-The Navigators Club Rep Nights on OD, complete with sunbeds...
-El getting left on a van going to Hayward after falling asleep on the way back from Hyannis and the rest of us getting off at Burgess without him!
-The Duck Inn - Country Roads and Britney with the Hen Party - and the Rings of Fire (twice!)
-"GRIEVE" and "Handcheck"
-Cookie-Squirrels
-The infamous (and dangerous) diary room
-The AD-LIBS, especially the aircraft one...
-Curly Fries
-The 'Completely...Awesome' catchphrases
-Darius Vassell's tumbles to the ground after scoring a goal
-Milkybars and Funmeters
-'Constipated' by Gary Brown - a specialty classic cover of Avril Lavigne.
-naaaaaaaaaa, na, na, nanananaaaaaaaaaa
-for Gary and El: the M+P barbecue photo session (has it been developed yet, gary?)
-wiping the memories page through sheer stupidity...(hmm, that one was a bit recent...)
-El's guided tours (if u don't know don't ask) -The look on donna's face as she realised it was her shoe pete had just thrown into the lake!!! -Noella's brilliant ending to the kitchen staff airband
Shaun's Driving School - Session 3 9.30!
(at least we got some food at the end of it, even though it wasn't McDonalds!)
Pete.
500 Miles - pure Scottish musical magic at ALA
Reese and his Naked Happy Hour in the Tavern
I loved Beach Days! I mean, the kids compained, we were frost bitten, but it was a really good time. I guess I just loved seeing everybody and having a little sand between our toes. XOXO Sommer
Scotty and the boy McNeilly never seemed to do any work as far as I can remember.
Session 3 changeover lunchtime was a classic (apologies if you weren't there, won't make any sense if you weren't).
Not strictly a camp memory but seeing Gregg stagger off to catch his paper train (Edinburgh, 3am) will live long in the memory.
alan
'why have you turned into a muppet?' - elliot young , session 4, 2001.
M+P was just amazing: pure and simple magic for two days. Everyone seemed to be smiling and having the time of their lives.
EZ the Tiger's many adventures
"I HAD ME AN ARNIE, AND HE PLEASED ME!" -"GET TO THE CHOPPER!"
Lloyds famous flagpole
" i was gonna do my favourite tennis player.... but anna kournikova will haev to wait "
taken totally out of context by everyone who attended.
Lloyds famous flagpole
" i was gonna do my favourite tennis player.... but anna kournikova will have to wait "
taken totally out of context by everyone who attended.
the 2am mcdonalds listening to otis redding at the canal, and the subsequent food poisoning from the two plain cheesebrugers; thanks for the lift colin!
the stolen m+p leaders sheet during lloyd's announcements! did you say announcements? yes.
THE MARSHALLS' CHALLENGE: HYANNIS MALL - 2001-2002 -the competition to find the worst piece of clothing (mainly shirts, but we allowed trousers and hats if they were good enough) on earth.
It has to be said Celts and Convicts vs. Rest of the World. Good Games with the series ending in a tie.
It has to be said Celts and Convicts vs. Rest of the World. Good Games with the series ending in a tie.
"SHAZAAAAMMMMMMMM!!!! I HAVE EXORCISED THE DEMONS! THIS HOUSE IS CLEAR"
WILLOW-WATCH!
Elliot and me turn O.D into a serious tennis ball soccer game and O.D never went by so fast and so violently...
A night of partying in montreal with, Chez ... (you know who),the casino del montreal and a lot of drinking on St'laurent. Good times
Adric
the kitchen boys pointing escapades
the phantom logger/code red maker
chillin with maintanece
all the ladies
stevie's tunnel of love
TICK CHECK!
"You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips, And there's no tenderness like before in your finger-tips. You're tryin hard not to show it baby, but baby!baby I know it...... You've lost that lovin feelin, woh oh that lovin feelin, you've lost that lovin feelin now its gone, gone , gone wooohohohoh.
"Pete - you're a plum"
SITTING UP AT THE LODGE ONE NIGHT, WITH US ALL SINGING 'STREETS OF LONDON' BY RALPH MCTELL, FROM EMMA'S ANCIENT SCRAPBOOK OF LYRICS AND CHORDS. ONE OF THE MOST RELAXED EVENINGS OF THE SUMMER, ESPECIALLY AS NONE OF US KNEW THE WORDS TO THE THIRD VERSE EVEN THOUGH WE ALL SAID WE'D SUNG IT AT SCHOOL!...
pete.
Girls we need some memories.. all the guys have so many im beginning to think only guys come on here.. .also i think it should be a rule (or a suggestion) that u should put ur name after a memory. ~Ryan
this may only be a memory for me and pete but the standard set by each group in the music program this summer was outstanding. remember the lyric game
...... i hope you had the time of your life
etc
agghhhh the good times
To the love of most campers but the disgrace of some councellors
"tendeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrr"
Gary
Navigator crab football
its roldinio-crab
Look at the skill on the ball
is that an overhead kick i see
Gary
Actually all navigator unit games
Gary
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm no!
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm yeah!
Gary
Paul's actions during the 'but you're late' line of buttercup; McNeilly you know exactly what I'm talking about, and i remember us laughing about it for a good half-hour that mealtime...
Pete
ps. i think ryan's idea of leaving your name on these is a good one. I was going to add a 'name' box to encourage/remind us to leave it with each memory, but don't want to mess about with this too much incase anything goes wrong again....
Me, Ryan, Dan & Marshall on our road trip to Six Flags - Shut the F*@% Up, Shut the F*@% Up, Shut the F*@% Up!!
Yeah Nikki... sitting in the back seat with Marshall for 6 hours, listening to Boyz 2 Men, and not being allowed to talk was definatley the highlight of the summer.... and the fact that I knew every word of the Boyz 2 Men album doesn't mean a thing! -Dan
Reversing Buffy into a tree.....twice! And then have Bruce tell this to Glenn with great glee!!! Bruces final comment said it all, though: "at least you wern't a Candaian!"
Tim
Woof
For me one of the best was young Foley dancing on the Burgess waterfront. Shaun
El, I hope you realise why this page is in black and white - remember the old board, and you printing out 40 pages of pure purple and pink paper! I'll never forget your comment:
'well it's still printing now...and trust me, it doesnay need to be printed in colour. Aaaaggghh'
Pete
ps. over 50 memories on here now, so keep them coming...
This one is a personal fav of mine. Spencer telling our kids not to be afraid of the horses and to feed them, then when asked to help out himself, he near shits himself, "Im not goin near them they're evil". Shaun.
-gary's guitar set's at cabin chat's- all the songs especcially the classics-"Lying sleeping on the floor" and "your musics not right" and then the americanised radio hit version of 500 miles in the style of eddie vedder.
500 miles at staff dance, in the van runs, at ala, in the cabin.
"nobody told me it'd be soo good" darius seasion 4- a camper asking me and gary if he could buy that in the shops- after the camper had been singing along to the whole song whilst playing air guitar on the broom!
-nate's mafia game during beach party, and the pond outside their cabin
-adric shouler barging me to the floor during a game of O'D tennis ball soccer- one top O.D- I was flat out for a good minute!
Club reps!
- holiday maker counselours
-Gary buying the first round of pepsi's for the ayanapa O.D on deckchairs by the pool at 11.30 at night on the navigator decks looking at the stars and reading the daily record.
-tidy man! tidy!
- singing "we gotta get out of this place" on the last day of camp when it came on the radio- then realising that most people must have taken us seriously
- muskeget mistery
-me and nate standing over a kid telling as that camp was great- then when asked if it was how he'd it expected it would be he looked at me and nate and said "no" everythings just so much bigger- it was a direct refrence to height.
kev me and ryan insuring that we limited the costs of running Arts and crafts by trying our hardest to win the paper airplane contest that we were also marking.
my wee brother chucking the photo of the lodge ness monster across the room when he first looked at it- the photo came out- i think it may well be the first picture that pete will place in the "other pictures" section of the photo gallarey.
chicken wings and whiskey sours
first night on camp hayward- I'd warned dan it was basic, in the cit room we decided to sleep- i notified him that this was in fact one of the better places to sleep- a rather worried looking hand on chin dan looked at the other exit door and asked if it was the toilet! we should have pointed out that it at least had windows
pete wilson "I'm a complex character, In no way whatsover"
pete wilson "eL I think you better tell them that your joking, just in case they don't quite understand."
"Obi wan has tought you well!"
Grieve hand check- tim drilling for oil!!
mission impossible for the evian drinking water in the copley mariot
pressing all the buttons and visiting all the floors of the lift in the copley mariot- and the amount of farting that was going on- just like all those movies
"fields of Gold"
eL "I'm not gonna drink tonight" a few drinks later "i'm not gonna get drunk tonight" a few free shots later on the van home "hey gary, hey what......"
these memories were left by; eL
el. those were brilliant; thanks for making me laugh more than I have in ages.
Pete
Driving the 12 midnite van run back to camp AFTER eL was 'not going to drink tonite' then 'I'm not going to get drunk tonite'!!!!!
Tim
Woof
I was never the phantom logger, I made sure of that, but I must admit to the odd code red.....or two......or three!
Tim
Woof
Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, Door, at the daily senior staff meeting.
Tim
Woof
Has to be 2nd session time off i shared with Reece and Steve, we ended up getting a motel room in Hyannis - in which we duly ended up in a drunken state. The next morning as Reece and Steve are still sleeping - there is a knock at the door and standing there is this 19 stone and 7ft monster wanting to know how we managed to break our room's window. At this point the guy is getting angry whilst im badly hungover - trying to work out how we broke the window. It turns out we left keys in room and Steve decided to break in!!!!! Unforgetable!
Another one - does anyone remember "Happy Tricertops" day? Think back to Trevor during staff meeting at end of 1st session!!!
Cheers, Gregg
El, you inspired me to dust off the cover of the infamous journal to look up some of the stuff from that first week that I'd forgotten:
That first night in the cabin with dan walking through and opening the other door was classic - and that was also the night I first went to the diary room and you shouted 'who goes you decide!' loud enough to have woken everyone up in that CIT cabin. We've also got to put down here the navigator song medley in Staff Training (the sound file is coming soon...); anyway, also remembered:
-physical skills group 2: nature walk - alan's classic descriptions of the apple as part of aimee's 'test your senses' exercise - 'hmm, the texture seems to be very interesting, and the contours of the shape are intriguing....' Little did I know then that that was just alan.
-spilling water all over Sean during a game of uno, soaking him totally...
-the power cut/el's 'apocalypse now' syndrome
-El, all i can say is 'de de de, de-du-de-duuuu' - you know the tune you played me that morning on the walkman (sorry to everyone else this will make no sense, at least I hope it won't!)
-Smirnoff Ice's all round at the Ocean Grill
-The Epic Exhibition Table Tennis Match with Gary, even better than last year, and even more catchphrases and falling over
-Steve: remember Joey's 'It's in the blooooood'?
-MiniGolf at changeover (the lobster pot!)
-the TGI waitress, the stolen water and the loyalty card
-Six in a taxi; and being wheeled round hoyts ciname car park in a marshalls trolley
-ALA Rehearsals and Arguments (sound file on its way...)
-The Goonies' party on the island, followed by walking the plank
-joe: all I can say is 1) frank spencer 2)liza minelli (that's the most random memory ever, but it was one of the funniest things I've ever experienced)
-singing 'King of the Road' on the van runs.
-"you guys were f%&*ing AWESOME" - Duck Inn 2002
-"you know why it's hard to swim? It's the waves." (1st changeover - yarmouth beach)
-Drip Drip Drop with Kiwanis Session 4 after our boys had the 'best dance ever' two nights before - testosterone in the 12 year olds? - you'd better believe it.
-Painting the Pioneers
-M&P Barbecue - maybe not as funny as El's bodyslam from '01, but the 'photo opportunity' was still pretty funny.
-"100 laps round the cabin"- Elliot entertains at specialty checkout
-Ailsa's hood in drenched 'Kandy Korner' ice cream run - one of the funniest things i've ever seen in my life.
-gotta stop now, i've started reading the journal again, and realised how long i've been typing here! And sorry these are time-off related - lots won't make sense to more than a few people, but I suppose memories are always like that...
those last ones were from pete. sorry I forgot again!
the journey to montreal impromptue game of soccer, and the C.D selection, five in the ford, and Britney spears continuing to ride us all till we got their.
Colin informing us it'll cost $15 to get their-- a particularily happy memory for me cause i'm scottish
the diary room- in partiular the alan stewart night- like when they profile them on E4- edge of seat shock horror.
these memories were left by; eL
-going to sleep in a baseball game while the crowd tried to wake me up, and when I eventually did, them laughing at me from four directions, along with the stewards....
-the zoom-lens photos and the pineapple vodkas)
-'you had a pick....you big bitch' (gary brown)
-Elliot Young's specialty "points system" TM.
-waking up to "Happiness is Eggshaped" on the CD player on the first morning of Session four, after finally getting my request to work with mr.mcneilly - happy days.
-pete-
Zip and clip on the pontoon boat
Tim
Woof
Sorry, these are not strictly camp related but during our mini re-union in Edinburgh with Elliot, Dan and Pete we promised we'd put them on the board. Anyway here goes!!
Firstly - the Take That(!!) video in Teviot was a classic start to the day.
Next up - "Dont try and tell me directions in my own city" Dan to Pete. Also the "Special Brew man"!!
"The sherrif"
Berti Vogts aka the drunken old git!!
The best one - Big Pete getting kicked out of a pub and going home in a totally paralytic state, not even getting to the game!
Finally - my mini pitch invasion at the end of Scotland v Canada
Cheers Gregg
right, there's a lack of hayward memories here, if none appear, we're going to have to make some up!
gregg you forgot some of the scotland game memories i only remember casue i was writing them down!
Dan story of how he got pulled over in his car by the police in front of his new (gold standard) girlfriend and her mate, and acting completely composed- "they were well impressed" he proclaimed, at exactly the same time as sending flying across the floor a large drinks promotion thing that happened to be in the middle of the table prior to his tony blair style hand gesture.- henceforth dan earned the nickname swift for a good ten minutes
me and gregg discussing the fact that after 4 hours drinking we only had another 3 left until the game and me noting that our current run rate would only allow about another 6 pints- at which point Gregg reasures me we can just have a pint every 10 mins
meeting gregg in the station - within 5 mins he was predicting i'd be the first to get thrown out of the scotland game for shouting anti english comments (clearly joking about my true nature then) but this inspired my first new sing along song of the day that we started up just after being told to stop singing berti vogtts songs- in traditional camp style the song had a clear message behind it, and was also repetative and therefore easy to remember, and taken from a precious moment that we captured in time. All you had to do was repeat :"thrown out, were gonna get thrown out, were gonna get thrown out were gonna get thrown out, thrown out........
these meomories were left by eL, who is currently STILL trying to give up drinking and therefore promotes the use of alcohol in no way whatsoever.
my favorite was the nite we had herman invade us and we moved ALL our beds n stuff to the tennis courts...
worst memory was the ride home after i left....i realized i should have stayed... :(
ok and another one beign ALA...and the 2 campfires i played at...this summer showed me not to be afraid of criticism...and playing my guitar in front of everyone was such a rush i remember crying after ALA cuz i was so glad i did it...i've never had the guts to just put myself out there like that...and well...thanks guys...
takin in most of eL's drink in hyannis on time off ses.1 ha!! pickin up the smirnoff too.....
no names needed....ppl who were there prolly remember as i got slack for hmm...the rest of the summer!
and TICK CHECK that change over HAHA!
the whole "i'm not drunk" when i really wasnt n ppl kept tellin me i was
change-over 3-4 we all know why but i'm not sure if ppl are saying it yet...cuz i'm way out of the loop
skivvy dippin! haha thats about all...i think i have so many
-Gary and El's flagpole at the end of M+P on Hayward Tennis Courts - a full verse and chorus (pop idol style) of Colourblind by Darius.
-The 'Let me Entertain You' Hayward flagpole on the afternoon before ALA - I remember them calling out to us, and us playing really loud with Gary singing at the door so they could hear us from the Y building!
-being rugby tackled at Boston airport as soon as arrived, and knowing about 5 minutes after that that I was going to have the best summer ever...
Jen B's birthday at the archery range with the "presents" after 3 years
stealing donna's clothes while at the waterfront, forcing her to go to flagpole in just her bathing suit
bad boy
oyster cracker and applesauce phenomena
SIMBA!
session 3 closing campfire
something about stars...
the watermelon seed fight
road trip to maine
the bug in dawn's ear
kids who talk in their sleep
session two overnight with the geese and the guys in the boat and how all the burgess boys came to the rescue and carolyn sleeping through it all
session three overnight with the gross macaroni and cheese and dawn going into the dumpster and getting stuck
my penis gummies from P-town from dawn and dayle
serenading jen b at her window with dawn at night with shakespear
time after time
the two baby chipmunks that fell out of the tree
Bertie Botts every flavour beans
the OD candle with annie
Tubing with dawn
the leg flip dance move and how i gave my ankle whip lash
sleepovers
me walking into all of the coat hangers during first changeover and getting a bump and not remembering how come
M & P and sleeping over with dawn and scaring her kids the next morning
OCD...but now anally retentive
the snake in the waterfall
$10...stay tuned for updates on that!
these memories were posted by Jessica Yessica
-El's ridiculously 'politically correct' M+P posters
-gary's 6 goals in the staff vs campers soccer game, scored for the campers; they were pleased to win though, mr.ehiogu, even though they didn't touch the ball! ...at least they were until someone tried to score from the half way line from the kick off....BAM!!!
-Tiny Dancer - live, unreleased ALA performance - a great relaxed moment in the middle of a long and hectic day...
getting chased by the quail during the overnight, and three other times...it totally reaffirmed my intese fear of birds...i still have nightmares
my cross leg chip in the staff vs camper soccer game at specialty.
gary
if you were a navigator in 2001, or even if you weren't, there's some classic memories at:
www.thegreencouch.co.uk/2001archivedmemories.htm
Pete.
Playing ten fingers so many times for the lack of anything else to do. me saying, well, i got down to seven... this memory is posted by frizz
"you so full of...." (gary & pete's catchphrase of the summer- funnier every time)
bug finding new home in dawns ear-session 1(is it still there?) mullet wigs...detachable rat tails my attempt at Bon Jovi-airbands session 4 attack of skunk on OD nearly every night-paddlers session 2 uanfind xo
pete wilson being attacked by the skunk during his inspiration song writting at 1am in the morning what was teh sound again pete
" mmmmmmmeeeeeawwwwwww "
classic pete
Gary
The Mountain Dew Impotence Rumour and the popularity of Gatorade as drink of choice that week.
".......take me home, Alan Stewart, to the place, I beloooooooooooooong, Camp Burgess.....(next line, please?)"......
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something about boats, ships or tankers maybe???
I thought it was about a few Bankers......
Circus carnival when pete had all the kids plus me, donna, himself & paul hoping around the bouncy castle screaming "aaaggghhhhhh a crocodile bit my arm off"!!I still can't believe we did it - well u 2 guys did it donna & me couldn't do it for laughing!!!! Kelly
carnival day was always one of the best times, I remember i was so incapable of running any stall properly, and it ended up just being 'make people do stupid stuff on the spot', which also took much less time to set up and tidy up afterwards! sunny days, and popcorn vouchers, that's what life's all about, isn't it? -p-.
messages ain't working
i know. it's annoying isn't it
they work now!
the last morning walk around Spectacle Pond - a really special moment.
The amazing Viking pillow fights on the loge field-cstaff vs campers, including the unschedueled one on the last night of session 3
-eating more ice cream over 8 weeks than the average human does in a lifetime, thanks to being a g.i.t (girl-in-training). by the way, did dawn ever finish the challenge to try every possible ben and jerry's flavour?
-taking Ez the Tiger on every ride at 6 flags, and me and joe sleeping on him on the way back in nikki's crammed-full car! before he was taken hostage, by the way!
-yarmouth beach cafe - ailsa asking if she could have a look at the ice lolly i'd just bought, and then as soon as I gave it to her she made it fly a three feet in the air and land on the ground. I'm officially owed a popsicle, cos I hadn't even tried it before it made its burst for freedom!
-pete-
- attacking the chocolate cake at the BBC, then getting thrown out when everyone else from camp arrived. - searching for 'proper' go-karts on Cape Cod ... they don't exsist !! - polar bear swims - "He's tall ..." (it's a 'The Point' thing) - midnight van runs with Nikki and my scary driving - Donna W's seal trick ... - Jen B's 21st at the tavern !!!!!!!!!!! and getting her home that night - P-town with Sommer - Harriette, and how quickly she got a puncture - Swords and dragons fights at the h2o - listening to everyone on the walkie talkie because we had no phone at the h2o
just a few favourite things that spring to mind ... Anita.
"this is your unit leader speaking" at outrigger unit meetings in the winds. Jen B.
trying to tie Ez the tiger up the burgess flag pole - and then trying to keep a straight face as pete ran round the lodge with the photo trying to find out who did it?!!!!! Kelly
For those that will remember this one..... S.M.O.!!
El standing up in Staff Training talks to warn the new staff that campers had been known in the past to treat the cabin floor as a toilet. Laughter, then a few looks of horror round the room...
Dan Craig hawking his plate of laxative biscuits around the Lodge one evening before thinking better of it saying "it's no' right. And I'm a righteous man."
Uno anyone wnat a game of Uno
What will we do for flag-pole? I know lets run down the hill for a change, wait we did that yesterday and the day before and the day before. Who cares its fun....weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....... Shaun.
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Seems this is working again ok, so you can try posting more memories here - still working on the messages page. The problem wasn't at this end, but the company have apologised, and at least it seems to be on the mend a bit! Sorry for anyone trying to access this over the last couple of weeks, I've been sending them angry emails for a while with no response - but trust me there was nothing I could do...
Some Memories from Belfast Reunion - November:
-Dougal Football - and the Pet Rescue on the Escalator
-Elliot's photography discussion
-Burgess vs Hayward Singalong between the Dancefloor and the boys' table
-'You've Lost that Loving Feeling' - in front of the whole Brown family.
-Gary's Singalong (better than the breakdancing)
-"If this is Karaoke, why is there sound?!!"
-Addictive Orange Juice (Ailsa still won't reveal what was in it...)
-Willy Wonka's Murder Trial (only relevant to the Sunday Morning, but I'm sure Kelly will agree this was classic Elliot Young)
-"There's no chocolate bars beginning with J!"
-yay, glad this is back!
This is a Liverpool one. Sanata loves us all but he has ran out of wrapping paper.......... shaun.
the brithday weekend gary saying this is the last song on the 3rd song then countinuing for another 30 mins haha
"I can't sleep. I'm bored.....is anyone else bored...I can't sleep" etc.etc.
A couple from gary's b'day weekend which pete forgot to mention... Helen in the big plastic bag, cos she was too tired to get her sleeping bag. getting out of my warm comfy bed to say bye to the early leavers & finding pete sitting sleeping on the telephone stand in the hall. the card board cut out convent. squashing gary & el into a 106 (with me & pete) squashing gary, el & my dad into a nova
-Pete at 4.45 a.m doing his montreal style squirriling in an attempt to keep people awake apparently "i was just putting on clean underwear"
-gary's doing a dougal Kilnsmann goal celebration in belfast international airport after an attempted overhead kick
-drinking a beer and a coffee at the smae time
-hitting dougal into the metal stuff above the wall goal and fearing the worst- but the staff let us play on!
-camp burgess hayward survivor big brother series and deciding on the contestants for a good two hours, without coming to any real conclusion- although we have already fixed who'd be the winner.
-steps gold- so many hits, an ideal stocking filler-I'm sure it could now be picked up second hand as a result o people no realising the dancing possibilities, and the strike rate of hits puts aussi cricket to shame- (me failing to slag english cricket-I'm still trying to convince people thats who i support)
- deciding were having a reunion in edinburgh, on valantines day
-singing the unedited country road alan stewart version whilst nearly sober- a song that must have some milage in it as whilst strolling around a highly concentrated amsterdam tourist area we heard country road beaming out- walked past as the partying looked great but i was to concerned about the cost of a pint.
these messages were left by eL
El,
I can't believe your blasphemies! How can you have sung the alan stewart cover version 'nearly sober' having already been drinking from 12 til 8?!!!! And as for my nocturnal squirreling, what can I say? I WAS bored, but no changing of clothing actually took place - it was a good gag though. In the words of someone (I forget who), I think you'd better tell everyone you're joking, just in case....
Another great memory was the look on ailsa's face when presented with almost a pint of baileys in the brown family kitchen, and wondering how she was going to down it and still get to the party without needing to be carried onto the minibus.
not to mention: "I'll...i'll...i'll....have to call you back" - A Davy classic.
and El at the airport bar-
Barman: "Would you like to try the new black smirnoff ice?"
El: "No....Unless you're going to do us a deal. Preferably in Euros".
-"Man United's Season is Over. Fact" - El, if they win the league, you've got to buy all of the drinks next time I see you. With your own money. I can't think of a worse punishment for you than that.
pete. :)
ps. -"Where's Elvis in that jumpsuit?"
el's goal celebration down the terminal in belfast international
El's goal celebration down the terminal of Blefast international airport. classic.
El's goal celebration in the airport
...and el's goal celebration was good too!....
Tandem-Bikes on Marthas - one of the best days of the summer by a mile.
Going to Six-Flags with dan, ryan and marshall. brillinat place to go to, brilliant people to be with and brilliant memories to come away with. Hey Dan, shut the f*** up!!
Nikki
Oh Nikki, I believe Marshall and I were quiet the entire ride... might have had something to do with you and Ryan yelling at us anytime we tried to help out on directions. That's cool though, because it usually takes 4+ hours to get to Six Flags from the Cape, right?
talking of 6 flags, the look on joe's face as the superman ride started, the screams as it went on, and the relief when it was finished. Scooby Doo forever.
-The Big Brother Game - 'Luxury Items' - even funnier than picking the contestants.........
Ok I have to put this one in. Kenny Allen in a rain mack and suspenders....... "WHERE'S THE FIRE BABY.........."
Shaun.
table-tennis in the dark when the lights went out in staff training - what was the score, gary? 10-10 by any chance? :)
pete.
we didnt need light to play table-tennis it was all reflexes at the end of the night we didnt even know where the ball was but some how we still managed to hit it classic matches and the tennis match is still at 3-3 remember 2004 pete we must finsish it.
gary
2002-2004?!!!! That's the longest tennis match known to man, and you know we'd only play another 6 games in 2004! It might end up literally the match of the decade, finishing in 2010. Which would be great! That scorcher of a day was a classic memory in itself, it was the same day as the floating lifejacket experiment, the amazing southern fried chicken platter at hayward (therein lies the value of keeping a journal)....
Pete.
GRIEVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EZ the Tiger at M and P - all dressed up with a red cap and a backpack, cheering home the pioneers...
test
the epic grass-fight on the final afternoon of m and p at hayward. great fun, and I'm still itching now!
Me and Reese Wrestling at the end of M and P on the Hayward Ball Field. Shaun.
Talking about Ez the tiger reminds me of how cute the little navigators looked as they tried to carry their popstop tied to the front of him! Even cuter than navigators usually are (well they look cute anyway)!
Talking about Ez the tiger reminds me of how cute the little navigators looked as they tried to carry their popstop tied to the front of him! Even cuter than navigators usually are (well they look cute anyway)!
yep, the EZ Pop Stop was great fun - especially when all of the cabin were waiting for it to come back! Must've been in Session four, after his kidnapping! Apologies to Karen for having to load all the candy on to the tiger for two weeks! Pete.
Lobster Pots.
This is one from specialty camp. A great time doing General Programming a whole week of Olympic Day. Four teams it was great, well I misse the last two days after wrecking my leg and being doped up on on pain killers but from what I remember it was fun. Shaun.
Every friday at music interest group, watching the look on the campers' faces when they heard their own songs played through the PA system, (esp. in specialty) and the look on gregg's when we played his and el's '500 miles' from ala through the lodge windows onto the ball field with the huge speakers turned upto full.
-Stones paper scissors games with gary when deciding who's turn it was do anything in interest groups.
-scoring the first goal of the staff footy matches, fulfilled an ambition, but knew i'd never score another one :)
-buying milkybars for all of the campers just so I could say 'milkybars are on me'.
da da da daa da da da daa, da da da daa da da da daa, love is a burning flame, (Note Cash may say thing hear- i prefer flame- wording is optional) da da da daa da da da daa, and it makes a firey rain, da da da daa da da da daa, bound by wild desire, da da da daa da da da daa, i fell into a ring of fyre, da da da daa da da da daa, I fell in to a burning ring of fire, I went down down down and the flames went higher, and it burns burns burns,(echo effect) the ring of fiyer the ring of fire, da da da daa da da da daa, da da da daa da da da daa, da da da daa da da da daa, I fell in tooo a burning ring of fire, i went down down down and the flames went higher, and it burns burns burns (echo) the ring of fiyer (imp. Backing singers go ooohh ooh ooh ohh ooo) the ring of fyer the taste of love is sweet, da da da daa da da da daa, when hearts like ours meet, da da da daa da da da daa, i fell for you like a child, da da da daa da da da daa, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh but the fiyre went wild,(?what does this mean? I fell in to a burning ring of fire, I went down down down and the flames went higher, and it burns burns burns,(echo effect go wooo ooow woo wooo) the ring of fiyer the ring of fire, na na na na I fell in to a burning ring of fire, I went down down down and the flames went higher, and it burns burns burns the ring of fire the ring of fire the ring of fire, (fade out or get gary to melody the song into hit me baby one more time.)
merry christmas everyone, learn the leasons of this song this winter and watch out for ice when near burning rings of fyer. have a great 2003- and be sure to take up the option of a free pint for reciting the song in any of the pubs i own.
da da da daa da da da daa,
da da da daa da da da daa,
love is a burning flame, (Note Cash may say thing hear- i prefer flame- wording is optional)
da da da daa da da da daa,
and it makes a firey rain,
da da da daa da da da daa,
bound by wild desire,
da da da daa da da da daa,
i fell into a ring of fyre,
da da da daa da da da daa,
I fell in to a burning ring of fire,
I went down down down and the flames went higher,
and it burns burns burns,(echo effect)
the ring of fiyer the ring of fire,
da da da daa da da da daa,
da da da daa da da da daa,
da da da daa da da da daa,
I fell in tooo a burning ring of fire,
i went down down down and the flames went higher, and it burns burns burns (echo)
the ring of fiyer (imp. Backing singers go ooohh ooh ooh ohh ooo)
the ring of fyer
the taste of love is sweet,
da da da daa da da da daa,
when hearts like ours meet,
da da da daa da da da daa,
i fell for you like a child,
da da da daa da da da daa,
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh but the fiyre went wild,(?what does this mean?
I fell in to a burning ring of fire,
I went down down down and the flames went higher,
and it burns burns burns,(echo effect go wooo ooow woo wooo)
the ring of fiyer the ring of fire,
na na na na
I fell in to a burning ring of fire,
I went down down down and the flames went higher,
and it burns burns burns
the ring of fire the ring of fire the ring of fire,
(fade out or get gary to melody the song into hit me baby one more time.)
merry christmas everyone, learn the leasons of this song this winter and watch out for ice when near burning rings of fyer. have a great 2003- and be sure to take up the option of a free pint for reciting the song in any of the pubs i own. eL
el, i like the fact that you wrote that twice, just like we sung it twice on that unbelievable duck inn night. you forgot that its compulsory to be drinking pineapple vodkas at the same time though!
This one comes from a little trip to Dublin last week. Its quite strange how Angels can appear in Barley in the Guinness Brewery. Perhaps the Vatican should look into this...... Shaun
A few Winter Reunion memories, for those who were there and those who weren't: - Kevin's car vs. the giant log next to the Palace.. the log won - Breakfast to go at Ginny's - being reminded that it was Currie's birthday a good 200 times - snow (American) football, especially Simon taking Sanders down - Kenny Allan ice skating... the funniest/slowest thing I've seen in a long time - Me and Kev's awesome scary stories
And I'm sure I'm missing a ton more... Dan
I can't believe what I'm seeing! - new memories!!!!!! YAY!!!!!! - nice one dan.
"wicked class"
"wicked class"
"wicked class"
OK, I'm a muppet cause that came up three times. Sorry!
I guess this page is getting long so thats why you need to wait a minute to check if the memory has been added before trying to press the button again. Don't worry, the muppet is this website - its at times like this when I wished I knew what I was doing! oh well! pete.
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The sight of Billingsgate Cabin holding hands everywhere they went in session 4.
....yep was always fun to see both members of billingsgate hand-in-hand.
the had to hold hands in billingsgate session 4 because we seemed to loose a lot of them aint that right alan. hahaha,
gary
remember why Al and I made them hold hands? Remember all the pailing that were kicked off the verandah? What a site! Steve
let's go out to play straight away, to catch tadpoles in a jar.
U know what - That's racist!!!
All i ever wanted to do was cut hair... oooo i need to sit down
this slopes on a hill
take them home to mother, tell your brother where they are, across the cow field
MONK - Hi, have you ever met a monk on your travels???
EL - no......but i have drunk your tonic wine.
This from when el and myself decided to partake some of the tonic wine which does not guarentee health giving ie buckfast.
Inspiration Sessions on Burgess Beach
Dan's Dawson's creek voice over
"It is STILL August 10th, 2002"
COme on guys, we need some new memories of camp and time offs up here!!
Come on guys, we need to put some new memories of camp and our awesome time offs up here!!
El's Mashed Potato in Chilis.
"day five....who goes.....you decide"
pete i hope your recording this
pete i hope your recording this
pete i hope your recording this
pete i hope your recording this
i wish i could fly , right up to the sky, but i cant
Ya can
I cant
Day 4. No wait it's day 5. Day 5 Gary is disorentated
This is a memory that will never leave me. Camp is a place where you meet the greatest people in the world. Both male and female. As of right now May 31st I am single. In a way it is good but in another way it is one of the biggest mistakes that I have made in my life and there is not one day that I don't regret it. KG I will always love you no matter what happens. You are the first girl that I have ever loved like that and I hope you never forget that. I truly hope that some day we do get back together, what I said in December was completly true if I was older and had a good job I would have already proposed to you but the way the shit falls that did not happen but I don't regret a thing because meeting you and being with you Ican say is one of the greatest things that ever happened to me . Whenever I look into the sky I will always search for the teapot princess. I love you -Chris. This is amemory I will never forget one of the greatest memories out there, Falling in Love. Don't go lookin it will always come to find you.
Some things from London:
-"Our House" - "finally a musical to rival Mama Mia" - according to the official promoter, 'Slideshow Dan'.
-The Return of the Squirrel
-"Morning"
-El: "Pete, whats that building?" - Pete: 'No idea' (x5000)
-the Tracy Chapman busker guy, fantastic!
-The boy shouting 'urrrrrggggghhhhh' during the love scene in "Fame" - biggest round of applause in the whole performance - especially from mr. young.
-Ailsa's Matrix Style running through leicester square to check if the comedy club was still serving food.
Looking back through the old memories, there's one from El saying in November "Man United's season is over. Fact". From that point they won almost every game and won the league with points to spare. Nice one El.
man u? i made a mistake master wise one. fact.
here are the results of the reunion memories.
upon being approached about buying a buscars classical music C.D... "would you like to buy a c.D?'" "Noowe"
he's playing exactly the same set! it is a good one though. this atmosphe is excellent brillant awesome amazing spot on etc x10. esp in compariosn to fame- which we got to see twice as a result of the second half being exactly the same as the first. a hilarious comedy though!- cheers. THE SUNDAY TIMES- 4* out of 5*
the pete wilson tour of london "i come in here all the time" "I don't know where i'm going" "I tend to just go to the same places and know my way around them." I'm going to start coming here more often. "I really like covent garden. I don't know how to get there."
Me wearing a england shirt for establishing diplomatic and cultural unity, (Dan didn't have to wear one, as he's 50% english anyways. 16% italian 4 % horse meat) then being approached to swap shirt with a pissed sweaty nutter trying to engage me in conversation about how great england were, and asking if he could kiss the three lions and wondering why i wasn't so quick to do like wise. me trying but failing to answer without giving away my identity. him sussing and apply naming me a sweaty jock, before puzzling me about weather i believed in Jesus, and wondering if i'd like to buy tickets to our house. we avoided being robbed hit and spat on by this guy, which was nice, but his recipitating attempts at cultural unity meant we had to splash out on a cab as we missed the train, Although we were still able to catch our flight home. Cultural unity and leasions were learnt by all.
although "i thought you were gonna have to hit him"
the cardiff hotel. the room for 6 in the basement. the wallpaper falling of the walls which could all be touched from the middle of the room, the debate as to what the smell was, the realisation, that yes i think it probably is dampness. open the window, get some fresh air in, can any one smell gas? actually maybe you should should shut that!
the closet bathroom which we all had to step out of.
is that a mouse or a rat?
alans tour of London- the themes walking tour pete took notes for next time!
meeting allans thai bride
a huge plate of chilly and warm welcome to east dulwhich
pete wilsons 4a.m stage props for comodey genius,the packet of crisps, opt cite montreal and belfast squirelling.
the marriage proposal!
what was that joke about the poodels i may need it!
the rise and rise of the free lance journalist.
these memories were left by eL (aka smelly jock)
stroll on
-Pizza Hut - El's plans for his best man's speech for a mate's wedding: "I've only got the first line sorted - 50% of marriages end in divorce".
-the girl sitting down playing some form of double bass or cello in covent garden; she really should've been wearing a pair of combats or jeans.
-Dan: 'Tonight Matthew I'm going to be..........any one of about 75 artist of the course of a weekend.'
-dan becomes mr. helpful porter in an attempt to win the favour of a south african receptionist - "she wants me, man, definitely wants me. i'm looking even more gorgeous than when I last looked. which wasn't long ago".etc.etc.
-'that man's really good at making bird noises isn't he?'.......'pete, he's selling whistles'.
El: After popular demand, here is the poodle joke.
Three dogs are sitting in a pub. Then a young collie walks in, and the dogs all say 'oh my word......look at her.....'. She walks over to the three dogs, and says: 'if one of you can put the words liver and cheese into one sentence, i'll go out with you tonight'. So the labrador says 'I hate liver and cheese' - she looks at him and says 'nah, that's pathetic, no chance'. Then the poodle says 'Well, I love cheese, and I love liver'. Again she looks at him and says 'no way, that's terrible'. Suddenly the doberman growls 'look lads, just liver alone. cheese mine.'
(you had to be there.)
First Memory of camp this year will have to be teh six pack challenge...it has been great fun to see all teh stuff that has gone on between you four competetors....lol
*New Memories Test following downtime* - 9/8/03
Consistency is a good thing, but change is also a very good thing. (Elliot Young/ Martin Luther King)
AARDVARK!!!!
