Review of McMadmeet 2, Day 1. Powered by 'Verve' powder, for relief from the effects of food and alcohol. Ghillie Browns was the start of the McMadmeet 2. I nervously awaited the arrival of the rest of the gang, as I recalled the last time I sat in this pub myself, my fears grew as yet another strange looking man sat down beside me. (No jokes, please.) As usual, the barmaid was straight out of the 'Rent-A-Barmaid/ Barmaid Catalogue'. I grimaced as i looked at my pint of 80shilling, remembering that only a few hours ago I had awoken, head spinning on the floor of Kiwi Chris' flat in Edinburgh to the sound of Mr.G's wholly unneccessary bodily functions. But being the Scot which I am, finished off my pint anyway, just as Colin and Rob (looking very nutty in a pair of poundstretcher wraprounds) come in. Then shortly afterwards, our very own Doctor Peter appears. Next through the door is Cheryl. Top Marks to her for coming through. And, last but not least to meet us in Ghillies, John 'Netiquette' McEvoy and Niel C join the party. it's then that we find out John had been at the Wembley gig, and had been speaking to Mr.G. Nothing to do with the amounts of drink that had been consumed that day, i assure you. After a few rounds later we head off to O'Henrys....until we realise that MrG made a mistake and that O'henrys was where we were to be at 7pm, and not 5..So the hidden delights of Underworld it is! After managing to work out Steve and Lara's mobile cos of a missing digit on the voicemail, a number of photos are taken of the gang, and MrG almost managed to deeply offend a lassie. No change there then. Meanwhile, a discussion about certain female pop singers results in, as Niel C puts it, the only real excuse for a Time Machine. By now the drink had taken the desired effect. Plans were afoot for getting the DJ out of his tower to ask him to play Madness. But instead we went off to O'Henry's (Which, for any Travis fans out there, is right across the road from The Horseshoe Bar, The Travis equivelent of The Dublin Castle.) After one or two, i head outside to see who it was who had tried to phone me..and low and behold, the car draws up and there waving at the window is Steve!! And Lara! And mum and dad!! So as I get introduced to my adopted family out comes the 'Vote for Fred ' placard which i couldnt take on the bus home last time! So as Rob says, we tried to take it to Left Luggage, no luck there, so we walk back from the station to the oub, with Glasgows finest baffled at just who Fred is. It was then i heard the familiar voice of Mr Iain 'threads' Mason. Back to OHenrys, in comes more of Laras family, and the gang is all here! a quick trip back to Mr.Gs flat with VFF placard and back to the pub to watch the Everton game! Next port of call was O'Niells pub, and what agreat time was had in there..they didnt play and Madness, so we solved that problem by singing the songs ourselves. By this time, The Doc was dancing in amongst the other people totally out of his head (has to be said, mate). Just for the record, the bloke dressed as a chicken and the guy dressed as a rabbit were in actual fact real, and not drink-inspired visions. After a rendition of New York New York by a few of our Number we headed off downstairs to the music room. Got off to a good start but deteriorated with the ugly incident when someone turned on Rob. I was sickened that it happened to a mate and sickened when the police did F all and turned on us! A little bit of shine had been taken off the evening by a Glasgow dreg. But hopefully it didnt ruin a good night for all. Also of note, was Peter's untimely ejection from the club. I noticed something was going on when a bouncer was standing next to Peter while he looked for his jacket (which, was actually in the cloakroom, he forgot and was rooting through a bunch of lassie's coats.) So, I bid goodnight to the two girls with whom i had been invited to dance with (being a gentleman, i could hardly refuse, no? Especially when it turned out the liked Madness.) and so ended the night...not before a glass of 'Verve' in MrG's house! In the morning, Peter, Rob and myself bid farewell to Colin, and set off with my Vote For Fred placard on the way home..many strange looks, a mouthed F*** off from a passing driver, and a joke from an old man which quite frankly died on its arse even before he finished it, because he thought it was an anti smoking placard. (?) And so ended McMadmeet 2 part one! Stay tuned for Part Two and McMadmeet awards...... Stoo - ______________________________________________________________ Visit the Total Madness Mailing List website for: latest news, madmeet info, list charter, games, and more ... http://members.xoom.com/totalmadmail/ Contact the TMML Moderators at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the message body put: unsubscribe total-madness
