Quick social update

[glittertigger]

On Saturday a group of us had dinner at the Aziz. The food was good, although nickeyb and I both sent back our starters which were full of large chunks of unexpected and unwelcome chilli (we'd been assured it was mild and I'm allergic to chilli). The new milder version was quick to arrive and very tasty, so I'll let them off there. However, I'm not going to let them off on the service. We had booked an early table and they were continually rushing us in an obvious attempt to free up the table as soon as possible. It is possible to provide fast but not pushy service (Gee's managed it recently) but this was way too far on the obtrusive side and made the whole experience uncomfortable. 

There was bridge again on Sunday afternoon, with another slam (6NT) for quetzyl and his partner. I don't mind as I approve of slams being bid when the cards are right. I still didn't get dealt any interesting hands, but hopefully my luck will change soon. Sunday night was the rpgsoc banquet at Quod, which was a great excuse to dress up. The feather boa was an error, as it got a static charge somehow and behaved in a strange clinging manner. The food was fine and the service good considering the size of our group. I'd like to go back sometime with fewer people.

I did the music quiz at the Marsh Harrier on Monday with i_ludicrous and a_llusive amongst others. We weren't last, which counts as a victory. I enjoyed guessing the names of Slade songs from the initial letters. We didn't know the answers, but a couple of guesses were right and the team marking us gave us a comedy point for our answer to WBTHD - What Bastard Took His Drink. Any of you know the real answer? Or can you come up with a better comedy version?

Comments

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

I'd make a guess at "We'll Blow The House Down" but, knowing Slade, there are probably some wacky misspellings in there too (some of them may even be zany)

(Wikipedia tells me it's We'll Bring The House Down. Well, there you go.)

[glittertigger]

I was rather unimpressed to find that TMBO stood for "Take Me Back 'Ome"

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Slade certainly churned out a lot of rubbish.

[ar-gemlad.livejournal.com]

Shame about the pushy service. Last year I was in a restaurant/bar in London (I forget the name, unfortunately) and we got a table early that had been booked at 9. The waiters just told us what time we had to leave, and once we'd paid the bill at 9ish were quite happy for us to be drinking our drinks at the table until the other party turned up. Much more civilized!

[glittertigger]

That sounds much like our experience at Gee's. The Aziz didn't tell us they had another booking, they just seemed to be pushing to turn things round as fast as possible. We didn't even consider coffee or dessert; we went back to Templars instead for drinks and chocolate.

[(Anonymous)]

Who bespoke those hair-dos?

[glittertigger]

Not bad :)