# January Londope **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909 "2004-01-24T23:32:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/41 "2004-01-27T07:58:14Z")
Sorry, not guilty. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/42 "2004-01-27T13:09:08Z")
As **paulberserker** and I both explained to **Matt** - a britdopefest has only two objectives: 1. Get pissed 2. Get **ConfessorKnight** even more pissed (we really don’t set a good example for the americans do we?) > [@Angua](#): > > I was savagely attacked from behind… ooh matron! ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/43 "2004-01-27T13:38:33Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Looking over the pictures I note that I wasn’t actually there. I can only conclude that I fell asleep on the train into London Bridge and spent the next seven hours going back and forth on the London Bridge-Victoria shuttle and just dreaming I was at the George and Shipwrights with you lot. Yes, exactly how did you manage to escape the crotch shots? Were you hiding in the loo with **Crusoe**? ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/44 "2004-01-27T13:40:45Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > **9.** Whose posh and roomy new flat, conveniently situated over a pub in Hoxton, has been volunteered[sup]\*[/sup] as the setting for the next Londope? > \*Not necessarily by the flat’s resident That would most definitely **not** be me. If you think i’m letting her-toothy-ness anywhere near my spangly new place you’ve got another thing coming. Sod’s law is we’d bump into the neighbours: > [@](#): > > **Tir** , this is Sebastian. He’s an Investment Banker who specialises in the Korean Export Market, and this is his partner Alicia. Alicia is a lawyer who specialises in high-profile paternity cases. Alicia, Sebastian, this is **Tir**. She’s a Vampire. ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/45 "2004-01-27T13:43:13Z")
Sebastian? I’ll bring my bow and arrows! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/46 "2004-01-27T13:46:18Z")
Oh, and I’m not a vampire! I’m a KITTY KAT! thankyouverymuchindeed! ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/47 "2004-01-27T13:49:52Z")
well, i’d say we accomplished our mission. young confessor was looking a bit chinned by the time we left the shipwrights eh? yeaarrr!! ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/48 "2004-01-27T13:53:19Z")
> [@paulberserker](#): > > well, i’d say we accomplished our mission. young confessor was looking a bit chinned by the time we left the shipwrights eh? > > yeaarrr!! Its getting increasingly difficult though. I remember when we could get him absolutely sloshed on half a Cider. These days it takes at least half a dozen. Our little boy is growing up… **snif** > [@](#): > > Oh, and I’m not a vampire! I’m a KITTY KAT! You’re a loony… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/49 "2004-01-27T14:15:23Z")
> [@qts](#): > > Sorry, not guilty. Ahh. I do recall however, that there was some “discussion” shall we say, about my leaving my hair down after this though… ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/50 "2004-01-27T14:22:17Z")
leaving your hair down where? that well where the scary girl in the ring comes out of? i’d have said having tir round your new gaff would be a bonus to the neighbours gary. in what way, i dont know, but a bonus all the same. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/51 "2004-01-27T14:24:14Z")
> [@paulberserker](#): > > leaving your hair down where? that well where the scary girl in the ring comes out of? > > i’d have said having tir round your new gaff would be a bonus to the neighbours gary. in what way, i dont know, but a bonus all the same. :eek: I guess if they’d lost their Hole Punch then she’d be handy to have around… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/52 "2004-01-27T20:19:54Z")
> [@Tir Tinuviel](#): > > Yes, exactly how did you manage to escape the crotch shots? > Were you hiding in the loo with **Crusoe**? As if. He’s not my type at all. **Bib** is far dreamier anyway. I suspect I avoided the crotch shots by virtue of the fact that I left shortly before 8pm to make dinner for my lovely wife. I realize that this only gave you six and a half hours to record my groinal region for posterity, but I’m sure you could have tried a little harder. (Come to think of it, weren’t you the one who took a picture of me attacking **Angua** with a fork?) > [@bonzer](#): > > Incidentally, good to see that the photos conclusively establish that I was the one with the largest head. Pfeh - amateurs, all of ya. Just you wait until next time – I’ll pit my hat size against anyone this side of Joseph Merrick. > [@Angua](#): > > In which case I think I was hallucinating as well. I do recall conversations with you about cookery, and how you were going to go home and cook a lamb roast. Which led to various conversations about cookery, and different methods of cooking. That reminds me to remind **confessorknight** : cream, Dijon mustard and tarragon. Can’t go wrong (unless you scald the cream, I suppose). ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/53 "2004-01-27T20:26:03Z")
> [@Angua](#): > > Ahh. I do recall however, that there was some “discussion” shall we say, about my leaving my hair down after this though… Yes. IMO you happen to look nicer with your hair down. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/54 "2004-01-27T21:39:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Tir, this is Sebastian. He’s an Investment Banker who specialises in the Korean Export Market, and this is his partner Alicia. Alicia is a lawyer who specialises in high-profile paternity cases. Alicia, Sebastian, this is Tir. She’s a Vampire. I live with a lawyer and a high-falutin’ business-woman type person (so high-falutin’ that I have no idea what she actually does, except earn lots). One time the lawyer joked, as part of a long conversation, that I should invite my vampire friends more often. She was rather confused when I took her seriously, and said yes, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to invite some of them back here, now you come to mention it. 😃 Now that she has seen pictures of **Tir** and the rest of you she would also like to invite you round sometime. We don’t live far from **Garius’** posh new pad either - we could have a HackneyDope! [sub]As if there isn’t enough dope in Hackney already …[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/55 "2004-01-27T21:41:32Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I suspect I avoided the crotch shots by virtue of the fact that I left shortly before 8pm to make dinner for my lovely wife. I realize that this only gave you six and a half hours to record my groinal region for posterity, but I’m sure you could have tried a little harder. (Come to think of it, weren’t you the one who took a picture of me attacking **Angua** with a fork?) Indeed I did, but then someone who couldn’t use my camera managed to record over it. Which is why I only have a couple of piccies from the George. BOO! ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/56 "2004-01-27T22:36:11Z")
> [@Tir Tinuviel](#): > > Indeed I did, but then someone who couldn’t use my camera managed to record over it. Which is why I only have a couple of piccies from the George. > BOO! Wasn’t me! Didn’t do it! Er… I was dead at the time!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/57 "2004-01-28T18:18:38Z")
Oh **Gyrate** , how can you say that? I thought we shared something special. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/58 "2004-01-28T21:44:42Z")
> [@Crusoe](#): > > Oh **Gyrate** , how can you say that? I thought we shared something special. We’ll always have Borough… ---
**Author:** ![confessorknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@confessorknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/confessorknight)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/59 "2004-01-28T23:38:33Z")
Alright - Points in order: 1) > [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by **bonzer** > > Incidentally, good to see that the photos conclusively establish that I was the one with the largest head. > > Hmmm… Not sure. It appears to be a close run thing between you and **ConfessorKnight**. But I’m tired, so my eyes could be playing nasty tricks on me. I am in fact the one with the largest head as **bonzer** can lerly be seen nearly wearing the hat while I am unable to do more than rest it on my head (I can’t believe I’ve posted that - memories of school resurfacing) . 1. > [@](#): > > Originally posted by **garius** > As **paulberserker** and I both explained to Matt - a britdopefest has only two objectives: > > 1. Get pissed > 2. Get ConfessorKnight even more pissed An objective in which you have so far horribly failed my friend. 1. > [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Gyrate** > That reminds me to remind confessorknight: cream, Dijon mustard and tarragon. Can’t go wrong This I remember but for the life of me I can’t remember what that sauce is meant to go with. ---
**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909/60 "2004-01-29T00:20:05Z")
> [@confessorknight](#): > > I am in fact the one with the largest head as **bonzer** can lerly be seen nearly wearing the hat while I am unable to do more than rest it on my head (I can’t believe I’ve posted that - memories of school resurfacing). No, no, no. It’s resting on your hair. Of which you’ve got rather more than me, I’ll admit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-londope/225909.md?page=4)