With Lee safely off the mountain or is that mount-ain (see below) the game started nice and early.
Dan took an early lead and improved further KO’ing both Dave (55) and Barry (QQ) with trip 2s. Beware the 2s.
The rapist doubled up with a very lucky straight on the river against Dean.
Dirty b@stard Dean then doubled up against me with AQ versus AK.
I was out moments later to Vic (KK). Vic decided to rub it in hitting 4 Ks. There is nothing more frustrating than losing to the world’s unluckiest person.
Sharon tripled up with AK hitting a full house versus Dan and the rapist (who both had straights).
The rapist kept on offending and KO’d Dean with K9 versus A8.
Barry and Jude disappeared upstairs with a video camera.
Dan KO’d Sharon’s deuces with 98 (an 8 the first card out).
Vic KO’d Dan (holding AA) with trips.
Heads-up it was the rapist versus monster leader Vic. After a few hands, Charlie raised and Vic went all-in with A7. The rapist called with A5 and hit a 5 to double up. In the final hand, the rapist finally rolled over satisfied when his Q8 came good against Vic’s K8.
Game 2 (1st Barry, 2nd JJ, 5 players)
The rapist continued where he left off getting a lucky two pair on the river and taking chips from me.
Vic was acting like someone with Tourette Syndrome such was the venom pouring from his mouth.
Vic clamed down when he doubled up with two pairs versus Barry’s pocket rockets.
I hit top pair and called Charlie’s monster bluff to take an early lead.
The flop came 678 (2 diamonds) and Charlie went all-in, Dan called, Vic went all-in and Barry went all-in. dan folded. Vic had the nuts on the flop (10 9 for a straight) but Barry’s A8 diamonds came good when a 3 arrived on the river to send Tourette Boy into a frenzy and he was out next hand to me. The image of a swearing pissed-up cyclist weaving the streets of East Finchley briefly flashed through everyone’s minds.
4444 would have come three times had all the cards had been dealt.
Lucky Barry KO’d Dan with A9 versus AJ.
Heads-up Barry had a monster lead and despite briefly threatening, Barry called with middle pair on one of my many all-in bluffs to take the spoils.
Quotes of the night
Barry: “It’s a double rollover tonight”Vic: “I’m not even in it”
Barry: “You could have every ticket but one and still not win the jackpot”
Confident Vic: “I’m playing for third place”
Charlie: “I’m feeling a bit of animosity here”
Dan: “You’re wrong, there’s f@@king loads of it”
Charlie: “Am I biggus dickus”
All: “Yep”
Life at Accenture
Partnership is clearly getting to Dean as going out the previous night meant he’d not worked his usual 7pm-1am slot, so he did what any ‘normal’ person would do and worked throughout the night with no sleep at all. Unsurprisingly Dean disappeared after the first game.
How to pronounce words
I have recently discovered that I mispronounce the word cashew placing the emphasis on the ‘shew’ rather than the ‘ca’. Sharon has a similar problem with the word mountain. To assist everyone the online dictionary http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=cashew has a little sound icon you can click on. That said it’s American.
Conversation topics
With England losing to Croatia the mood was sombre. Respect to the Sun for its headline “it’s down to you Misses Robinson”. We were briefly excited by the news that a fixed wing aircraft had crashed into a building in the US but it was quite uneventful really. Terrorism-expert Dan was spot on with his assessment of damage.
We discussed that Ikea now has an online shop and wondered how they would manage to replicate their instore experience online. You’d search for sofas and it would recommend that first you take a look at potted plants.
Video of giant slide at the Tate Modern
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6034123.stm (click to watch the video)
Sing-a-long (contributed by Dave)
http://www.thefridayproject.co.uk/audio/fitness/
Urban myths quiz (contributed by Dave)
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006460523,00.html
Why dogs don’t like Halloween
Mazel tov
Mazel tov to Barry on his new job and being on the dole next week.
Brainteaser
No-one managed to solve last week’s brainteaser. The correct answer was a stapler. See below for this week’s brainteaser.
From wood it's made,
From string it's made,
It floats upon the wind.
It's made by one,
It's made by many,
From hands and mouths it spins.
A score without a game.
A staff not for the lame.
With seven letters tamed.
With five letters named
