I met a fellow BDer!!

[Anguirel]

I have now to my great delight met Amanaduial the archer many times, generally fleeting but fruitful encounters

But I feel I ought to relay that she has an amazing car

Accessorized

[Anguirel]

(I hope I spelt her right in her barrowed incarnation)

[Amanaduial the archer]

Originally Posted by Anguirel

I have now to my great delight met Amanaduial the archer many times, generally fleeting but fruitful encounters

But I feel I ought to relay that she has an amazing car

Accessorized

What do Oxford undergrads do when they are no longer Oxford undergrads? Return to memory lane (or jousting competitions) it seems....

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So, I paid a visit to the Finns earlier this week and the end of the previous one. It was a nice little trip with many highlight, including:

*Getting freaky face-paintings and then frightening or amusing unsuspecting Finns with them

*Getting plastered with dirty oil money and extra dirty martinis

*Seeing the inside of the Penguin’s lair (though not nearly enough of Lommy herself). There were penguins in there. Literally hundreds of penguins.

*Catching Nogrod and his choir's song and dance performance which was very impressive.

*Hearing Greenie play the kantele and seeing her super-cute smile on a regular basis. On a somewhat related subject: any good drummers around on the 'downs?

*Greenie and Agan reciting poetry in an effort trying to replace my notion of Finnish as a crude language best fitted for profanities. They succeeded. Kind of.

*Discussions about politics with Nogrod, Volo and a bottle of Skåne Aquavit.

*Having the notion of Scottish Dwarwes erased by Volo’s very Russian treatment of Gimli.

*And of course: seeing Leonard Cohen and his classy band playing live in the Hartwall Arena.

[Aganzir]

You should add:

*Getting a healthy dose of Agan's mood swings.

I was horrible half the time, and I'm kind of sorry about it. In any case, it was great to have skip here, and my thanks for the face paintings, drinks etc.

I have a few photos here in case somebody is interested.

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Originally Posted by Aganzir

I was horrible half the time, and I'm kind of sorry about it.

Oh come on, you were never horrible though perhaps not always at your charming best, granted.

And I did have a good time in Finland and really enjoyed getting to know all of you a bit better. So you certainly don't need not apologize for anything (and I know you don't like apologizing anyway, my proud little lioness or lion-king if you wish )

[Thinlómien]

Skippy, there's really not that many penguins in there. Just one wall full of penguins. Glad to hear you had fun though.

Valesse, Ang and Aman - why do you only show up when I'm not around?

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Skippy, there's really not that many penguins in there. Just one wall full of penguins.

Well many is a subjective concept I guess but the in all fairness, there was the one wall full of penguins, the two walls that were partially decorated with penguins, and the windowed wall which was lacking penguins but that hardly counts as it was just windows really. But yeah, my idea of many penguins may differ to yours.