Duke attempts the Impossible

[duke3016]

This just cracked me up.......


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7899171.stm?lss

[duke3016]

If only I could get a last minute babysitter Stan is going and playing for another team.

Cmon you know you want to -- you have form !!

And I can swear you in as an honoury member of chezger cos I"m the boss  

[MAIR]

Let me bribe my stepdaughter will let u know lol

[MAIR]

[Dewi_cool]

Nice to have you aboard Mair bach

[duke3016]

The circle is complete -- we are one

[duke3016]

I see you Mickey -- the party just got better  

[duke3016]

Watching Dodgeball --- OMG i forgot how funny that film is

[MAIR]

LOL tis a good film

[duke3016]

Dodgeball - I am in bits - tears down my cheeks

[duke3016]

Well back from the Newcastle Team Forum challenge. Great weekend and a real laugh.

Some highlights

Big up to Glen(Bigfella) and Dave(Digger) who made day 2 - Glen evenually finishing 16th to win the last longer bet.

Unlucky man of the weekend must be Dewi -- who had the dubious distinction of being first out of the tournament.

Old man prize goes to me, when I fell asleep in my chair at the bar at some hour of the morning - there is pictorial evidence I understand.

Blackjack sucks

Chinese poker rocks

Chester contingent booking hotel rooms and then hardly using them

The mercedes made it there and back without breaking down

Walking into the card room as a team to the theme from Brookside (would have preferred the theme from Jaws or some other big fish music)

Random Photos of the team

I did my usual of running my stack up to 27k (starting 7.5k) early on and then running it back down twice as fast. Must learn to take this game seriously at some point in time.

Great to see fellow APATers there (wonderful to see Mary (xxMAIRxx) who had the dubious honour of playing for Chezger) and to me that is what playing poker is all about. See you at the tables tonight for the Welsh quali...........

Great Casino - Great People - Priceless

[MAIR]

I had a ball with you guys Ger, it was like walking in to a wide open armed hug I tell ya, you all made the weekend great for me.

Was gr8 to see so many APATers there too.

Thanks again you are the best hun!

[duke3016]

Now there are times when your mouth kind of runs away before the brain is in gear. Usually when you are distracted, tired or drunk or all three.

Myself, Denis and Sean O'Halloran were out one evening in Broadford and decided to hit for Ennis to go to a dance. Denis was driving and he had a rather beat up two door Ford Escort. Sean got in the back and we set off.

Now the only thing besides fighting that Denis was worse at was driving. Consequently the road bent round to the left outside of Bradford and the car didn't. We left the road and the car seemed to roll a couple of times and came to a halt the right way up.

I checked all my extremities and they seemed to be working and looked over at Denis who was slumped against the window with blood all over his forehead. I had nothing else so I took off my shirt and wiped away at his forehead. There was a gash just on his hairline which bled a lot but didn't seem to be too deep. He was conscious and swearing a lot so he looked fine.

I looked into the back seat and there was no sign of Sean. WTF, where was he. The next thing there was a rap on the side window that frightened the Shiite out of me. It was Sean.

"You OK lads" says he
"WTF, how are you out there" says I
"Don't know, just found myself in a field" says he

I looked at the back of the car again and there was no back window. He must have fallen out. I got out and felt fine, Sean said he was fine not a scratch and Denis had stopped bleeding. We struggled to the road and flagged down a car. The car was full of people and the driver on hearing the story threw them all out and took us to the hospital in Ennis.

We were checked over and because it was a head wound Denis was kept in overnight for observation. Sean and I got a taxi home and I went down to  Denis's house just to let them know what had happened. The Touhy's had no phone.

Denis's sister came to the upstairs window after I hammered on the door and I explained what happened and not to worry we would pick Denis up in the morning. I then went home and crawled into bed.

I was awoken by Margaret knocking on my bedroom door telling me that Mrs Touhy and her daughter were downstairs and wanted a word. I dressed hurriedly and went down to meet them.

"We were a little confused last night Ger, can you tell us what happened" says she
"We had a bit of an accident but Denis is OK he was kept in for observation only" says I
"Oh good" says she "Are you Ok"
"Oh yes fine" says I

I noticed she was staring at my shirt and I realised that in my hurry to dress I had put on last nights shirt. Now the shirt was a mess covered in blood. I looked down at the shirt.

"Oh that's not my blood, it's Denis's" says I

Two strong cups of tea later she had sufficiently recovered to leave the house.

[APAT]

Beautifully delivered Ger, you"re beginning to get the hang of this storytelling lark!  

[janc]

  Priceless