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15 Days, 1,100+ miles, 110+ hours riding, 120+ hours
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A Little Fun
For a little bit of fun - answers to follow at the end of the event
 

 
Pop Quiz
Real Name
Give stage name for the names below:
  1. Stuart Goddard
  2. Patricia Andrzejewski
  3. Marc Feld aka Toby Tyler
  4. James Chambers
  5. Declan McManus
  6. Robert Allan Zimmerman
  7. Eithne Ni Bhraonain
  8. Paul Gadd aka Paul Raven
  9. Steven Nice
  10. Tracy Morrow
 
Hit Wonders
Name the Artist of the following hit songs:
    1950's
    1. It's Almost Tomorrow
    2. Here Come's Summer
    1960's
    1. Nut Rocker
    2. In the Year 2525
    1970's
    1. Uptown Top Ranking
    2. Eye Level
    1980's
    1. Together We are Beautiful
    2. Move Closer
    1990's
    1. The Stonk
    2. Chocolate Salty Balls
 
Lyrics
Name the Artist and the Song:
  1. Here's a little song I wrote, you might want to sing it
  2. You're the one that I've been waiting for forever
  3. I'm gonna be your number one.
  4. The prophet stared at his crystal ball
  5. I'm on a rock (running and you running) I take a stock (running like a fugitive)
  6. Wim-o-weh,a-wim-o-weh
  7. I've been laid off from work, my rent is due
  8. Such a feeling of complete and utter love
  9. Out of the ruins, out from the wreckage, can't make the same mistake this time
  10. I met a devil woman, she took my heart away
 
First Liners
The first line of a song, name the Artist and the Song:
  1. There's a man I meet, walks up our street
  2. Slip inside the eye of your mind
  3. Well I guess it would be nice
  4. Zoo time is she and you time
  5. It's just past noon or past monsoon
  6. There's a gentleman that's been around
  7. It's like a jungle sometimes, makes me wonder how I keep from going under
  8. Got my first real six string
  9. You've done it all
  10. You might not ever get rich, but let me tell you it's better than digging a ditch
  11. My baby's always dancing
  12. If I die before I wake, at least in heaven I can skate
  13. Music makes the people come together
  14. On my way to see my friends
  15. Sam, you've been waiting much too long now
  16. There's a lady who's sure all that glitters turns to gold
  17. So you want to be free, to love your life
  18. I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window
  19. Oh my love, my darling, I've hungered for your touch
  20. Wouldn't it be nice to get on with me neighbours
 
Music Triviva
To end the pop-quiz, a few triviva questions:
  1. Which song was a No 2 hit for Nat King Cole & for Rick Astley
  2. Who sang "Anyone who had a heart" in 1964
  3. Who's backing group was "The All Stars"
  4. Who sang with The Beatles on their 1969 No.1 "Get Back"
  5. Who sang "Band of Gold" in 1970
  6. Who sang with Robert Palmer on "I'll be your baby tonight"
  7. Who's first hit was "Pictures of Matchstick Men"
  8. Who had a 90's album called "Black Tie, White Noise"
  9. In which decade did Meatloaf have his first hit
  10. Which girl did Derek and the Dominoes sing about in 1972
  11. In what year was the juke box invented
  12. What song do The Jam & David Bowie have in common.
  13. Name Take That's three No 1 hits in 1993?
    14. BONUS - What was significant about these 3 singles
  14. Which football team reached No 1 in 1994
    15. BONUS - What was the song
  15. Name the six Osmond Brothers
    16. BONUS - In what decade was the youngest of the group born
  16. Who shot John Lennon
    17. BONUS - What was the date or year
  17. 13th July 1985 - how long was each band/artist allowed in the limelight
  18. In what year was the CD invented
 
   
 
   
 
Puzzles
Blue or Red Hat
4 Men, 2 with a red band on their hat and 2 with a blue band on their hat.
Each man cannot turn around, move or talk to another.
One man has to say which colour band is on his hat and be 100% sure.
 
 
Which One ?
 
 
Riddle
When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten kids got the answer, compared to 17% of Stanford University seniors.
  • What is greater than God
  • More evil than the devil
  • The poor have it
  • The rich need it
  • and if you eat it, you'll die
 
 
 
Jokes
The Girlies' pray
Our Marks
Which art with Spencers
Hallowed be thy foodhall
Thy Gucci watch
Thy Kookai bag
In Hermes
As it is in Harrods
Give us the day our Visa Gold
And forgive us our overdraft
As we forgive those who stop our Next card
and lead us Not into Dorothy Perkins
and deliver us from Top Shop
For mine is the Naf Naf, the Cartier and the Versace For Gaultier and Eternity
AMEX
 
The lads' pray
Our beer
Which art in barrels
Hallowed be thy drink
Thy will be drunk
I will be drunk
At home as it is in the local
Forgive us this day our daily spillage
As we forgive those that spill against us
And lead us not into the practice of poncey wine tasting, and deliver us from alco-pops
For mine is the bitter
The ale and the lager
For ever and ever
BARMEN
 
The Vets
A man runs into the vet's office carrying his dog, screaming for help.
The vet rushes him back to an examination room and has him put his dog down on the examination table.
The vet examines the still, limp body and, after a few moments, tells the man that his dog, regrettably, is dead.
The man, clearly agitated and not willing to accept this, demands a second opinion.
The vet goes into the back room, comes out with a cat, and puts the cat down next to the dog's body.
The cat sniffs the body, walks from head to tail, poking and sniffing the dog's body and finally looks at the vet and meows.
The vet looks at the man and says, "I'm sorry, but the cat thinks that your dog is dead, too."
The man is still unwilling to accept that his dog is dead. So the vet brings in a black Labrador Retriever.
The lab sniffs the body, walks from head to tail, and finally looks at the vet and barks.
The vet looks at the man and says, "I'm sorry, but the lab thinks your dog is dead too."
The man, finally resigned to the diagnosis, thanks the vet and asks how much he owes.
The vet answers, "£650."
"£650 to tell me my dog is dead?!?!"
The vet replies, I would only have charged you £50 for my initial diagnosis.
The additional £600 was for the cat scan and labtest.
 
Fastest Man
A hip young man goes out and buys the best car available: a brand new Ferrari.
It is also the most expensive car in the world, and it costs him £500,000.
He takes it out for a spin and stops for a red traffic light.

An old man on a moped (about 70 years old) pulls up next to him.
The old man looks over the sleek, shiny car and asks, "What kind of car ya'got there, sonny?"
The young man replies, "A Ferrari 550, it cost half a million pounds!"
"That's a lot of money," says the old man, "Why does it cost so much?"
Because this car can reach 200 miles an hour!" states the young dude proudly.

The moped driver asks, "Mind if i take a look inside?
"No problem," replies the owner.
So the old man pokes his head in the window and looks around. Then sitting back on his moped
The old man says, "That's a pretty nice car, all right...but i'll stick with my moped!"
Just then the light changes to green so the guy decides to show the old man just what his car can do.
He floors it, and within no time the speedometer reads 160 mph.
Suddenly, he notices a dot in his rear view mirror. It seems to be getting closer!
He slows down to see what it could be and suddenly, whhhoooossshhh!
Something whips by him, going much faster!!!
"What on earth could be going faster than my Ferrari?!" the young man asks himself.
He floors the accelerator and takes the Ferrari up to 200mph.
Then, up ahead of him, he sees that it's the old man on the moped.
Amazed that the moped could pass his Ferrari he gives it some more and passes the moped at 210mph.
Whoooooosh!
He's feeling pretty good until he looks in his mirror and sees the old man gaining on him again.
Astounded by the speed of this old guy he floors it and takes the Ferrari all the way up to 220 mph.
Not ten seconds later he sees the moped bearing down on him again.
The Ferrari is flat out and there's nothing he can do.
Suddenly the moped plows into the back of his Ferrari, demolishing the rear.
The young man jumps out, and unbelievably, the old man is still alive!!!
He runs up to the mangled old man and says, "Oh my God! Is there anything i can do for you?"
The old man whispers with to him
"Unhook...my braces from your side-view mirror!!"
 
 
 
 
Stories
The Hotel Maid
The following letters are taken from an actual incident between a London hotel and one of its guests.
The hotel ended up submitting the letters to the Sunday Times.
 
Dear Maid,
Please do not leave any more of those little bars of soap in my bathroom since I have brought my own bath-sized Imperial Leather. Please remove the six unopened little bars from the shelf under the medicine chest and another three in the shower soap dish. They are in my way. Thank you,
S. Berman
 
Dear Room 635,
I am not your regular maid. She will be back tomorrow, Thursday, from her day off. I took the 3 hotel soaps out of the shower soap dish as you requested. The 6 bars on your shelf I took out of your way and put on top of your Kleenex dispenser in case you should change your mind. This leaves only the 3 bars I left today which my instructions from the management are to leave 3 soaps daily.
I hope this is satisfactory.
Kathy, (Relief Maid)
 
Dear Maid - I hope you are my regular maid.
Apparently Kathy did not tell you about my note to her concerning the little bars of soap. When I got back to my room this evening, found you had added 3 little Camays to the shelf under my medicine cabinet. I am going to be here in the hotel for two weeks and have brought my own bath-size Imperial Leather, so I won't need those 6 little Camays, which are on the shelf. They are in my way when shaving, brushing teeth, etc. Please remove them.
S. Berman
 
Dear Mr. Berman,
My day off was last Wed. so the relief maid left 3 hotel soaps which we are instructed by the management. I took the 6 soaps which were in your way on the shelf and put them in the soap dish where your Dial was. I put the Dial in the medicine cabinet for your convenience. I didn't remove the 3 complimentary soaps which are always placed inside the medicine cabinet for all new check-ins and which you did not object to when you checked in last Monday. Please let me know if I can of further assistance.
Dotty, (Your regular maid)
 
Dear Mr. Berman,
The assistant manager, Mr. Kensedder, informed me this morning that you called him last evening and said you were unhappy with your maid service. I have assigned a new girl to your room. I hope you will accept my apologies for any past inconvenience. If you have any future complaints, please contact me so I can give it my personal attention. Call extension 1108 between 8AM and 5PM.
Thank you.
Elaine Carmen (Housekeeper)
 
Dear Miss Carmen,
It is impossible to contact you by phone since I leave the hotel for business at 7:45 AM and don't get back before 5:30 or 6PM. That's the reason I called Mr. Kensedder last night. You were already off duty. I only asked Mr. Kensedder if he could do anything about those little bars of soap. The new maid you assigned me must have thought I was a new check in today, since she left another 3 bars of hotel soap in my medicine cabinet, along with her regular delivery of 3 bars on the Bathroom shelf. In just 5 days here I have accumulated 24 little bars of soap. Why are you doing this to me?
S. Berman
 
Dear Mr. Berman,
Your maid, Kathy, has been instructed to stop delivering soap to your room and remove the extra soaps. If I can be of further assistance, please call extension 1108 between 8 AM and 5PM. Thank you,
Elaine Carmen (Housekeeper)
 
Dear Mr. Carmen,
My bath-size Imperial Leather is missing. Every bar of soap was taken from my room, including my own bath-size Imperial Leather. I came in late last night and had to call the bellhop to bring me 4 little Cashmere Bouquets.
S. Berman
 
Dear Mr. Berman,
I have informed our housekeeper, Elaine Carmen, of your soap problem. I cannot understand why there was no soap in your room since our maids are instructed to leave 3 bars of soap each time they service a room. The situation will be rectified immediately. Please accept my apologies for the nconvenience.
Martin L. Kensedder, (Assistant Manager)
 
Dear Mr. Kensedder,
Who the hell left 54 little bars of Camay in my room? I came in last night and found 54 little bars of soap. I don't want 54 little bars of Camay. I want my one damn bar of bath-size Imperial Leather. Do you realise I have 54 bars of soap in here? All I want is my bath-size Imperial Leather. Please give me back my bath-size Imperial Leather.
S. Berman
 
Dear Mr. Berman,
You complained of too much soap in your room, so I had them removed. Then you complained to Mr. Kensedder that all your soap was missing, so I personally returned them The 24 Camays which had been taken and the 3 Camays you are supposed to receive daily. I don't know anything about the 4 Cashmere Bouquets. Obviously your maid, Kathy, did not know I had returned your soaps, so she also brought 24 Camays plus the 3 daily Camays. I don't know where you got the idea this hotel issues bath-size Imperial Leather. I was able to locate some bath-size Ivory which I left in your room.
Elaine Carmen, (Housekeeper)
 
Dear Mr. Carmen,
Just a short note to bring you up-to-date on my latest soap Inventory.
As of today I possess:
- On the shelf under the medicine cabinet - 18 Camay in 4 stacks of 4 and 1 stack of 2.
- On the Kleenex dispenser - 11 Camay in 2 stacks of 4 and 1 stack of 3.
- On the bedroom dresser - 1 stack of 3 Cashmere Bouquet, 1 stack of 4 hotel-size Ivory,
- and 8 Camay in 2 stacks of 4.
- Inside the medicine cabinet - 14 Camay in 3 stacks of 4 and 1 stack of 2.
- In the shower soap dish - 6 Camay, very moist.
- On the northeast corner of the tub - 1 Cashmere Bouquet, slightly used
- On the northwest corner of the tub - 6 Camays in 2 stacks of 3.
Please ask Kathy when she services my room to make sure the stacks are neatly piled and dusted. Also, please advise her that stacks of more than 4 have a tendency to tip over. May I suggest that my bedroom window sill is not in use and will make an excellent spot for future soap deliveries.
One more item, I have purchased another bar of bath-size Imperial Leather which I am keeping in the hotel vault in order to avoid further misunderstandings.
S. Berman
 
 
 
 
The Bricklayer
This is a bricklayer's accident report that was printed in the newsletter of the English equivalent of the Workers' Compensation Board.
Dear Sir
I am writing in response to your request for additional information in Block #3 of the accident reporting form. I put "Poor Planning" as the cause of my accident. You asked for a fuller explanation and I trust the following details will be sufficient.
I am a bricklayer by trade. On the day of the accident, I was working alone on the roof of a new six-story building. When I completed my work, I found I had some bricks left over which when weighed later were found to weigh 240 lbs. Rather than carry the bricks down by hand, I decided to lower them in a barrel by using a pulley which was attached to the side of the building at the sixth floor.
Securing the rope at ground level, I went up to the roof, swung the barrel out and loaded the bricks into it. Then I went down and untied the rope, holding it tightly to ensure a slow descent of the 240 lbs of bricks. You will note on the accident reporting form that my weight is 135 lbs.
Due to my surprise at being jerked off the ground so suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope. Needless to say, I proceeded at a rapid rate up the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel which was now proceeding downward at an equally impressive speed. This explains the fractured skull, minor abrasions and the broken collarbone, as listed in Section 3, accident reporting form. Slowed only slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until the fingers of my right hand were two knuckles deep into the pulley which I mentioned in Paragraph 2 of this correspondence.
Fortunately by this time I had regained my presence of mind and was able to hold tightly to the rope, in spite of the excruciating pain I was now beginning to experience.
At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit the ground-and the bottom fell out of the barrel. Now devoid of the weight of the bricks, the barrel weighed approximately 50 lbs.
I refer you again to my weight. As you might imagine, I began a rapid descent down the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel coming up. This accounts for the two fractured ankles, broken tooth and severe lacerations of my legs and lower body.
Here my luck began to change slightly. The encounter with the barrel seemed to slow me enough to lessen my injuries when I fell into the pile of bricks and fortunately only three vertebrae were cracked. I am sorry to report, however, as I lay there on the pile of bricks, in pain, unable to move and watching the empty barrel six stories above me, I again lost my composure and presence of mind and let go of the rope.
 
 
 
US Naval Ship
This is the transcript of an ACTUAL radio conversation of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995.
Radio communication released by the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-95 >Americans
Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid collision
Canadians
Recommed you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the South to avoid collision
Americans
This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert >YOUR course.
Canadians
No, I say again you divert YOUR course.
Americans
THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS MISSOURI. WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!
Canadians
This is a lighthouse. Your call.