Fiveteen minutes - The S & M is popular...
"There are only two things I can't stand in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures... and the Dutch. " - Nigel Powers, Goldmember.I've not met that many Dutch people, and if Lara is anything to go by, then they are a very lovely bunch (of coconuts). That said, there are a small minority who deserve to be shot. They are called De Hippos and have a whistling mechanical Ostrich. Intolerant? Me? You listen to that at 4 in the morning and remain calm.
We did have fun though. Iain and I managed a completely silent sleeping bag race. There aren't any photos, just eyewitness accounts, but it was funny.
Anyway, this isn't a forum for me to moan as I'm not the MOS (Nod to Iain!). The kiddy pop at 7:45 was bearable. You could just about sleep to it, but apparently, Donna can't put a sports bra on the floor without falling over to it. Swings and roundabouts eh? If you listen to Dutch kids singing for long enough, you start to hear an English equivalent comeing through, though most has an anatomical flavour.
The 'S & M' is a reference to the T-shirt sizes that were selling like hot cakes, courtesy of the guy who woke us up, paraded around in grey pyjamas all morning, and wore white tights to the social.
I can't really remember everything that happened (seems like ages away now) so I'm not going to try and recall any facts. I'll just put up some photos. More should come along soon.
Big thanks go out to Amy and Sally, who put in a Sterling effort, sitting on t'internet for the best part of an evening looking for cheap deals, while the rest of us ate pizza and watched Shrek 2. They created a reality from a pipe(dream)and a crepe. Schmoke und a pancake, anyone?
If you don't like it 'Den der ish no pleashing you!'
Oh, by the way, the person with the Voodoo effigy of me, can you not stab me in the head when I'm trying to enjoy myself? Ta.
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My camera has intelligent focusing. So intelligent, that when Joey gets in the viewfinder it doesn't bother to focus, assuming that he'll be moving too fast. |
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I don't know. Five minutes out of Harwich, Fiona is rolling a J, Sally's got a vial of Amyl Nitrate, and Donna's got a big bag of coke. I can't take these guys anywhere. Game of Sh'ed anyone? |
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Well, I was up for some authentic Dutch cuisine, sadly Lara wasn't. And I quote "You don't want it, it's horrible". |
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Bex had the 'Naughty schoolgirl look'. Iain on the other hand, was in a very philosophical mood. Joey was on Sangria. |
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Look, this hair is really curly! |
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Try as he might, even with Donna's hand in his head, James couldn't stay awake. It's amazing how much excitement 9 euros can generate. |
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Joey tries a couple of beers out for size. Jack has the "Don't worry, he does this all the time" look. |
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Joey looks on in horror as Iain attempts to perform a frontal lobotomy on Fiona with only the power of his lips. |
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Jack said we should mingle with some of the other English Korfball teams. I think these guys thought " If I can't seem them, they're not there". |
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Is it me, or do we look like we've just finished a stage show? Drinks in the green room. |
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Breakfast on the veranda? Well, on a ping-pong table. If you look carefully, you can see Iain's bottle of vodka and lemonade. |
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Here's some of Canterbury. A case of 'you scratch our back and we'll scratch yours'. Nice bunch of people. |
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I think Donna was offering to thump me here. |
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Playing in the bedroom. |
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Playing in the other bedroom. |
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Look at the guy I had to mark! I think I just about came up to his knees. He must have thought he was having some sort of Lilliputian nightmare. Oompa loompa doopaddi doo. Enduring memory? Donna shouting "Keep him away from the post!!". |
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Front elevation. |
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Rear elevation. It's not what you look like, when you're doin´ what you're doin´. It's what you're doin´ when you're doin´ what you look like you're doin´! Express Yourself! Express Yourself! It's ok, Jack isn't doing what you think he's doing, even if he looks like he's doing what we all thought he was doing. |
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Ahem!! Undertaking! |
