Minutes of Elevenses Meeting of the Pembroke College Winnie-the-Pooh Society
In which Annie is not prejudiced against transvestite orcs, and James needs a PhD, a knighthood or a sex change [Too much rhyming? Ed.].
Held on Saturday 27th February in Alicia's room, Jesus
Present: Ignatius, Simon, Will, Alicia, James, Annie, Owen, Roseanna, Jack, Carol.
- Commend Owen for bringing old minutes/archive etc. 5-0-1-1 (additionally for the teapot and vegan ginger cake).
- James was hoping that someone would know something interesting about grapefruit.
- People listen when Owen says something.
- It was green to start off with but now it’s brown. 4-1-1-0.
- Visitors can retroactively vote. 5-2-1-0.
- Commend the weather for being exciting. 5-0-3-0.
- Annie apologises for absence next week.
- Brackets are entirely my [Will’s] fault. 4-1-3-0.
- They’re from Whitby, hence the goths. 4-0-2-0.
- Minutes of the AGM.
- Censure James for colonialism. 6-3-1-0.
- He
who pulls the knife from the cake will be the next true president of
PoohSoc, maybe, if people vote for him. 6-1-2-2 (going with Jack’s
fallacy; (s)he).
- “James, control yourself”.
- Unminuteable chaos.
- The thing with A* is you’re backing yourself into a corner, like bra sizes.
- We read Old Testament III.
- Call it clockwise and anti-clockwise for GOODNESS’ SAKE! 6-6-2-0. CR “Against”.
- Simon is a brain of no bear at all. 11-0-1-2 (bear jokes; I am the epitome of bear).
- I will go and find him wherever he is and kidnap him. 7-2-2-1 (I shpoil with shpoils).
- Mandate
Roseanna to kidnap Stephen Fry. 8-2-1-1 (The above minute is entirely
joking, please, don’t arrest us, please, please, no, don’t tase me
bro’!).
- Commend the Form of the cake. 4-3-2-0.
- With the
ability to make a noise like that, have you considered a career as
Xena: Warrior Princess? 6-0-2-1 (Woo, Ukranian Eurovision entries).
- What’s the collective noun for a group of Xena: Warrior Princess impersonators?
- We watch Roslana from Eurovision 2005.
- Annie is not prejudiced against transvestite orcs.
- Some Finnish names are girls’ names.
- Ignatius won’t be complaining. 8-0-2-1 (*Will does scary bear impression*).
- It’s you he’ll be molesting, not me. 8-0-1-0.
- James needs a PhD, a knighthood or a sex change.
- Owen and Simon leave.
- Close. General acclamation.
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