After a few complementary "Masters Beverages" the Bulls boarded the Toddy's" luxury coach and headed for our base. Drinks were served, food was had and general merriment was the mood.Alice Diary - Day 1
Invisi-bull is going to the Alice Masters Games.
Invisi-bull woke early today, due to the combined effects of last nights curry and excitement about the upcoming Alice event. He tapped the "Beautiful Bride" on the shoulder and was greeted with the response "piss off - with the things that came out of your body last night, I am lucky to be alive!". So with some reluctance Invisi-bull got out of bed, three S'd (Shit, Showered and Shaved) and readied himself for the big Alice adventure.
The ride to the airport was uneventful. The family seemed happy to be rid of invisi-bull (the Beautiful Bride muttered something about snore and fart free nights).
By the time Invisi-bull got to the airport all the Bulls had assembled. No one seemed to notice Invisi-bull's quiet arrival, but the two curries he ate yesterday soon made his presence known.
Once through check the "Elita-bulls" followed the Business Bulls, Accountabull and Automabull, to the Qantas club. The regular and hard working players headed to the Coopers Bar.
The herd boarded the plane and found that the crew, obviously not sports minded, knew nothing of the Masters and were quite surprised to find 100 odd people heading to the "Masters". The Bulls led the charge for the drinks trolley and provided a learning experience for the crew.
After an uneventful flight the Bulls landed in "Alice" and the organiser sighed with relief, the event would now be profitable.
After a few complementary "Masters Beverages" the Bulls boarded the Toddy's" luxury coach and headed for our base. Drinks were served, food was had and general merriment was the mood.
Serious questions of breakfast and booze soon arose. Various Bulls were dispatched for "supplies". Supplies procured, the Bulls congregated under the palm trees on the lawn to discuss strategies for the upcoming games, then adjourned to Toddy's new lounge for dinner. The Swamp rats (Drinkabull & Zulubull) took a lot of convincing to realise it is the best the Swamp has ever looked and Toddys are to be commended for their efforts.
Day one ended with much debate about walk out songs. Most suggestions were rejected. Texta-Bull did choose "Summer of '69", Ger-Bull picked the only country and western song in the library, "Redback on the Toilet Seat".
The evening became a blur after that for Invisi-Bull, but it was noted that Zulu only gets drunk once every Masters campaign and he's made an excellent start to his 10 day drinkfest on day one.
Coach Watts is expectant of a successful Masters. He knows we will be playing off for a medal wether we like it or not !!! I mean there are only 4 teams in the comp for &@*! sake.
Coach Watts is keeping the starting line up a closely guarded secret (i.e. he hasn't worked it out yet) and all of the squad are sucking up to coach Watts every minute to attempt to secure a safe position - preferably scoring, managing, sorting bats, peeling oranges OR as a last resort 1st base.
Oh well - the day is drawing nigh and the editorial staff are getting quite tired due to substances not often consumed at the regularity as it is @ Ala Pling.
We're not going to wait up for the return of the Bojangles dregs - so farewell, adios, adieu, calinichta and goodnight for now - more tomorrow.
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