MarkStock '04

Submitted by: Naomi
Subject: "Rob + orange shorts"

It started around midnight, the game of 21. It was the first time I had ever played the game, but it didn’t take long to learn the rules. About 15 of us were gathered around a small gas lamp, beers in hand. It took a while for us to actually reach 21, as some people lost focus and others just could not understand the basis of the game! So eventually a few rules were made, one by Elle, who asked for my advice on what to do. For lack of imagination I suggested the North American version of “sommersaults” for every mistake made, which I believe translates into “rolley polleys” in this country. Elle cunningly refined this as applying only to men, and requiring not 1 but 4 rolley polleys for every mistake made while playing the game. And so the game continued. Approximately 30 minutes later the group was blessed with a visit from a drunk French-“wannabe” wearing bright orange shorts. Oblivious to his appearance, he sits down in the circle and attempts to hail the French as some of the greatest people on earth. Note: Mark bursts into uncontrollable drunken laughter, and apparently I seemed to be the only one knowing what he was on about! Anyway, by this time Rick had managed to drink himself into quite a state, and offered the most entertainment with his quasi-rolley polleys down the Taylor estate grounds. Mr. Taylor himself also blessed us with vivid entertainment, as he elegantly rolled into a bush on one of his final rolls. Most of the footy lads, while not gymnasts, did manage to eek out some semi-decent cartwheels.

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