Quote of the Tournament

So I met Phil for breakfast on Sunday in Bath. I wanted pancakes, and we were just setting off for the Pancake Purveyors when he had an idea. He suggested a little cafe he knew that sold strudel, saying that they would probably sell pancakes.

So we went there, and obviously they didn't sell pancakes. In fact, the ONLY thing they sold was strudel, but it looked pretty nice so we decided to stay anyway.

The place was called Hansel und Gretel and the best word to describe it is: Bavarian. The cafe was full of checked red-and-white tablecloths, women in full Austrian national costume, about 100 cuckoo clocks all set to go off at random and a TV in the corner showing scenes from Northern Germany, Austria and Hungary whilst playing Bavarian music. Surreal.

So. We sit down and order. I have coffee and cherry strudel; Phil has cinnamon cappuchino and apple strudel. A few minutes later the waitress returns.

Waitress: (in thick foreign accent) I'm terribly sorry but we have run out of the cinnamon syrup we need to make your drink. Please, would you like to order something else?
Phil: Oh yes, of course, not a problem.
Waitress: I'm so terribly sorry.
Phil: Unless you drank all the cinnamon syrup.
(Ominous pause. Waitress looks confused)
Phil: If you've drunk it all, I'll have to beat you.
Waitress: Oh no no no, I'm so sorry!
(Waitress looks flustered)
Phil: In that case I'll have the chocolate cappuchino.
Waitress: Yes, of course sir!
(Waitress hurries off)

Me: PHIL! You shouldn't have said that!! Now she thinks you're a total psycho!

Laugh? I nearly ruptured something

http://bash.org/?top

Top 100 funniest chatlogs from IRC. My word it's funny.

the "bishop" came to our church today
he was a fucken impostor
never once moved diagonally

A Geek Day Out?

http://www.thecastaredice.co.uk/

Looks alright. Anyone fancy it if we can sort the arrangements out?

USA! USA! USA!

Hello everyone,

Just a little postcard from Portland, Oregon, USA.

I am in a little cafe and a nice girl called Jen has just bought me a jalapeno and cream cheese bagel and a latte. Shortly I will embark on a six-hour bus odyssey down the west coast of America from Portland to Medford.

I love this country. I am very happy.

See you all soon,

Love,

Phil

Team Spike Challenge

Two members of Team Spike can drive.
One member is learning.
Two members haven't got round to it yet.

Let's see who's the driving champion!

Where the hell is everybody?

It's been so quiet around here, I'm forced to post links to Tough Guy Cookie Jars.

Johari Window

I'd never heard of this, but Kevan told me he'd done a little online program and I decided to check it out.

Basically it's a personality mapping thingy. You choose 6 adjectives to describe yourself, then cross-reference them with what your mates think of you. All very interesting stuff. Here's mine, please respond:

Alicey's Johari Window

Then I discovered, to my delight, that he has also done an evil version using antonyms.

Alicey's Nohari Window

Post your own links too. I can think of a few choice Team Spike adjectives! It'll be interesting to see if there's much crossover.