Monday
(0)Yesterday we has a Samizdata.net Bash (rather than a general Blogger Bash) to greet fellow Samizdatista Frank McGahon on the occasion of his visit to London... and seeing as it was also Waterloo Day, we were delighted to have a guest at the party whose name is Wellington!
For once the London rain was conspicuous by its absence!
We have started a policy of recruiting Samizdata.net contributors as early as possible in their careers
Some familiar faces and some new ones from downunder
As usual there was a plague of digital cameras
Much booze was disposed of...
Argh! You swine!
Tricked into assisting in a celebration of that dreadful Prussian victory!
Never again. My great-great-great-great-great grandfather must be spinning in his grave.
Posted by Antoine Clarke at July 19, 2004 09:42 PM
Glad you enjoyed your bash, but isn't Waterloo Day in June? 18th July is Uruguay Constitution Day and Steve Forbes' birthday, both of which are adequate reasons to celebrate (if, as I suspect, you don't like income tax).
Posted by Guy Herbert at July 19, 2004 10:49 PM
What!?! No burning effigies? No "Bush Lied, People Died" placards? No aging hippies desperately clinging to their youth?
You people obviously don't know how to throw a party.
Posted by Hank Scorpio at July 19, 2004 11:33 PM
Hank... oops you are quite right. I must have been overcome with excitement to have someone called 'Wellington' at the party :-)
Posted by Perry de Havilland at July 20, 2004 12:20 AM
Any Guardian readers will be using the photos from this to point at the evident corruption and decandence of your ways. ;)
Posted by Gareth Russell at July 20, 2004 10:41 AM
Well, I'm sure there were some burning hippies out of the shot - does that count?
Of course, I am available for parties all year round, whether it is Waterloo Day or not, though Slovak liquor is a powerful enticement...
Posted by Dominic at July 20, 2004 10:31 PM
Ah, I didn't realise that was the purpose. Now, like any member of a decent Irish mercenary clan, I had relatives on both sides of that particular battle. So I think I'll decide to remember that one as a victory.
Posted by Nick at July 21, 2004 04:49 PM
