PEMBROKE COLLEGE WINNIE-THE-POOH SOCIETY

Minutes of the Elevenses Meeting of 27/02/99

Held in Room CC32, Pembroke College.
Present: Jon, Richard, Granny, Jeremy, Martin, Micheal, Anthony, Ben, Mad Jenny, Yasmin, Claire, Chris.
Apologies: Neil, Vicky, Kirsten.


  1. Dave Henderson has besmirched Granny's wall be playing tangerine cricket.

  2. Richard has brought apple grannies!

  3. Micheal arrives having bought gold card. (Ooh, shiny!)

  4. Anthony arrives looking as if he's just got out of the shower. Apparently this is because he has, when he often does.

  5. I am asked not to minute that <                                                                          >. And quite right too!

  6. Granny's experience with strange chemicals has left his equipment unnaturally floppy (N. B. the Society as a whole assisted in the composition of this minute). We would have a joke about his broken pencil too but there's no point to it. Ba-boom, ching!

  7. Homerton arrives (or so it says on the bag).

  8. Everyone wants a bit of granny!

  9. The minute reading stalls rather as Micheal starts making himself a Pharaoh costume on the floor.

  10. We note further didgeridoo synchronicity, and Anthony laments the sad absence of Tim the Psychedelic Guitar Player.

  11. There is scandal over last week's minute 23! Jon admits he probably shouldn't have written it and apologises [and if I didn't, I do now].

  12. Vote to censure Jon for bad spelling and chronological inaccuracies in the minutes: F., 2, Ag., 5, Abs., 3; defeated!

  13. Yasmin collapses trying to solicit a cheap tart. Jon, as he will do, minutes it out loud thus collapsing her further.

  14. We debate the size of Jenny's nose, but Anthony manages to switch the subject of conversation onto Cities of Gold, for which we ridicule him roundly.

  15. Anthony proposes Poohsticks at three o'clock next week, and we decide this is a fine idea, and then go on to consider getting our Poohsticks sponsored, but reach no resolutions.

  16. Granny quietly proposes planting haycorns so as to have our own supply of sticks.

  17. We decide the the Expotition to the Hundred-Acre Wood will be nade just after Easter, and Jon will take the names of people interested next meeting.

  18. Micheals' creative side is discussed as his Pharaoh head-dress nears completion.

  19. Someone suggests that in order to get the Queen for this year's Garden Party, we send out the invitations now. Jon points out that we won;t know a date until the beginning of next term at the earliest, because of the College not having decide which lawns are avilable yet. Nothing further is decided.

  20. Micheal and Jon mimic Ben, who has said, "Completely!" in a very high voice, until we get the room doing it.

  21. We pass granny about the room.

  22. The Reading is: "In Which Pooh goes Visiting and Gets into a Tight Place".

  23. Yasmin is dripped on by Granny (the bloke, not the cakes).

  24. Vote to censure Ben for going 'Ooer!' for no very good reason: F., 4, Ag. 4, Abs., 5; hung! Granny, as Christopher Robin, decides For, even though he voted against! Cor!

  25. Vote to censure Ben for interrupting the reading to protest about being censured: F., 2, Ag., 4, Abs., 7; defeated. Ben says, "I did not have sex with that woman!" in Clinton-esque manner. Jon tells him he believes him.

  26. Jon claims his singing has a 'modal tune'.

  27. Be has tarts sitting on his leg.

  28. Anthony takes his turn to collapse Yasmin by doing what she alleges is a Scooby Doo laugh, and Ben nearly kills himself trying to imitate it.

  29. Black legs are mentioned in error, and Granny and Jon both go "Strikebreakers!" in unison. No-one else gets it.

  30. Granny decides to model his papers on Pooh, starting with, "In Which we discover the properties of Strontium Aluminate".

  31. We discuss how to dress Ben as Arthur Dent of hitch-hiking fame.

  32. Next week;s meeting will be held in AA43: Ben apologises, and leaves after plugging his thespian antics.

  33. Hungarians wander into the discussion and Jon tells the story of Zwak Unicum.

  34. Vote that Jon be mandated to get a haircut on behalf of the Society: F., 3, Ag., 3, Abs., 5; motion hung. Granny as Christopher Robin decides against.

  35. Vote to censure Ben for claiming he never cocks up: we can't be bothered.

  36. Vote to close: F., 4, Ag., 6, Abs., 1; defeated. What a difficult meeting to pass votes in this has been!

  37. Micheal proposes a silly number of different votes but we get bored of them and don't actually vote on any of them.

  38. Random conversation ensues, including Welsh towns pronounced by Granny.

  39. Anthony tells us about a dream he had where he was a gangster who got jumped on by a lot of policemen and then Ben came to neraly rescue him. We all agree he really shouldn't have told us that.

  40. Teapot disaster! A tidal wave of tea of Titanic proportions might have engulfed us had there been any tea in the pot.

  41. Vote to close: F., 7, Ag., 3, Abs., 4, including Micheal on every count.


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