Mixed Tour 2 - Londinium

What a weekend! It all started with a night of nakedness on Friday chez Al, where it finished on Monday morning. On the Friday I arrived at around 6 before Al was home and got involved with some beers with the lovely Alia. Soon Al was back after his 90 hour week and we went for half-price pizza and some more beer as a rain storm hit. That's the last normal thing that happened on the Friday! :)

Fishbox, Perfect and SJ arived as we were finishing dinner and we hit a beer shop on the way home. Then it got fun - a die was produced along with a bottle of Ron Miel (Honey Rum) and the rules were simple - there were 6 people, each person got a number and then each person rolled the die. When your number came up you did a shot of Rum and took off an item of clothing. The box was first in trouble as early as the second round when she rolled 3 4s in a row condemning herself to 4 shots and 4 items less of clothing. And so it went until we were all in our underwear, which is when Britboy arrived. His face was priceless. Greg arrived soon after with a similar 'what the hell is this?' expression. Soon they too were invoved with the Honey Rum Fun. Good times.

Saturday morning saw us scrambling across London to get to Mottingham in time for a 9.15 game against Bristol Plastic Factory 3 which despite our best hungover efforts we managed to win 12-7. Next up were ABH who we took a healthy lead against and eventually closed it out 15-7. The 3rd and final game of a rain-soaked and windy day was against Britboys Mild Mannered Janitors. It was a tough, scrappy and somewhat edgy/call-y affair. We had our chances but didnt take them and somehow ended up losing 9-6. A good huddle, some amazing jokes (How do you kill a circus?Go for the juggular) and off to watch the 2nd half of Munsters win. Quality.

The night was one to remember. Again, we piled into the cheap pizza restaurant (€6 for full pizza at 9pm on a Sat night!!), got booze and went back to watch Lordi win the Eurovision. Opinion was divided though - Lithuania's 'We are the winners' was surely more amusing? Or the Germans Western effort?? Not to mention the mad Russians with the bird coming out of the piano. The debate rages on. Taxi to West Kensington and to the Thundering Herds party. They know how to throw a party even if most people we leaving as we arrived to get last Tubes home. They were all wearing leiderhosen, the walls were covered in tinfoil, there were decks and tonnes of free booze. Needless to say we made the flat our own and soon the Best of Dance 92, All 80s Hits and Hanson were blaring through the speakers. Then we found the Eurythmics. And Take That. And B*witched! :) we danced, we messed around and we laughed at one of the funniest bets I've seen in a while. They had discs hanging on the wall on picture hooks, the bet was simple - if you could throw the disc back onto the hook (from about 6 ft.) you won £200. If you couldnt you got a full forcs slap in the face. The bet escalated to £1500 at one point - the person who missed got a double slap. Genius. Soon the ended and we taxi-d home with Fi provided a Rooooob soundtrack for the first taxi. ' Is that some weird Irish mating call?' was the taximans quote!

Ugggh. Sunday morning and we were late again, this time for Limited Release 2. We were hungover but had a laugh and quickly took a 10-1 lead despite 4hrs sleep. We then imploded as hangovers kicked in, they started running 2 lines (we had 9 players - 1 sick) and we suddenly found ouselves only 11-9 up. Jaysus we said. 13-9 was the final score. Did our best but managed not lo lose in the end. Next up were Cambridge - Strange Blue who we played well against. 12-4 at one point and 15-8 in the end after another mini-collapse :) So the 2 wins saw us face BBoys Janitors again for the cherished 21st spot. Unfotunately Dave injured his knee as had SJ so were ironman. The weather decided to change, for the worse - strong wind, hail and rain made for a game full of slippy drops and ugly zoning but it was fun. The spirit was huge and the effort by both teams amazing. We started well and went 2-0 up but they drew us back in and once Brian started organising them we soon fell 7-5 behind. Despite taking the next point couldn't keep up the effort and lost 13-8/9 I think. It was a great match in horrible conditions and the penguin huddle after was key.

We got into warmth,took team pics, ate and got beers on board before huddling one more time. The team was so much fun, we got on really well and it was little surprise that the MSP vote was close with Alia, one of 5 debutants!, getting the nod. She kept us all smiling all weekend. MVP was Marko - Thanks a lot guys, I thought we all played really well so was very happy witht the compliment. Here's to the next tourny, and to getting a full squad over! :)

Finally, big thanks to Big Gay Al fo being an amazing host. You fed us and gave us beds, merci buckets mate. Mixed Veg Hoooooo!


Mixed Veg @ MT2 2006

(L-R) Cabbage, Onion, Artichoke , Sweet Potato, Cauliflower, Carrot, Red Pepper, Pea, Sweetcorn.