Minutes of the Pembroke College Winnie-the-Pooh Society, held on the Saturday 15th May 2004 in not Piele 304, Newnham College nor Room 1, 3 Selwyn Gardens
Present: Naath (briefly), Owen, Matthew, Chess, Rachel H, Rosy, Dunstan, Jonathana, Jack, Alison and Rachel C. (later).
Apologies: Rachel C. (for being late), Roz, Jon, Naath (for leaving early).
- Adjourn to the lawn as it's bloody hot in here. Passed.
- We do.
- I hope no-one seconds anything. Failed.
- I need a chair. Matthew.
- Rosy traditionally fills that rôle. Failed.
- Cistertion monestries are bad.
- What sort of tea is it? Hot, wet and brown. Owen.
- We had an ephemeral Katie. Dunstan. [Oo-er. u-sec]
- Funnily enough Katie actually was literally ephemeral as etymologically it
- It takes three strong men to get the rhubarb in my Grandma's butt. Matthew.
- What sort of tea is it? Hot, wet and brown. Owen.
- We should write to them and ask them to make a stained glass teapot.
- We should write to them and ask them to make a stained glass teapot. Passed.
- The home secretary shall. Passed.
- After her exams. Passed.
- I'm a little tea-pot, short and stout. Here's my handle; here's my spout.
- I'm not a student any more. I'm unemployed. Owen.
- Votes to commend Neil for bringing donuts. Both seconded and passed unanimously.
- Jonathana's name has an 'a' at the end, and will be so recorded. Passed.
- Mandate Neil to read through everyone's custom dictionaries. Hung. CR
- If you like, I'll go a week as Radagast as penance. Dunstan.
- Mandate Neil to hack into everyone's computer therefor, and be censured therefore.
- EVERYONE BE QUIET. Passed.
- Mine is about this long. Alison.
- Censure Katie for being mean. Passed.
- Censure everyone holding minutes hostage. Passed.
- Censure Neil for being mean. Passed.
- T2he teapot shall circle anticlockwise in order to be always full. Passed.
- Cens. u.sec. 4 not work'g @ ∞ speed. Passed.
- Put a Michelle in the gap. Passed.
- Aaagh! Other things I haven't done! Katie.
- Owen's going to see what he can get for £23
- It has to be OK, Sean Bean's in it. [It was pretty good actually. u-sec.]
- Once you've launched a thousand ships off it, you don't want the face.
- Apparently Orlando Bloom's extremely solid. Dunstan.
- Tea is spilt hereon.
- Censure Naath for hostessing a meeting in Absentia. Passed.
- "Swizzling" - you know, things. Jack's laughing at me because I
- Censure Jack. Passed.
- Mandate Alsion to move it under Freddy the Frog. Passed.
- If you propose anything silly enough it'll get seconded. Passed.
- All my stuff is in a big pile at Churchill.
- The LARPers are stealing Chess. Quick, someone tie her down.
- Censure LARPers therefor. Passed.
- "Archivist" is a real word. I know it from two sources.
- Do I look like the OED? Neil.
- Censure Neil therefor. Passed.
- Censure Dusntan for being sesquipedalian. Passed. [Note: from context,I think we mean "sesquipedalian" as in "having a tendancy to use long words", or conceivably "using long words". "Being a foot and a half long" or "being a long word" are less likely, but, this being poohsoc, I woudn't rule them out. Also, I spelled sesquipedalian right first time, WOO!]
- Censurings of Neil must have an amusing reason. Failed.
- I'll burn the minutes. Alison.
- Brackets? You should use braces. Blue ones.
- Owen is coke. Failed.
- Blimy, that must have cost you about £
- Cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake. Katie.
- I don't care what you call it so long as I get to eat it. Neil.
- It has glucose syrup in twice.
- Censure them for giving Eeyore a pink bow. Passed.
- Censure Jack for scaring us. Passed.
- Mmmnmnnmmlnmnmnnmh. Owen and Rachel.
- Reading "In which Kanga and Roo come to the forest and Piglet has a
- This story is a parody of the tripos system. Rachel H.
- Dunstan is husky.
- Commend Rachel H. for a good "Roo falling into a mouse hole." noise. "Eukz"
- Censure Kanga for being mean. Failed.
- Maa. Dunstan's as piglet making a squeeky Roo-noise.
- Is it a Starling or a Blackbird?
- Discuss.
- With reference to "Stalingist philosophy."
- I don't know what's been sticking in my backside. Dunstan.
- Jack to investigate Trinity Gardens for garden party. [No luck. u-sec.]
- Censure Neil just enough in his absense. Passed.
- No-one second anything. Passed.
- Votes to close. Passed.
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