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.
- Dave Henderson has besmirched Granny's wall be playing tangerine cricket.
 
- Richard has brought apple grannies!
 
- Micheal arrives having bought gold card. (Ooh, shiny!)
 
- Anthony arrives looking as if he's just got out of the shower. Apparently this is because he has, when he often does.
 
- I am asked not to minute that <                                                                          >. And quite right too!
 
- 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!
 
- Homerton arrives (or so it says on the bag).
 
- Everyone wants a bit of granny!
 
- The minute reading stalls rather as Micheal starts making himself a Pharaoh costume on the floor.
 
- We note further didgeridoo synchronicity, and Anthony laments the sad absence of Tim the Psychedelic Guitar Player.
 
- 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].
 
- Vote to censure Jon for bad spelling and chronological inaccuracies in the minutes: F., 2, Ag., 5, Abs., 3; defeated!
 
- Yasmin collapses trying to solicit a cheap tart. Jon, as he will do, minutes it out loud thus collapsing her further.
 
- 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.
 
- 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.
 
- Granny quietly proposes planting haycorns so as to have our own supply of sticks.
 
- 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.
 
- Micheals' creative side is discussed as his Pharaoh head-dress nears completion.
 
- 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.
 
- Micheal and Jon mimic Ben, who has said, "Completely!" in a very high voice, until we get the room doing it.
 
- We pass granny about the room.
 
- The Reading is: "In Which Pooh goes Visiting and Gets into a Tight Place".
 
- Yasmin is dripped on by Granny (the bloke, not the cakes).
 
- 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!
 
- 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.
 
- Jon claims his singing has a 'modal tune'.
 
- Be has tarts sitting on his leg.
 
- 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.
 
- Black legs are mentioned in error, and Granny and Jon both go "Strikebreakers!" in unison. No-one else gets it.
 
- Granny decides to model his papers on Pooh, starting with, "In Which we discover the properties of Strontium Aluminate".
 
- We discuss how to dress Ben as Arthur Dent of hitch-hiking fame.
 
- Next week;s meeting will be held in AA43: Ben apologises, and leaves after plugging his thespian antics.
 
- Hungarians wander into the discussion and Jon tells the story of Zwak Unicum.
 
- 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.
 
- Vote to censure Ben for claiming he never cocks up: we can't be bothered.
 
- Vote to close: F., 4, Ag., 6, Abs., 1; defeated. What a difficult meeting to pass votes in this has been!
 
- Micheal proposes a silly number of different votes but we get bored of them and don't actually vote on any of them.
 
- Random conversation ensues, including Welsh towns pronounced by Granny.
 
- 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.
 
- Teapot disaster! A tidal wave of tea of Titanic proportions might have engulfed us had there been any tea in the pot.
 
- Vote to close: F., 7, Ag., 3, Abs., 4, including Micheal on every count.
 
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