Present: Naath, Jack, Owen, Rachel C, Rosie, Dunstan, Chess, Tom, Alison, Edith, Nick,

Visitors: Numerous Spanish Inquisition members

1. Meeting opened.
   


2. Henceforth.
   


3. Votes to censure Neil: Passed
   


4. We’re visitors rather than visitors.
   


5. There is a conspiracy against Jack [later events would prove this to be true...]
   


6. Too many Mathmos!: Passed
   


7. Chicken is served.
   


8. Can a penny circulate the table by going backwards? Apparently so.
   


9. Nick pays his pooh levy without any money changing hands. We now own him.
   


10. A motion was somethinged (noise level prevented your dauntless minuter from hearing exactly what and how, but it was definitely there).
    


11. Edith censored for being a sarcastic bugger.
    


12. Spying on the society’s behalf it is overheard that the Spanish Inquisition thinks we are boring, as we don’t believe in pennying. As a result we think we should be tied to railway tracks.
    


13. Vegetarian curry or other sustainable items are served, thus saving Owen from consuming his place mat instead.
    


14. The conversation proceeds to continue directly over Rachel’s head, whose brain gets very confused over large numbers and complex concepts.
    


15. Plight of a poor cheese board on which Cambridge people descended
    


16. Edith is talking Pooh, but we cannot tell if he’s official as Chess, Tom and Naath are talking about cous cous. [Apparently it was CUCAS, but we know better...]
    
17. "I have a hair obsession, but that doesn’t mean I have nice hair." Naath [I think she has nice hair if that’s any consolation]
    


18. Votes to censure `them' for talking about non-Pooh related material: Passed
    


19. Is the mocha cake a cake? It has sponge, it has cream, but it also has biscuit. And is a towering arrangement.Hmmm...
    


20. We could build a house out of it, but unfortunately no one wants to donate their cake to this plan.
    


21. Coffee.
    


22. And tea! Jesus College has heard we were coming obviously.
    


23. We made the fingering someone joke.
    


24. "I’m a bad girl. Punish me" Naath
    


25. "I’m not a member of that society. What do you take me for, some sort of two-timing something or other?" Jack.
    


26. "I’ve never slept with Matthew" Tom.
    


27. Naath’s and Tom’s conversation is definitely X-rated. Don’t ask. I certainly didn’t.
    


28. Knight to queen 4: Passed
    


29. Votes to censure Nick and Edith for talking about non-Pooh related material: Passed - Twice.
    


30. The Spanish Inquisition makes a speech. Apparently we’re not as good as them, though it’s there 365th Formal Hall. (But we know otherwise...)
    


31. A toast to Tim-Tom, the absent President of the Spanish Inquisition, is proposed
    


32. The Loyal Toast is made.
    


33. A toast to "stuff" is made
    


34. Honey is better than Spam: Passed.
    


35. Votes to censure ourselves for talking about non-Pooh related material, and even worse, Spanish Inquisition material: Passed
    


36. Happy Birthday Roger! It is sung 4 times, though he only asked for it once.
    


37. We sing Cottleston Pie.
    


38. The Drunken Philosopher’s Song is sung.
    


39. The Spam Song is sung
    


40. We know their words better than they do.
    


41. We won!: Passed (this of course has nothing to do with the fact that visitors can’t vote)
    


42. Votes to censure "them" for Pythoning: Passed
    


43. The Spanish Inquisition, in an effort to regain face, proposes a motion by themselves; to the bar. It is passed, but we still won.
    


44. The general cry of "To the Bar!" Echoes around the walls
    


45. A long pause. Abstained. (Jack tormenting the poor minuter by making her minute whilst writing).
    


46. Jack is being unnecessarily evil.
    


47. It’s a BA gown, it looks silly: Passed
    


48. Votes to censure people for non-Pooh Soc material: Passed.
    


49. X is an allegory of Winnie-the-Pooh: Passed.
    


50. Pooh Soc needs an underfloor carriage mounted flame thrower
    


51. We appear to have lost the entirety of the Spanish Inquisition
    


52. We have annihilated the Spanish Inquisition: Passed
    


53. WAL RUS: Passed
    


54. When you’re writing the minutes, you can write what you like. Jack is scared.
    


55. Jack is wearing a tutu and dancing the Dance of the SugarPlum fairy on the bar: Passed
    


56. The minuter has a personal vendetta against Jack.
    


57. Vote’s to mandate Edith to sit on Jack’s lap: Passed.
    


58. Nick’s bunches flap up and down in a vain attempt to make him fly.
    


59. "I refused to be embarrassed by dodgy photos" (One of Edith or Nick, I cannot be sure as my hand at this point was dropping off in an effort to catch up)
    


60. Votes to mandate Edith to put the photo on "that page": Passed
    


61. Votes to censure everyone who voted "for" in that minute as it is non-Pooh related: Passed.
    


62. Votes to make "that page" mention Winnie-the-Pooh: Passed
    


63. If in doubt, confuse people: Passed.
    


64. "Don’t confuse me, I know what you’re up to" Nick
    


65. Jon-h is apparently "little and cute" according to a random person.
    


66. The minuter is shocked, disgusted and will not write what’s just been said. So there. (Bearing in mind the identity of the minuter, this is quite an event really)
    


67. They didn’t expect us not to be the Spanish Inquisition: Passed
    


68. They expected the Spanish Inquisition
    


69. Edith takes advantage of his position as Winnie-the-Pooh to sit on Nick’s lap. And kisses him to prove Nick cannot claim he is unkissable.
    


70. Moving swiftly on...
    


71. Votes to censure Nick for lowering the tone: Passed
    


72. The screen goes up. We "oo" and "ah" accordingly.
    


73. We should take a samovar to lectures.
    


74. Hug. Pass it on. We all feel better for it.
    


75. Don’t. Just don’t: Passed
    


76. Nobody dares say anything any more: Passed and vetoed.
    


77. Tea at M5a, Second Court: Passed
    


78. Votes to censure "those lot" because that’s just wrong: Passed.
    


79. They might fit in the box if we cut them up: Passed
    


80. Rosie should name her milk Barbara
    


81. Sugar’s not wrong, it’s a matter of personal taste.
    


82. "Would you object to beer with milk?" Rosie
    "Oh, whatever’s normal. Go on then." Alison
    


83. That’s Jack: Failed.
    


84. The versatility of the big stick
    


85. Vote to condole all the toilets who were engaged but never got married: Passed
    


86. Votes to congratulate the toilets who were engaged but never got married: Failed
    


87. Votes to congratulate the 1 in 3 toilets who avoided getting divorced by never getting married: Passed
    


88. Votes to censure Naath and Tom: Passed
    


89. Votes to censure Nick and Chess: Passed
    


90. Votes to censure Rachel, Alison and Jack: Failed
    


91. Votes to censure Dunstan and Edith: Failed
    


92. Votes to censure Owen and Rosie: Failed
    


93. "Two quaffing incidents in one night." Nick
    


94. Votes to censure "them" for fluid dynamics: Passed
    


95. Votes to censure fluid dynamics people all the time because they deserve it: Passed.
    


96. Nick, we really don’t want to hear about your fluids: Passed
    


97. We could just censure the physicists for a bit instead: Passed
    


98. Votes to censure the physicists for a bit instead: Passed
    


99. Votes to censure Neil: Passed
    


100. Votes to censure Edith for being very, very slow: Failed.
     


101. Votes to censure people for using degrees rather than radians: Passed.
     


102. [spiralling conversation]
     


103. Lets change the subject: passed
     


104. Votes to censure people for talking about non-Pooh related material: Passed
     


105. I’m votes at random: passed
     


106. Votes to throw rocks at the geologists: passed
     


107. Votes to mandate Edith to hug Rosy: passed
     


108. Votes to perform electrolysis on Edith: failed
     


109. Rosy is being a bit reasonable: hung
     


110. Votes to censure them for doing goodness only knows what on Rosy’s bed: passed
     


111. Everything has been Naath’s fault since...: passed
     


112. Votes to close: passed
     

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