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Xmas
Dinner
Saturday 3 December 2005
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Well,
the instructions said 6.30pm for 7, so how soon did
we really need to start?
The sprouts went on to boil at
10am, and it was amazing how many little things
there were to do. Bernie is debating whether the
side plate goes to the left of the fork, whether
the dessert spoon goes to the right of the knife,
or whether it wouldn't be easier to just go to
McDonald's.
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Meanwhile
Chip deals (in his own
inimitable way) with a cabbage.
Having spent the best part of
the week in foreign places, the poor chap got off
the Eurostar to be met with the Webmaster
brandishing a frozen turkey and a glib "Here you go
Chip - cook this f....ellow"
The WebMaster apologizes for
the lack of dynamic action in this photo. Despite
avid encouragement, the main protagonist was
unwilling to be photographed in compromising
positions with a cabbage. Shame really, it might
have been a laugh. Oh well......
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On the
other hand, the main ingredients of one of four
choices of starter were only too willing to show
off for the camera.
Strange how such a photo is
considered quite amusing, but if "El
Presidente" had shoved the melon down his pants
for a laugh.....
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After some eight hours slaving
over a beer bottle watching others do all the work, dinner
was ready. Thirty people made very short work of melon,
pate, tomato soup, prawn cocktail, jacket potato, roast
turkey (with choice of eight vegetables), trifle, Xmas
pudding, chocolate cheesecake, apple strudel, tiramisu and a
gallon of cream.
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But
there was much more than just eating to excess.
Having organised home made Xmas crackers for all,
and half the starters and puddings "El
Presidente" and his able assistant had put on a
quiz to keep the troops occupied whilst waiting for
dinner, and had reams of fun and games for after
dinner. As the answers to the quiz are revealed it
transpires there are those who cannot tell the
difference between an ELF logo and a lucozade
bottle (!)
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Pass
the parcel and musical chairs were fun for kids of
all ages, and kept us out of mischief until well
past midnight. Some didn't have far to go home,
some had to travel for a couple of hours.
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Some
decided it would be easier to make a night of
it....
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Same time
next year ?
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