Oh yes. This evening the British Embassy allowed the plebs in for a Diamond Jubilee party. Cost us $50 paid in advance and then $20 for 3 Stella but WTF!!
There was a band playing covers of Stevie Wonder, CCR, INXS etc etc and I had 9 cans of Stella. I rocked for 5 hours and am still pissed (that is drunk to the colonials).
Holy Shit!! A good time in TKWIL courtesy of the British Embassy. Good to see the police waiting outside the embassy car park to catch drunk people...fuck them... myself and my stunning wife got a taxi.
An Englishman using the metric system is certainly NOT allowed to call anyone using the English Standard system of measures "poncy."
ThirstyMan wrote: Oh yes. This evening the British Embassy allowed the plebs in for a Diamond Jubilee party. Cost us $50 paid in advance and then $20 for 3 Stella but WTF!!
There was a band playing covers of Stevie Wonder, CCR, INXS etc etc and I had 9 cans of Stella. I rocked for 5 hours and am still pissed (that is drunk to the colonials).
Holy Shit!! A good time in TKWIL courtesy of the British Embassy. Good to see the police waiting outside the embassy car park to catch drunk people...fuck them... myself and my stunning wife got a taxi.
That wasn't on behalf of the Queen, you fucking Teabag. It's because today is my 41st birthday. The Brits are merely showing the proper respect due a man of my station in life.
And, why yes, I AM on my 6th bottle of sake this evening. I'm closing in on being able to grunt and growl like Bunta Sugawara in the Yakuza Papers films at this point....
More amusing details of the evening now that I am sadly sober again.
Yes, the beer was fucking expensive but this is TKWIL.
On the black market, 12 x 300ml cans of shitty Heineken costs $120, so lets get it into perspective.
An interesting point was the embassy does not allow you to take mobile phones or any electronic devices into the premises.
WOW! What a difference that makes. NOBODY tweeting, facebooking, mindlessly talking or irritating ring tones. Everybody could concentrate on the drinking. Love it.
On the stroke of midnight (no idea why they picked this time), a guy gets on the stage and says 'Can we all be upstanding for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II' I'm thinking yeah, yeah, yeah, when suddenly a spotlight picks out a heavy metal guitarist standing on the roof of the embassy who then started to play a metal version (Hendrix style) of the National Anthem with feedback. WHAT THE FUCK!!!!
Is that fucking cool or what??
A good evening had by all (even by my stunning wife who doesn't really drink). Roll on The British Embassy in TKWIL.
Another amusing thing was looking up in the middle of the bands set and seeing locals peering in from high rise apartments overlooking the embassy. Yes, thats right, this is how the British enjoy themselves and NO YOU CAN'T COME IN. You keep on knocking but you can't come in. HA.
In case you were thinking of invading, Schweig, yes the coast is guarded with big fuck off missile boats. Next to the Emirs beach house, which backs onto a main coastal road, there is a big sign that reads ' Do not take photos or approach this sign' which is a bit fucking surreal. Do not even think about looking this way, NO.. stop looking in fact don't even think about looking!!
Thanks man. I'm finally back on the fringes of sober myself. (Many bottles of sake here along with a veritable mountain of raw fish. Best toro I've had in a long time.) Glad we could share this drink today
ThirstyMan wrote: On the black market, 12 x 300ml cans of shitty Heineken costs $120, so lets get it into perspective.
Jesus wept man. I knew it was pricey, but that's just brutal. I presume importing homebrewing ingredients is prohibitively expensive, too? (I guess there's always honey for brewing up a mead...) You need a friend in the embassy with access to the diplomatic pouch. The USAID people my wife knows in garden spots like Pakistan bring all their alcohol in through the embassy (and, of course, send all their furniture and the like home via pouch to avoid all those troublesome customs duties...)
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