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Last Night

Very busy today, so a fuller report on last night’s planning together will have to wait. It was fun and here’s some questions to ponder in the meantime:

1. Should Famous Rob’s weakness for  Cointreau preclude him getting that job?

2. What did James mean when likened himself, Rob and I to Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and the famous Karl (and which one am I)?

3. How do you get the right music volume in bars? Should everyone get their own speaker, or there own louder v quieter voting buttons?

4. In future should we all leave when Gemma and Joel do to avoid stuff like the above?

5. Anyone else want to come next time?

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12 responses to “Last Night”

  1. Rob Mortimer Avatar
    Rob Mortimer

    Hardly a weakness! Second time ive ever had it as a drink, and had they had a decent bitter or proper beer I wouldnt have got it. Its not like I had Pimms or a Bacardi Breezer now is it…
    I dread to think. I also am scared which one is me.
    A speaker per table with audio directed upwards rather than outwards would mean every table can have their own perfect ambience.
    No, its just as amusing and interesting.
    Hope so, its turning into a good event. But what should My Brain Hurts IV have as its tagline?

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  2. Andrew Hovells Avatar
    Andrew Hovells

    Robert doth protest too much.
    Can I be Karl?

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  3. Rob Mortimer Avatar
    Rob Mortimer

    Indeed I do!
    Besides, its a nice drink…

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  4. Andrew Hovells Avatar
    Andrew Hovells

    Still protesting.
    Feel free to berate me for liking Baileys on ice, inexcusable too…

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  5. Rob Mortimer Avatar
    Rob Mortimer

    Well, id say thats worse 😉
    Baileys with chocolate ice cream is brilliant though.
    As is an Orange and Passionfruit J20 mixed with a double vodka and topped with Tango.
    Its what happens when you work in a pub…

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  6. gemma Avatar
    gemma

    God help the poor researcher who gets Rob in his or her focus group explaining his drink preferences 🙂

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  7. Rob Mortimer Avatar
    Rob Mortimer

    I’ll just have to give them one of the others in my repetiour…

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  8. Andrew Hovells Avatar
    Andrew Hovells

    I’d still like to see Rob ina research group though.

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  9. jamesb Avatar
    jamesb

    i’m not sure the gervais analogy works. rob could be karl. he certainly has that knack of talking gibberish as if it’s not gibberish 😉
    isn’t gibberish a good word!

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  10. Northern Planner Avatar
    Northern Planner

    He’ll make one hell of a planner then.
    Oxymoron’s a good word too. Makes me think of someone stupid with bad acne.

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  11. gemma Avatar
    gemma

    Right then.
    For a load of people who enjoy the job title ‘Planner’, we are surprisingly hopeless at organising anything. So we’d better get a move on and sort the next Northern Planning Summit.
    In case you were all too drunk to remember, I said I’d meet you all in Sheffield, so long as we started early-ish.
    Suggestions for dates/venue anyone?

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  12. Rob Mortimer Avatar
    Rob Mortimer

    15/16th or 29/30 November would be good for me. I cant do Wed or Thurs the week inbetween.
    We could introduce you to the Showroom and the ridiculous madness bringer that is Leffre… Opinions please!

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