 AM, said:

The Nude Merry Manky Malaz Meetup?

I am now suddenly having second thoughts...