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A thoroughly successful [livejournal.com profile] eastlondongoths meet. Next up: Sluts East! Congratulations to [livejournal.com profile] valkyriekaren on her most über organisational skills!

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1 [livejournal.com profile] arkady
2 [livejournal.com profile] sheridanwilde
3 [livejournal.com profile] oscarhocklee
4 [livejournal.com profile] ruthi
5 [livejournal.com profile] gothicbarbiecat
6 [livejournal.com profile] mr_eleganza
7 [livejournal.com profile] duster340
8 [livejournal.com profile] princesssulky
9 Jeff [livejournal.com profile] vulture23
10 [livejournal.com profile] fluffymark
11 [livejournal.com profile] reddragdiva
12 [livejournal.com profile] countess_sophia
13 [livejournal.com profile] valkyriekaren
14 [livejournal.com profile] olethros

[livejournal.com profile] valkyriekaren had an amazingly good mesh top under a corsety thing and a flowing velvet skirt. [livejournal.com profile] countess_sophia was wearing trousers, but was very flowy and had some locals tell him how individual he was. The locals near us were utter sweeties. [livejournal.com profile] gothicbarbiecat's MP3 player is incredibly cute. We had lots of cameras and took lots of icons photos. [livejournal.com profile] mr_eleganza went into a huge Denmark rant, where he pointed out that Denmark is the only country in the world where Blockbuster has to stock porn to stay afloat. And how south Sweden and north Germany rightfully belong to Denmark, if not for those meddling English four hundred years ago! But at least the Danes can civilise us with porn.

The King William IV is a working-class pub near the tower blocks, but is very pleasant and well-behaved, even on a Friday. Although the beer was WATERED DOWN. The London Pride, ESB and Stella, in any case. The Leffe seemed unadulterated, though. Also, it's a smokatorium. The music didn't start until later and wasn't too loud. And the Thai food was reportedly fantastic. We acquired a local called Michael who asked if we were a band.

[livejournal.com profile] redcountess was exhausted after a very busy week and was much missed. But she did get more birthday presents — a KFC Aragorn and Uruk-Hai from [livejournal.com profile] ruthi and Cookie, and two DVDs (My Man Godfrey and His Girl Friday) and a book, The West Wing: Official Companion, from [livejournal.com profile] princesssulky and [livejournal.com profile] duster340.

It was a fantastic night and we look forward to more. Just take care in your choice of beer.

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Date: 2004-02-06 03:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grumpy-sysadmin.livejournal.com
I can't help looking at that and thinking, "Geez, somebody tell poor Jeff that lj's free again."

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Date: 2004-02-08 10:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vulture23.livejournal.com
Erm... guilty as charged?

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Date: 2004-02-06 03:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_nicolai_/
Oh, I missed the Denmark rant, poo!
I could so have contributed!
More poo, it would have been fun. Almost noone rants about Denmark except me.

(possible conflict of interest: I'm Danish)

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Date: 2004-02-06 05:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lpetersson.livejournal.com
So am I.
Hence why I got started...

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Date: 2004-02-07 12:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gelflyng.livejournal.com
why do Swedes and Danes and Norwegians all slag each other off and make fun of each other's accents?

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Date: 2004-02-07 01:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_nicolai_/
Because we got over fighting each other several hundred years ago, and we're down to familial mockery now.
The rest of the world might catch up in another few hundred years.

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Date: 2004-02-07 05:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] themadcatlady.livejournal.com
Bit like Scottish, English and Welsh then, hehe.

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Date: 2004-02-07 05:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lpetersson.livejournal.com
[livejournal.com profile] _nicolai_ is right.
But also because we're all so close culturally and socially that sometimes it's a bit like poking fun at ourselves, and we usually get along well when together.
Then we usually slag off other countries :)

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Date: 2004-02-06 04:19 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] fluffymark
He went into an even bigger denmark rant after you left.....it was fantastic :) :) :) :)

Leffe?

Date: 2004-02-06 06:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kineticfactory.livejournal.com
Was the Leffe on tap or in bottles?

Re: Leffe?

Date: 2004-02-06 10:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arkady.livejournal.com
It was on tap. Served in the appropriate glasses, too, albeit only in half-pints.

Re: Leffe?

Date: 2004-02-07 05:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] themadcatlady.livejournal.com
I just drank the bottled coke and watered it down with *my own* Bacardi. *smirk*

Re: Leffe?

Date: 2004-02-07 10:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kineticfactory.livejournal.com
Cool; I've only seen Leffe and Hoegaarden on tap in Australia at one specialist place (the Belgian Beer Cafe). Is it fairly common in the UK, or is it a specialty of the pub in question?

Mind you, most of the regular pubs here don't have Guinness on tap either. When I was last in the UK, I was pleasantly surprised to find Guinness on tap everywhere, often in a choice of extra-cold and regular, and often cheaper than the CUB-brewed Guinness in Melbourne.

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Date: 2004-02-06 06:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kalinichta.livejournal.com
(My Man Godfrey and His Girl Friday)

So she gets William Powell and Cary Grant and you all on one birthday? *swoon* Lucky girl.

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Date: 2004-02-07 04:51 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] redcountess
What can I say? :-)

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Date: 2004-02-07 12:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gelflyng.livejournal.com
hehe the stockholm swedes don't want anything to do with with southern swedes from skaane, saying that they're backward peasants that are more danish than swede and can't talk properly >:] Why do Scandinavians have to slag each other off *g*

Danmark is cool though, they recycle properly (though I'm not so sure about the 'Elvis party' running in Aarhus: their politicians leaves something to be desired).

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Date: 2004-02-07 05:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] themadcatlady.livejournal.com
We got the same in Germany - the Northerners can't stand the Bavarians and vice versa. Who cares though.... :)

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Date: 2004-02-07 12:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] countess-sophia.livejournal.com
It was a pleasure to meet you. I very, very rarely wear trousers. Going to unknown working class pubs in East London is one of the few occasions it happens.

Soph

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Date: 2004-02-07 05:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] themadcatlady.livejournal.com
OMG, the SEATING PLAN! *falls over laughing*

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Date: 2004-02-08 07:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vulture23.livejournal.com
It was great meeting you all, even though I didn't get a chance to really talk to everyone. Kind of a shame that I was feeling as tired as I was, but I'd been awake for close to 36 hours at that point, thanks to fun with time-zone shuffling. Also very nice to re-meet several of you Sat. night at the Dev... :)