Bride of Stampedenstein!

Meeting, Wednesday 4th July 2012:   Celebrating British emancipation from the Americans since 1776


In attendance: Mahdia, Lora,  Simon, Rob

Word of the day: Skedaddle : to run away hurriedly; flee.


Today we had a fantastic meeting. Celebrating those two things all Calgarians hold dear:
1) Stampede
2) Independence from the Americans.

As we all know, back in 1776 the English got really tired of sharing their Tea with the Americans. Unsure of how to proceed with this, they were assisted by the daring and cunning Spymaster George Washington, who came up with a plan to keep Tea for Brits only. Posing as a revolutionary General, he led a bunch of Colonists which included Mel Gibson, into a number of battles which the Brits conveniently lost, keeping a good cup of Tea safely on the European side of the pond.

What do Stampede, the 4th of July and Will Smith have in common? That's right...Wicki Wicki Wile Wile West...

Get your booty to the Stampede Y'all!

None of which has much relevance to our meeting.

All roles for the day were played by Lora Johnston. Seriously. She was Timer, Ah Counter, Grammarian, and Table Topics Master. It was like watching Dr. Strangelove... have you ever seen Lora and Peter Sellers in the same room?

Lora's word, Skedaddle was apt, because being July, all of the other members had run away. This is a peculiar Calgarian trait which always confuses me. Rumour has it that this is what really happens to people for the two months during summer...

So...Simon gave his 5th Speech, entitled "You Talk Funny". Essentially a 7 minute tale of how hard it is to get a glass of water in Calgary...accents...are...funny... right Jeremy?

Lora's table topics involved...peacocks...oh ok, they were all about Stampede.

Mahdia, we discovered, will only dress as a Cowgirl if you let her drive the Chuckwagon.
Rob let us in on the secret that Klondike days and the Stampede are the same thing, in different towns...
Lora likes Bullriding...and I suspect there's lots more to that story...
And Simon thinks the Force is Strong with the Herd...Yeehaw!

I quite enjoyed the meeting today. We discovered which of us were Pod People, and which weren't....

Mahdia was a commedable Toastmaster, and General Evaluator, Rob did a tremendous job evaluating, and Simon was a smart ass.

Right...time to Skedaddle...see you next week....

Wiki Wiki Wile Wile West!!!

Seriously...you talk funny...