The Shed

Jim Garten wrote: Now I know there's the Stoker connection with Whitby, but "The Whitby Gothic Weekend" sounds about as plausible as "The Stevenage Rennaisance Fayre"

Dean wrote: "Whitby Gothic Weekend is a lesson in British tolerance" (The Times Online)

Only in England:

Mr Middle-England wrote: I stumbled on this April's event in Whitby by mistake - having planned a day out to visit the abbey and the town with my wife and two friends from Poland. To be frank it was bewildering

Abbadon, Lord Of The Lower Seventh Level Of Satan's Lingerie (aka Nigel from Tadhampton) wrote: The Goth community has gone to great lengths to dispel the view that they are "Satanic ghouls, corpse-botherers and insatiable transsexual deviants

^^^
Kentish Times headline

'Shocked townsfolk were taken aback when hordes of ghoulish looking Goths* decended upon the seaside town of Whitstable after a typo was made in the publication The Gothic Times.

One elderly person was heard to say, ' I thought my great-aunt, Maud had risen from the grave.I had to have a cup of strong 'tea' to calm my nerves.

Mr Grimondly-Fiendish, the editor of The Gothic Times apologised whole-heartedly.'

*A 'Youth'cult

Edited by Man Erg - March 06 2009 at 07:54

Dean wrote: Yeah, hilarious  but they are not Goths, they's spooky kids.

No offense intended, Dean - merely whimsy

Lord Peter Whimsy?

Can I borrow your cloak, Lee?

Venue for a little day trip tomorrow - 16 of us going from our local pub:

Fat Cat Pub - Norwich (30+ beers on tap or gravity )

Last count, 26 hand pumps, 10 beers on gravity + a selection of Belgian ales.

+++note to self - switch alarm clock off when we get home +++

Man Erg wrote: Jim Garten wrote: Venue for a little day trip tomorrow - 16 of us going from our local pub: Fat Cat Pub - Norwich (30+ beers on tap or gravity ) Last count, 26 hand pumps, 10 beers on gravity + a selection of Belgian ales. +++note to self - switch alarm clock off when we get home +++ Lucky it's not the Fat Duck, Jim,

Syzygy wrote: Man Erg wrote: Jim Garten wrote: Venue for a little day trip tomorrow - 16 of us going from our local pub: Fat Cat Pub - Norwich (30+ beers on tap or gravity ) Last count, 26 hand pumps, 10 beers on gravity + a selection of Belgian ales. +++note to self - switch alarm clock off when we get home +++ Lucky it's not the Fat Duck, Jim,   The way things are going for Heston Blumenthal, it looks like Fat Duck is going to become a piece of rhyming slang.   'Lloyds band is completely Fat Ducked, so we're nationalising it.' Gordon Brown

Lloyds Band? What, you mean The Commotions?

Syzygy wrote: chopper wrote: Syzygy wrote: Man Erg wrote: Jim Garten wrote: Venue for a little day trip tomorrow - 16 of us going from our local pub: Fat Cat Pub - Norwich (30+ beers on tap or gravity ) Last count, 26 hand pumps, 10 beers on gravity + a selection of Belgian ales. +++note to self - switch alarm clock off when we get home +++ Lucky it's not the Fat Duck, Jim,   The way things are going for Heston Blumenthal, it looks like Fat Duck is going to become a piece of rhyming slang.   'Lloyds band is completely Fat Ducked, so we're nationalising it.' Gordon Brown Lloyds Band? What, you mean The Commotions?   Well let's face it, they haven't had a hit since 'Lost Weekend' and even that sounded suspiciously like The Passenger by Iggy Pop. Nationalisation is the only answer - you'll get a free copy of Rattlesnakes if you open an account with Llloyds Bank....