PCATS pop quiz

dccairns · Post by **dccairns** » 16 Feb 2005, 23:03

There are still a reasonable number of tickets at Portobello Stationers and I stocked up Kitcheners this afternoon so there should still be plenty to go round...unless there's last minute rush.

I will post on Friday as to the up to date position, i.e. whether there will be any on sale on the door.

Look forward to seeeing (and spladooshing) you all there.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 18 Feb 2005, 17:44

Have a good time tonight folks.

I want to hear news of a PoL team victory so I hope you've all been swotting hard for the quiz.

Have fun.

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 18 Feb 2005, 17:54

Yes, good luck for tonight. Enjoy.

dccairns · Post by **dccairns** » 18 Feb 2005, 19:34

Thanks for for all your good wishes although we are not on the POL Team - I don't think we have cat in h**l's chance of winning.

Anyway, anyone looking for tickets will be pleased to hear that ther will be some for sale on the door at the Freemasons, Beach Lane.

See some of you later.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 18 Feb 2005, 22:37

What news from the Pop Quiz then, BB? Was victory yours?

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 19 Feb 2005, 03:20

I think we were 4th out of 17 teams, which was not bad at all. We did really well in the proper questions but when it got to the Air Guitar round we (in the guise of Epykat) stole the show. We will live to fight another day.

As Quizmaster Tom Nimmo did a brilliant job, not just with the quiz but with the disco afterwards. Knowing your audience is half the battle and Tom had the game won at Hello. Well done.

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 19 Feb 2005, 08:59

Very well done

I hope they weren't giving out medals though as 4th is always the "just missed out" place.

DG · Post by DG » 19 Feb 2005, 09:33

Well done, PoL team

DG

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 19 Feb 2005, 09:54

Sorry I didn't make it last night teamsters. No, it wasn't the Cumberland sausage. I'm having major problems with a neighbour, the Police are involved and obviously it's not something I can discuss online. Suffice to say I was in no mood to be sociable so I stayed home and watched 'Neighbours From Hell" instead.

Great effort - hope you all had a good time.

ali · Post by **ali** » 19 Feb 2005, 10:06

You've been playing your Cramps albums too loud again, haven't you?

DG · Post by DG » 19 Feb 2005, 10:12

Good luck with that, Bob. No doubt a tiring process but worth carrying on with.

DG

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 19 Feb 2005, 13:32

Bob Jefferson wrote:Sorry I didn't make it last night teamsters. No, it wasn't the Cumberland sausage. I'm having major problems with a neighbour, the Police are involved and obviously it's not something I can discuss online. Suffice to say I was in no mood to be sociable so I stayed home and watched 'Neighbours From Hell" instead.

That's pretty crap Bob and you were sorely missed

It sounds like you had a brusing experience, I had one of them myself whilst "bumping" with Epykat. I think she has her knees sharpened at Woodwares.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 19 Feb 2005, 13:43

We missed you last night Bob but did our best to enjoy ourselves (as you can imagine!) despite your absence. Epykat's air guitar was indeed star turn

though a special mention should also go to Flearoy who blew the competition away (with a bit of help from young Bellybabe) in the 'present hits' section $\:D/$ .
Porty sportingly donned a special 'lime cap' to draw the raffle and to cries of 'fix' he kept on drawing the winning ticket from our table. Flearoy and I contented ourselves with a prize apiece but I know who I want to choose my Lottery numbers for me from now on!

And what was my contribution? Well, I danced enthusiatically (complete with actions), round a collection of handbags, to 'YMCA'. Says it all really

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 19 Feb 2005, 16:04

Well done all of you!

I'd have loved to have seen Epykat in action with her air guitar and Marya, embarrassing dancing is my forte so I'm sorry to have missed out on that too.

What were the prizes you won?

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 19 Feb 2005, 16:45

Ahem...a bottle of Vodka and a 'Good Pubs' guide. You'd never have guessed that we got to choose our own prizes, would you?

Hawkeye · Post by **Hawkeye** » 19 Feb 2005, 17:32

A big thankyou to everyone who attended last nightÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s pop quiz but especially to our superb quizmaster and DJ, Tommy Nimmo. He did a magnificent job and I agree with the comment that it takes someone special to get 90 supposedly grown up people to simultaneously perform their Air GuitarÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s all, of course, in perfect tune. Is there a record in this? If anyoneÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s wondering, Tommy is available, with or without his lovely assistant, for other functions, parties, weddings, funerals etc. just send me a private message if you donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t know how to contact Tommy.

We raised over Ã‚Â£480 profit for the campaign to pay for expert witnesses. This is fantastic - especially when it was so enjoyable an event. I canÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t promise the same level of enjoyment at the Public Inquiry that starts on Tuesday 1st March but it would be great to see as many people as possible dropping in to the inquiry as and when. I have this vision now of when the reporter asks for evidence to be led by the PCATS group, we all get up and give them a blast from our air guitars - thatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ll send Duddingston House Properties scuttling.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 20 Feb 2005, 12:49

teddygirl wrote:Very well done I hope they weren't giving out medals though as 4th is always the "just missed out" place.

Actually, when we saw the prizes we were glad we didn't get any

As for the....erm.....air guitar episode - better forgotten

(anyway, Marya had a much better stance than I did - she was just a bit shy at exposing it initially....

)

flearoy · Post by **flearoy** » 20 Feb 2005, 15:32

The evening was certainly an eye opener and i shall be showing all my friends at uni the new dance moves i have learnt. Thanks everyone for such a good evening it was nice to have a night out with dad and meeting some of you from here. over all it was an evening without fault good music, good company and a free bottle of voddy- perfect!

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 20 Feb 2005, 15:39

Marya, do me a favour and correct Flearoy's english.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 20 Feb 2005, 18:00

sounds like an entertaining evening for all of us who missed it.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 28 Feb 2005, 17:06

As requested by ecm here are a couple of pics from the Pop Quiz; one showing Epykat concentrating on getting her chords just right and the other of Porty in his 'lime hat'. I did have a full frontal shot of Porty but the red eye made him look like son of Satan, so I've spared you it. As you can tell by the fact that Epykat and Porty both seem to have lost their feet I'm not exactly the next Wangi

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 28 Feb 2005, 17:28

Full frontal ?

dccairns · Post by **dccairns** » 28 Feb 2005, 19:03

Good shots, Marya. I think they fully capture the essence of the evening!

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 28 Feb 2005, 19:48

Well by the time I took them I had certainly consumed much of the 'essence' of the evening

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 03 Aug 2005, 09:05

I thought you may be willing to be a case study Epykat,in order to help this student with her PHD on air guitar.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 03 Aug 2005, 19:05

Thanks Marya I'll look forward to it

I really think I need more hair though.