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Christmas meeting

Started by Vera, Dec 14, 2011, 13:55:02

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Vera

Unfortunately Ron and I will not be able to come to the Christmas meeting as hoped.  May I take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and express our thanks for the warm welcome extended to us.

Ron and Vera

Carole

Shame you will miss it, the quiz is always fun, and the nosh is always good. 

Merry Christmas to you both.

Carole

RobertM

Yes, you're right Carole and sadly I'm having to miss it too :(

doug

Sorry to hear all you peeble will miss the Christmas meeting.  Have a Happy Christmas, and hope to see you all very soon.  :beer:

Doug and Rose.
Always look on the bright side of life ...

mickw

Another great Christmas meeting with the usual 1st class quiz from Tony - even I got a couple of correct answers  :D

Thanks again Tony
Growing Old is mandatory - Growing Up is optional

Carole

Yes great evening, always lots of laughs at funny anwers or comments.

Excellent quiz, but I wonder whether we could have a slightly shorter quiz in future as it left very little time for eating, drinking and socialising.  Maybe aiming to finish at 9.30 would be better.  Not to detract from the excellent content though.

Carole

mickw

It wasn't the quiz that took the time, it was the arguing and chat between questions.

I thought the timing was OK
Growing Old is mandatory - Growing Up is optional

Mike

I think it would save a lot of time if the quizmaster also marks the question sheets. That way there is no arguing. Pre-printed question and answer sheets would solve that problem.

I've volunteered to run the quiz next year so if I do it i'll run it that way.

Apart from that it was a very enjoyable evening. The chat and beers in the pub afterwards with Kylee's hilarious stories was also good.

Mike



We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. Carl Sagan

Carole

QuoteIt wasn't the quiz that took the time, it was the arguing and chat between questions
But for whatever reason, we didn't start eating until almost 10pm.

Carole

Mac

how about getting a plate of grub before the quiz and eating during the questions.

Mac.

Rocket Pooch

I agree Mac, in fact it would have made no difference to our score if we were nibbling away!

And I'm sorry but that spot the odd one out round was fixed, we scored at least 34 points on that!

:ferret:

Carole

Quotehow about getting a plate of grub before the quiz and eating during the questions.
That sounds like a good compromise, in fact I remember thinking that myself last night, that we could be eating and drinking while we were quizzing.

Carole

Tony G

Quote from: Rocket Pooch on Dec 16, 2011, 17:56:12
I'm sorry but that spot the odd one out round was fixed, we scored at least 34 points on that!

I believe the whole quiz was a fix, as I saw many people passing sealed envelopes over to the Quiz master prior to the contest starting, and did anyone see the new tie Tony was wearing.............please don't tell me that wasn't a anonymous gift, or just a coincidence, as I won't believe it.
The questions next year should be delivered 10 minutes before the quiz by G4S armed guards, and that should put a stop to all this nobbling. ;)

Tony G

PS........Our team the FLOCKERS didn't come last, we just came first from the other end. :D

Merry Christmas, and thanks for a great night.

 
"I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Superman." - Homer Simpson

Kylee

A very enjoyable evening indeed. I wasn't much help in the quiz...thank god for the experts. However...plenty more stories are available for the pub!!!

Merry Christmas to you all and a very Happy New Year.

See you soon

Kylee  :beer:

MarkS

Quote from: Carole
That sounds like a good compromise, in fact I remember thinking that myself last night, that we could be eating and drinking while we were quizzing.

Agreed.  A few glasses of French Pastis would have helped our team's lucidity ...