Sunday 17 July 2005
Gandhi and bungee
We had a fancy dress party on Saturday night, with the theme this time being historical figures. There were a wide range of famous people in attendance including Nelson Mandela, Jimi Hendrix, Ned Kelly, Count Dracula, Robin Hood and Amelia Earhart. I decided to come as Gandhi which meant shaving my head with a razor and liberally applying the facepaint.
A group photo: The Grim Reaper, Nelson Mandela, Amelia Earhart, Morgan Le Fay, Ned Kelly, Dorothy, Jimi Hendrix, Gandhi, Tommy Cooper, Count Dracula, Osama Bin Laden, Robin Hood and Wayne Rooney.
Later that night we decided to repeat another old Halley tradition: Bar room bungee. The rules are simple - try and plant a post-it note as far down the corridor as you can while attached to a long length of elastic. We had three goes each and the furthest post-it note at the end wins.
It would have been pretty funny anyway but the fact that we were all still in fancy dress made it all the more amusing to watch - the sight of Jimi Hendrix or Robin Hood tearing down the corridor before being dragged back along the floor was quite surreal. Here are a few pictures:
A series of photos showing one of my bungee attempts.
Ian poised with his post-it note. Photo by Steve.
The final league table:
- Robin Hood (Steve)
- Osama Bin Laden (Ian)
- Mike (as himself)
- Nelson Mandela (Kev)
- Jimmi Hendrix (Craig)
- Tommy Cooper (Gareth)
- Ned Kelly (Matt)
- Gandhi (me)
- Wayne Rooney (Bryn)
- Dorothy from Wizard of Oz (Vanessa)
- Amelia Earhart (Frances)
As a side note I really expected this to be one of the few webpages on the internet to mention Gandhi and Bungee at the same time. Imagine my surprise to find that there are several thousand other pages that do too!
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