Thursday Night and the prospects weren't good. Kevster had muttered something about buses and Peterkins wasn't to be shifted from the environs of Croydon. Stll I hadn't been out all week and nothing was going to get in the way of some quiz action.
On my way out of L&G I met some colleagues who were off for a pint at the Mint in Banstead. It didn't seem too much of a diversion so off we all trudged, the usual horseplay in the snow ensued, the main activity being pulling a tree so the snow fell on the person behind. What fun!
The Mint was lovely and welcoming and as it does, one pint became four before I headed off again. Walking through Woodmansterne offered the first chance of public transport and though the 166 was parked at the Midday Sun, we did spot a taxi heading to Purley so I could arrive at the scheduled time.
Knowing we were down on numbers, Daren had arrived in good times and was chatting to Debbie when I got there. She seemed a pleasant enough sort, the main things I remember about her was she had three sisters and an unusual hat with an embroided bear I think plus ears stitched on the side. Prospects of recruiting her were high but then she got dragged away, by one of her sisters I think.
For my part, I had recruited Simon, a fellow runner who was on a marathon walk from Kingswood to back home in South Croydon. So we still had three people to face up to the quiz. Ah, the quiz, well there wasn't one, the bloke who was to run it hadn't turned up. This didn't seem to bother most of the people in the pub and a riot seemed out of place. We chatted away and I amused myself by texting Kevster dummy questions. Come 11 o'clock I made the long walk back to Chipstead, it seemed to fly by, funny that.
Friday 3 December 2010
Wednesday 1 December 2010
25th November 2010 - JaegerHound...
Status Report for 25/11/2010
Venue: The Greyhound - Carshalton
Start: 8pm
I phoned Robin at around 7pm. Robson, Kevster and Daren were already roasting their chestnuts by the large, open fire. I was at home and couldn't face the 407 schlep, so I phoned for a cab and arrived at 7.30. As it was so cold, it all felt very festive. I got to the bar and 'Olive' couldn't cater for Robin's 'Special' needs, so we drunk Young's 'Ordinary'. Daren and Kevster drank their usual Kronenbourg and I tried hard to keep up!
Daren paid much attention to the open fire and successfully placed logs in strategic positions to make it look fantastic. Daren's tip of the week:
"Coal is for heat and logs are for flames."
We were informed that the quiz didn't take place last week, as only one team arrived. However, five teams turned up and filled the bar areas, including a beautiful young flibberdy gibbet next to us, sitting with her grandfather. Kevster's eyes were fixed in her direction, happily engaging in answer swapping with her and grandfather for the rest of the evening amongst quiz, fag breaks and Kronenbourg.
This week's quiz contained a picture round in which we had to name English kings and queens and I think we did pretty well. Full marks for the Speed Stars round set us up for rest of the quiz. We also scored well in the music round where we played our joker. Next up was Technology and Industry where Lord Nuffied made cars, Persil were the first makers of detergent, Howard Hughes was famous for his films and William not Edgar Hoover invented the vacuum cleaner. I asked my wife the other day - 'Who invented the skip - it was in fact Bennis Marrell - Ahaa!!
We did consistently well in the next 3 rounds: Pot Luck, TV Times and Board Games. Annoyingly, we couldn't get the manopoly property that has all the letters in the word manopoly.....There was also an argument about the spelling of Tony Blair's son's name - Euan or Ewan. Silly name anyway!
Our performance came out well at the end and we were involved in a tie breaker for first place. Both teams had amassed 57.5 points. The tie breaker question:
What is the total size of all angles in a hexagon? Obviously Robson territory. The other side said 360 degrees and Robson was correct with 720 degrees. £30 food voucher plus return of entrance fees gratefully received. With this Daren purchased jeigermeisters all round.
One of the answers in the games round was 'Tilt' a game I've not played. However, this seemed to attract us to a game on Kevster's phone during our breaks. Chips arrived a little later this week.
All in all, a very good evening, proving that The Greyhound seems to be the quiz venue to be at the moment. Not sure about this week - as weather may have an impact on what we do and where we go?
(Inter-company)Peter(kins)
Venue: The Greyhound - Carshalton
Start: 8pm
I phoned Robin at around 7pm. Robson, Kevster and Daren were already roasting their chestnuts by the large, open fire. I was at home and couldn't face the 407 schlep, so I phoned for a cab and arrived at 7.30. As it was so cold, it all felt very festive. I got to the bar and 'Olive' couldn't cater for Robin's 'Special' needs, so we drunk Young's 'Ordinary'. Daren and Kevster drank their usual Kronenbourg and I tried hard to keep up!
Daren paid much attention to the open fire and successfully placed logs in strategic positions to make it look fantastic. Daren's tip of the week:
"Coal is for heat and logs are for flames."
We were informed that the quiz didn't take place last week, as only one team arrived. However, five teams turned up and filled the bar areas, including a beautiful young flibberdy gibbet next to us, sitting with her grandfather. Kevster's eyes were fixed in her direction, happily engaging in answer swapping with her and grandfather for the rest of the evening amongst quiz, fag breaks and Kronenbourg.
This week's quiz contained a picture round in which we had to name English kings and queens and I think we did pretty well. Full marks for the Speed Stars round set us up for rest of the quiz. We also scored well in the music round where we played our joker. Next up was Technology and Industry where Lord Nuffied made cars, Persil were the first makers of detergent, Howard Hughes was famous for his films and William not Edgar Hoover invented the vacuum cleaner. I asked my wife the other day - 'Who invented the skip - it was in fact Bennis Marrell - Ahaa!!
We did consistently well in the next 3 rounds: Pot Luck, TV Times and Board Games. Annoyingly, we couldn't get the manopoly property that has all the letters in the word manopoly.....There was also an argument about the spelling of Tony Blair's son's name - Euan or Ewan. Silly name anyway!
Our performance came out well at the end and we were involved in a tie breaker for first place. Both teams had amassed 57.5 points. The tie breaker question:
What is the total size of all angles in a hexagon? Obviously Robson territory. The other side said 360 degrees and Robson was correct with 720 degrees. £30 food voucher plus return of entrance fees gratefully received. With this Daren purchased jeigermeisters all round.
One of the answers in the games round was 'Tilt' a game I've not played. However, this seemed to attract us to a game on Kevster's phone during our breaks. Chips arrived a little later this week.
All in all, a very good evening, proving that The Greyhound seems to be the quiz venue to be at the moment. Not sure about this week - as weather may have an impact on what we do and where we go?
(Inter-company)Peter(kins)
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