Melbourne Christmas Drinks.

[Sambellina]

BlueBoy thought it would be a good idea to get together before christmas.

Let's all put down some ideas.

BlueBoy has suggested 19 December.

[Tintin]

I see BlueBoy has got you doing his dirty work! meheheh

I think it's a great idear!

I have a suggestion for all the Melb Zgeeks: bring along all the hawt single women that you and your family and friends know, and bring them along to redress the gender imbalance.

P.S. 'Drinks' doesn't necessarily mean alcohol!

[iaidoka]

I want to go.

I really hope I can make it this time.

:(

[Colonel Kurtz]

Once again, I shall check with the General

[Jaz]

For those who won't be making the trip to zhouse for the real christmas party eh?

[Holster]

Will I get presents?

Will I get 2x presents?

[BlueBoy]

Originally posted by Jaz
For those who won't be making the trip to zhouse for the real christmas party eh?

I'm doing both.

Do you think we should make it a BBQ as well?

[Sambellina]

Originally posted by BlueBoy
Do you think we should make it a BBQ as well?

Good idea BlueBoy! That way we can make it an event for those whingers that don't like going to the pub but have never actually organised an event themselves ;)

[BlueBoy]

Originally posted by Holster
Will I get presents?

Will I get 2x presents?
Depends on how many friends you bring along. :p

[Holster]

Any friend in particular? :p

[Colonel Kurtz]

Originally posted by Holster
Any friend in particular? :p
Anything with tits should do.....

[Sambellina]

Geez this thread has turned to smut!! FFS who moderates this load of drivvel??

[BlueBoy]

Originally posted by Holster
Any friend in particular? :p
:D

[durus]

not working that day.
so i'll be there (possibly alone tho)

[Misao]

and don't forget to bring cute guys! us girls need eye candy too! ;)

[Sambellina]

Originally posted by Misao
and don't forget to bring cute guys! us girls need eye candy too! ;)

Well Snowball will be there :p

[Colonel Kurtz]

Originally posted by Sambellina
Well Snowball will be there :p

Heh! Snowball...cute........ :p

[karmacoma]

I will try and bring some friends. Im new meat so you guys will have to take it easy on me.

At the moment christmas drinks is sounding like a cheap nightclub.

From what I have seen here on zgeek, everyone sounds fairly intelligent (i.e top 95% pecentile) and open minded, not like slezy old men in a skanky nightclub.

Will it be afternoon or evening?

[Colonel Kurtz]

If it's a Friday it will be evening, if a Saturday it will start around lunch at a restaurant/bar and crawl through into the wee small hours.

Don't worry about being fresh meat.

The first meet I went to last year, I went with another bloke from here Royale. When we got to the venue, we realised we knew no-ones names, didn't know what anyone looked like, and had no phone numbers.

We thought great, this will be fun. "Hi we're looking for sperm, tintin and snowball"

We saved ourselves the embarrassment and just looked for a table of geeks. We found 'em. Home at last.

Dude you can check out some of the event galleries for piccies of MelbGeekers, and PM for some numbers for contact. Don't worry, we're pretty friendly here, but you gotta buy the first three rounds.

(OK, I'm kidding about the the friendly bit :D)

[Sambellina]

A few of us have been chatting and thought this idea sounds like a winner:

Date: Saturday 20 December, lunch time
Place: Batman Park on the corner of Flinders and Spencer street
BBQ: BYO food/drink/boobies

This is probably the best that we can do to please everyone: not a drinking establishment so the non-drinkers don't feel left out; it's BYO food so bring what you can/can't afford; and not a set restaurant so people can't complain about the place.

[BlueBoy]

We did this at the start of the year, and everyone had a ball.

We can't please everyone, but this comes close. :)

[Sambellina]

Originally posted by BlueBoy
We did this at the start of the year, and everyone had a ball.

Reeeeeeeeaaaalllyyyy????

[Tintin]

I can make it, after work at 2pm tho.

looking for sperm, tintin and snowball... meheheh

[Sambellina]

Originally posted by Tintin
I can make it, after work at 2pm tho.

looking for sperm, tintin and snowball... meheheh

Something tells me that we will probably still be there at 2pm. We'll probably even keep a hotplate warm for you.

[Misao]

ooo, i wonder if the fresh meat is cute (or has any cute friends ;) )
Yeah, i remember goin to Y&J the first time .. i was looking really lost, and there was this group of geeks amongst a pub packs full of yobs . pretty easy to spot ;)

[BlueBoy]

Sobriety not guaranteed. :D

[karmacoma]

Saturday 20th Dec sounds better. In the park sounds better.

Just from my reading, I dont know if I fit the mould as a geek? No offense intended. But I dont know much about computers or electronics. Everyone sounds as though they are IT professionals or graphic designers. As for me, maybe I am a geek in the academic sense. Or at least I have been called a geek before but more of a biochemistry science geek. This isnt because I have my hair parted down the center like some sort of poindexter either. I can hear you all now, "soooo, what sort of stuff do you make in your lab?" That's my secret and perhaps my buisness :)

I recognise one of the faces in the photos at the Early year zgeek melbourne event.

Question: Which one of the people in the photo, use to work at the Grand Hyatt in melbourne. Is it you blue boy?

Misao, you can feel free to make judgements on the photo attached to my profile to whether I am cute or not, even though I am hiding behind the cute little samoyed. As to whether I have cute friends......the answer is yes but if want to meet any of them you will have to buy some coupons from the front desk. It is 3 coupons per ride

[BlueBoy]

Originally posted by karmacoma
Question: Which one of the people in the photo, use to work at the Grand Hyatt in melbourne. Is it you blue boy?

Not me. Don't think I've even stepped in the Grand Hyatt. :p

I think you find that the term 'geek' covers a broad range of people here.

[Sambellina]

Originally posted by karmacoma
Saturday 20th Dec sounds better. In the park sounds better.

Just from my reading, I dont know if I fit the mould as a geek? No offense intended. But I dont know much about computers or electronics. Everyone sounds as though they are IT professionals or graphic designers. As for me, maybe I am a geek in the academic sense. Or at least I have been called a geek before but more of a biochemistry science geek. This isnt because I have my hair parted down the center like some sort of poindexter either. I can hear you all now, "soooo, what sort of stuff do you make in your lab?" That's my secret and perhaps my buisness :)

I recognise one of the faces in the photos at the Early year zgeek melbourne event.

Question: Which one of the people in the photo, use to work at the Grand Hyatt in melbourne. Is it you blue boy?

Misao, you can feel free to make judgements on the photo attached to my profile to whether I am cute or not, even though I am hiding behind the cute little samoyed. As to whether I have cute friends......the answer is yes but if want to meet any of them you will have to buy some coupons from the front desk. It is 3 coupons per ride

I'm not a geek so you won't feel left out.

It was Snowball who used to work at the Grand Hyatt.

[karmacoma]

cheers Blue boy. I know I recognise one of the faces. I do understand that "geek" covers a wide variety of people. I have just had bad experiences with net meets. I am not really into net meetings as a result. I went to this get together once with a group years ago I used to hang with on mIRC. When I got there they were all bitching about this and that person. They were having some sort of disagreement with a group of people on-line and were getting so fired up. I just wanted to bitch slap there arses to curb. It was all so real for them but fuck! Hello! You are getting fired up at some 21 fucken inch monitor you spent half your wage on <shakes head> and you know what......I dont give a fuck about how you overclocked your processor. I dont give a fuck about how much ram you have. How about I ram that ram up your arse and overclock you with my overclocked glock.

This is my beef. I dont eat beef I am vegetarian.

I am a bit paranoid that this melbourne meet will be a repeat. I hate to generalise over one or two situations but understand where I am coming from. I really hope it wont be. I do like computers but they arent my life.

To Misao: I wonder if old meat is cute and has some cute friends?

[Misao]

cute as a button :P lol, and prolly have cute friends, but they sorta dont do the geek thing ;)

[karmacoma]

Oh I forgot. This is a select group and only geeks are permitted.

Well we will both have to wait to see how cute everyone is.

[Sambellina]

ffs no one is forcing you to come!! As I said (but I don't think you read my post) I am not a geek and I go to the meets.

[karmacoma]

Sorry if that came accross as a tad intense. I didnt mean it to. I did read your post sambellina and was a bit caught up in my paranoia.

I do know that no one is forcing me to come. Like I said though, the people here at zgeek sound like a great bunch. My mistake then is to compare.

[Sambellina]

Originally posted by karmacoma
Sorry if that came accross as a tad intense. I didnt mean it to. I did read your post sambellina and was a bit caught up in my paranoia.

I do know that no one is forcing me to come. Like I said though, the people here at zgeek sound like a great bunch. My mistake then is to compare.

Don't be paranoid! It's only Snowball that's the boring, bitchy one and he usually gets so drunk you can't understand what he's saying anyway.

How come you recognise him from the Grand Hyatt? Did you work there too?

[karmacoma]

Yes I worked there say 1990 to 1995 then went to Japan. He will definetly know me by face. I worked in banquets and other areas including the bell desk, max's and security. He may know me as one of the security guys......or maybe from banquets.

Yeah I remember him well now. He was boring and bitchy then. Oh yeah....and drunk

[Colonel Kurtz]

Actually, we usually talk about ZGeek for an hour or so, and then proceed to get horribly drunk and talk about all the things everyone usually talks about when drunk.

We do different activities too, eg go-karting.

Saturday 20th sounds like a winner.

*scribbles note on hand to put on calendar*

[Sambellina]

Yeah he worked in banquets.

Yep, sounds like you've got the right guy. His good looks make up for it though ;)

[Tintin]

If I brought a load of Santa costumes from the $2 shop, would ppl wear them while going on a bit of a 'tour' of the city? It would be total Santarchy!

[karmacoma]

I would be interested.

I have an idea. How about everyone interested in dressing up in the xmas costumes bring any clothes or other items they dont need or want anymore and we go on a crusade and give our unneededs to the homeless.

[Colonel Kurtz]

Originally posted by Tintin
If I brought a load of Santa costumes from the $2 shop, would ppl wear them while going on a bit of a 'tour' of the city? It would be total Santarchy!
I always wanted to do it in gorilla suits.

I (& the boss) are confirmed for the event. What do we have to bring again? Do we need salad? I am the salad king!

:banana:

[karmacoma]

I could bring a risotto. I am a vegetarian though.

Is a vegie risotto ok?

[Tintin]

Risotto sounds great!!!

Alright... so these people are CONFIRMED to attend the bbq December 20th afternoon!

BlueBoy
durus
Holster
Iaidoka & Mrs. Iaidoka
karmacoma
Gen. & Col. Kurtz
Misao
pleedy
Royale
Sambellina
Snowball
Tintin

+ hawt friends.

Please inform any of these people who are not yet aware that they are confirmed for attendance.

I will attempt to contact some other Melbourne ZGeeks to inform them of this event, incl. TehGovZog, Felix and zombie. Please do the same if you know of any other Melb ZGeeks.

I have got a quote on Santa costumes from the Reject Shop, $8.98 each. I think I will buy some of these for us to wear. Trust me I did this in NZ and it was a hoot. BYO gorilla/guerilla suit if that's your preference. If you have excess clothing I recommend The Brotherhood of St. Laurence (http://www.bsl.org.au/) or The Salvation Army (http://www.salvos.org.au/).:cool:

[BlueBoy]

Good work, Tintin!

It'll be the middle of summer, so I might just bring my santa hat. ;)

[Colonel Kurtz]

I wanna see teh hot chixors dressed as Mrs Claus


http://wendyo.com/wendyo/Halloween/FernXmas.jpg

[Snowball]

um i aint wearing a fucking santa outfit. Call me old and boring but i am just having a bbq.

[Snowball]

Originally posted by Colonel Kurtz
I always wanted to do it in gorilla suits.

I (& the boss) are confirmed for the event. What do we have to bring again? Do we need salad? I am the salad king!




do what exactly in a gorilla suit?

[Tintin]

Originally posted by Snowball
um i aint wearing a fucking santa outfit. Call me old and boring but i am just having a bbq. That's ok! It's not compulsory (unlike attendance). I'm telling you though, the chix love the Santas and the guys love the chix Santas. No end of Santa-related smut can be used, e.g. Have you been a good boy/girl this year? Wanna see what's in Santa's sack? Ho ho ho! etc...

[sagit]

Originally posted by Colonel Kurtz
I wanna see teh hot chixors dressed as Mrs Claus


http://wendyo.com/wendyo/Halloween/FernXmas.jpg


who gets to wear her?

:p

[Misao]

No way in hell am I wearing anything christmassy .. no matter HOW drunk i get! Id rather be naked then wear a Santa suit :P

[Tintin]

Originally posted by Misao
No way in hell am I wearing anything christmassy .. no matter HOW drunk i get! Id rather be naked then wear a Santa suit :P

I'm sure that would be appreciated.

The whole Santa costume thing is meant to be a tongue-in-cheek ridiculing of the commercialism of Christmas, not intended to be taken literally! Plus it's a load of fun!

Have a look at the fun these people (http://www.santarchy.com/) seem to be having!

Specifically, this (http://crash.ihug.co.nz/%7Emarshall/santarchy.html) is what I got up to the last time I did the Santa suit thing.

[Snowball]

Originally posted by Misao
No way in hell am I wearing anything christmassy .. no matter HOW drunk i get! Id rather be naked then wear a Santa suit :P


I would rather see you ina Santa Suit than naked thanks.

[Colonel Kurtz]

oopsss, double post

[Snowball]

Originally posted by Colonel Kurtz
oopsss, double post


what you talking about Willis?

[durus]

BUGGER.
You changed the day.
Saturday 20th I'm supposed to be working.
However I just confirmed a Transfer which would result in me not working that day.
Regardless I'll see what I can do to get out of work Saturday.
oh yeah, and I'll be bringing sausages.

[Snowball]

Guys some family have decided to come down on the 20th of December for a Visit so Sam and i can not make it.

Any chance of making this bbq on the 13th of December.

[BlueBoy]

Ok by me.

I should still be drunk from the 12th. :p

[durus]

Working nights that day.
We were talking Afternoon right?
As in some time around 3 or 4pm?
or will it all be over by then?

[Sambellina]

Lunch time. We'll get there at about 12 to secure a possie and bbq. The tough ones will still be there at 4pm though ;)

[Tintin]

omg if the weather is going to be anything like what it was yesterday then I can see this turning into a pool party! I'll bring some sunscreen. Trust me, on the sunscreen. :flame:

[Snowball]

Originally posted by Tintin
omg if the weather is going to be anything like what it was yesterday then I can see this turning into a pool party! I'll bring some sunscreen. Trust me, on the sunscreen. :flame:

But can you make it on the 13th?

[Tintin]

No problem for me on the 13th. In fact I suspect this may be a better day for everyone as on the 20th there will probably be more competition with family/work Xmas parties. Sambellina's plan to get in on a bbq early seems sensible, although I'd prolly prefer not to be out in the sun at that time of day.

What do other ppl think of the 13th?

I have been thinking of making a ZGeek banner ad for this bbq. Should boost attendance. What do you guys think?

[Snowball]

Originally posted by Tintin
No problem for me on the 13th. In fact I suspect this may be a better day for everyone as on the 20th there will probably be more competition with family/work Xmas parties. Sambellina's plan to get in on a bbq early seems sensible, although I'd prolly prefer not to be out in the sun at that time of day.

What do other ppl think of the 13th?

I have been thinking of making a ZGeek banner ad for this bbq. Should boost attendance. What do you guys think?

The only reason we were thinking of getting there at noon was to secure at bbq. The park has a bit of shade and we can congregate under trees so us geeks dont fry.

[BlueBoy]

Colour me stupid.
I'll be in Sydney that weekend. :(

[Holster]

bah, I can not make it on the 13th, I have my work christmas party

[sperm]

Originally posted by Sambellina
Lunch time. We'll get there at about 12 to secure a possie and bbq. The tough ones will still be there at 4pm though ;)

Heres a (rather poor) photo-chop for you and kurtz to dream about ...

P.S. As usual, I can only confirm my attendance at the last minute. But the 14th is out (if its selected later)

P.P.S Thanks tintin for the heads-up !

[Sambellina]

It seems that a lot of people can't make the 13th so do you want to leave it as the 20th? Seems a bit unfair for us to change the date if it means more people can't make it *shrugs*:(

[BlueBoy]

Originally posted by Sambellina
It seems that a lot of people can't make the 13th so do you want to leave it as the 20th? Seems a bit unfair for us to change the date if it means more people can't make it *shrugs*:(
Unfortunately that seems to be the best option.

[pleed]

I haven't got anything on around then, but that's generally the time of the family xmas stuff, so that will have priority.
It should be fine though, and that stuff is generally during the day.

[Snowball]

Originally posted by BlueBoy
Unfortunately that seems to be the best option.

Okay keep it as the 20th then.

The things I do for you BlueBoy :rolleyes:

[sagit]

Originally posted by Snowball
Okay keep it as the 20th then.

The things I do for you BlueBoy :rolleyes:

Blueboy soooooooooo owes you a slab or 6...

[BlueBoy]

Originally posted by sagit
Blueboy soooooooooo owes you a slab or 6...
Snowball's just lucky I didn't throw up in his house. :p

[Tintin]

This event takes priority over all others!!! You will all have to cancel all other appointments! No joke!

[durus]

Will try to make 20th

[Sambellina]

Snowball and I will try and pop in for 1/2 an hour or so. Committments permitting.

[Tintin]

Could we get some event details for this? I am teh confused. :confused:

[Sambellina]

Originally posted by Tintin
Could we get some event details for this? I am teh confused.


erm.....you are the one that posted the event details:



Originally posted by Tintin
Risotto sounds great!!!

Alright... so these people are CONFIRMED to attend the bbq December 20th afternoon!

BlueBoy
durus
Holster
Iaidoka & Mrs. Iaidoka
karmacoma
Gen. & Col. Kurtz
Misao
pleedy
Royale
Sambellina
Snowball
Tintin

+ hawt friends.

Please inform any of these people who are not yet aware that they are confirmed for attendance.

I will attempt to contact some other Melbourne ZGeeks to inform them of this event, incl. TehGovZog, Felix and zombie. Please do the same if you know of any other Melb ZGeeks.

I have got a quote on Santa costumes from the Reject Shop, $8.98 each. I think I will buy some of these for us to wear. Trust me I did this in NZ and it was a hoot. BYO gorilla/guerilla suit if that's your preference. If you have excess clothing I recommend The Brotherhood of St. Laurence (http://www.bsl.org.au/) or The Salvation Army (http://www.salvos.org.au/).:cool:

But you can take me and Snowball off the list.

[BlueBoy]

BYO Meat and Booze. Though I might buy a slab of something on the way in.

[Tintin]

Oh yeah.

We need to recruit some more lurking Melbourne ZGeeks. Can anyone think of more that are not on the list?

[royale]

Originally posted by Sambellina
But you can take me and Snowball off the list.

Im off too, already doing a chrissie thing that day :(

[Sutter]

I'm in Melbourne and intreged. I've never done the net-meet thing before, think I'll do a casual walkpast to gauge the crowd, then run and hide.
I'll bring something vegie, for myself and variety for karmacoma. That is, if I don't chicken out.

[Snowball]

Originally posted by Tintin
Oh yeah.

We need to recruit some more lurking Melbourne ZGeeks. Can anyone think of more that are not on the list?

Cool, you can always ask someones Girlfriend back to your place.

[Tintin]

Originally posted by Snowball
Cool, you can always ask someones Girlfriend back to your place. My days of asking are all gone. :D

Current list:
BlueBoy
durus
Holster
Iaidoka & Mrs. Iaidoka
karmacoma
Gen. & Col. Kurtz
Misao
pleedy + Mrs. pleedy
Sutter
Tintin

[BlueBoy]

*bump*

See you guys at Batman Park this Saturday.
Looking for a 12 o'clock start,but feel free to show up later.

PM me if you need anymore details.

[Misao]

I might not be able to make it now. I have to help my parents with a xmas bbq for my dad's work colleagues (and believe me, my parents will need all the help they can get! hehe)

[Sutter]

What's the general feeling about bringing a friend?

[Holster]

hmm, I dont know

send me a picture, vital stats and i'll get back to you :p

i brought a friend to my first meet

[durus]

Blue I need your no. So I can check if it's still going, I have to work that day.

[BlueBoy]

Originally posted by durus
Blue I need your no. So I can check if it's still going, I have to work that day.
Sent.

And Sutter, there's no problems with bringing a friend. If they're female it's actively encouraged! :D

[Sutter]

He's pretty close to being female, but still a guy, sorry.

[iaidoka]

ok so its this saturday, yeah? Im still game, wife has had a lot of chemo / radio this week so is definately too sick to attend.

can one of you ugly mothers send me a message with your mobile or something? I fear otherwise I will get lost. or something. wandering around flinders area unloved, forsaken, going "wtf ?!" ...

coz I want to goooooooo.

Id have to leave in the afternoon.. have a friend coming over in the evening.. but still.. the day would be funz0rs

[Tintin]

Just ask ppl where Batman Park is. Nobody will know. Then ask them where the yellow peril used to be, then ask them where it was after that, but not where it is now. Comprehende?

[BlueBoy]

Map:

[TehGovzog]

Well, it's about time I turned up to one of these meets again. *grin*
How long is it going for? I'm knocking off work at 2, so I could be there by around 3-ish if I rushed. If you're all still there.

[BlueBoy]

Thought you'd died. :)

We should still all be there at that point.

[Tintin]

I thought u were dead too. I was just bowling yesterday, which made me think of teh funy tehgovzog story. Turn up to the meet, there will be ppl around. I only knock off work at 1 myself.

[TehGovzog]

Replace the word "dead" with "trying to keep two jobs and haven't left the home lately because he's busy as all hell now", and you'd be right. *grin* I'll be there at 3.

[BlueBoy]

Turn out:
BlueBoy
Silverback
Holster
Sutter
Tintin

Pics here: http://www.zgeek.com/gallery/album20

[Tintin]

Best. Meet. Evar.

[TehGovzog]

Sorry I didn't turn up guys - you can blame work for that. *grumbles* One of the guys said he had a gut ache and couldn't work, so guess who had to fill in for him?
*pout*

I want piccies of meet!

[durus]

Appologies from me too.
Was supposed to leave work at 2. instead left after 7.
when problems arrise, there is no going home for me.
CRAP
:swear: :swear: :swear: