Bag's Rants

This must have been some party. Brings back memories.

This party took £20K to fix. That must have been some party. The power of the Internet in action. Read here.

Brought back memories of my youth when my, at the time, girlfriends older sister threw a party while their parents were away. Advertised mainly by telling everyone she met she was having a party. No Internet, SMS, mobiles in those days. It was a great party and loads of people, generally older than me, came with enough booze and, err, other items to float a battleship and see Keith Richards off.

Anyway the next day there was quite a bit of repair work to be done and much concern about how they were going to explain the things the couldn't fix to their parents on their return. I've never forgotten the aftermath.

Dads prized Marine Fish Tank. About 200 gallons worth of marine fish and invertebrates dead. Seems someone though the fish needed a drink. And this was when these were very rare and correspondingly expensive. Someone had nicked some of Mummys, and the daughters jewellery and, for some reason I still can't work out, the kettle. Maybe they wanted a drink of something different on the way home. Burns in the carpets, on the furniture, a small fire on Mummy's bed, put out with some beer, Didn't know if that was good or bad. Food trodden into most of the carpets and Dad's prized collection of malts and cigars downed and smoked. Floors awash and there was rubbish everywhere. Garden Furniture thrown in the pond and someone had done a number two in there as well.

We did what we could but there were some things that just were beyond us.

As you can imagine Mum and Dad were not happy when they returned. One thing I do remember was how calmly Dad took it. Mum went hysterical and I was, politely, asked to leave. After an initial, err, discussion with the daughters I didn't see anyone for two weeks as I wasn't allowed near the house. They spoke to the Police then but when they passed on that most of the party goers were unknown to the girls nothing happened. Dad never got his fish tank back to what it was before I split up with his daughter. In the end though the eldest sister missed out on a car she was looking forward to but what else could they really do? They were their daughters. Not a lot of options. I learnt a valuable lesson there.

It was a great party though. Until this episode one I thought wouldn't be repeated in this modern namby pamby society. I'd hate to be a teenager nowadays. Although maybe a more secure parent. That's progress for you.

posted by Bag @ 1:19 am