Recently one Friday after work was particularly great. It started off with quite a lot of people going over to Suga Cube which is opposite where I work. It’s a good place to go simply because it’s close, there is normally seats available and the music is pretty cool. Well I think some of the guys n girls may disagree with me but I think it’s good enough.
Anyway a lot of the Spannerworks crew went over there and I had the pleasure of sitting with Tom, Dan and David Coats initially. Now from what I can remember we started to have a laugh straight away. A little while later we swapped Tom for Carla.
(Pictures from David Coats Blog : Need An Answer, click here to see more photos from Jamie Clifford’s leaving do…)
Now the only thing I really can remember is
talking about my previous job within the adult industry. It’s certainly an area people seem to enjoy and I to be honest don’t mind talking about it either. It was a great time working there and will never forget some moments I had there.
Unfortunately Carla had to leave but not before saying the most classic line ever. As Carla was getting up to leave she said quite innocently to me something along the lines of “O.k well I have to go, I’ll have to probe you about your job another time…” From that moment David Coats, Dan and I lost it for a few minutes. Still today I mention that evening to Carla in front of the other guys and she puts on this grin and goes red. Bless you Carla we love you….
On with the night and it’s back down to David Coats, Dan and myself on one little table in the corner with the rest of the Spannerworks crew on the other side. Dan and David Coats went on talking about school life and which was interesting because they didn’t have the smoothest of rides at school. School for me was never like that. The only thing we were scared of was the teacher’s. Bullying was not something tolerated at my school regardless of who you were and I am really proud of that fact. Of course it’s probably changed by now…
We then went on to the subject of talking about decimal clocks. Now when I say we I mean David Coats. David Coats is a super intelligent guy in the science world in particular physics. After a few drinks he can rival Stephen Hawkins and the beef about clocks comes in to play. Now I don’t know how loud we were or how long we spoke about it but I do know I was crying again with laughter. Dan kept spoiling his theory and asking questions, which further lead David Coats to get a little aggressive in his explanation of the decimal clock and why as the world we are stupid for not taking on the decimal clock.
After a while Tim came over and said “you guys look like your having fun” which I can’t deny was true. However the sad fact is, and even now reading my own words, what we were saying would not sound funny to anyone else on this great earth except for the people actually there at the time. Thus why Tim got his drink and went back to join the rest of the team and we followed shortly afterwards.
Joining the big table was another chapter in the nights events I won’t forget too soon. I remember Dan and I were doing some excellent sit down dancing routines that was cracking me up because I would be talking to Dan saying “I like this song, how about you?” For which he replied “Nope.” And continue to put 110% in to the dance jiggle he was performing.
Following on from the dance Jiggle, arm wrestling came in to play. Now I can’t remember who started all this but I do know who finished it! Dan had squashed an opponent or two by the time we did our rumble in the jungle. Let’s just say I was Ali that night.
Now I know you might think I’m hamming this up but my arm was really weak after Dan and a couple of others when Charlotte asked for an arm wrestle. I was just going to play with her and then beat her (God that sounds so wrong!). Little did I know my strength was very weak at this moment and if it was not for some real hard effort I could of lost which wouldn’t of been good. It’s not nice when Charlotte says “are you trying?” and I’m like “Yea of course”, with a big smile to make it like I’m sort of when actually I’m praying this to be over.
Dan left a little while later leaving David Coats, Nils, Tim, Robin, Charlotte and maybe Abi. I do remember seeing Abi a few times but it’s a bit of a blur.
The next funny thing to happen was someone climbing over everyone and the sofa we were sitting on and breaking some little shelf thingy. Luckily only half the club heard the snap….
From there I remember sitting down one minute and then a young lady walking in front of me plonking herself down next to me. We had a little chat and that was that. Nice to know that there are actually people who can be friendly and confident enough to do that. You see in my town if a guy did that the girls would assume that your drunk, desperate and only have one thing in mind. I’m not going to whinge about Hastings in this post but I will soon in another post.
As the night drew to an end David Coats offered me his place to crash at, which was jolly nice of him to say the least. We bundled in to a taxi with Tim who also lives in Hove and made our way back. Pissed as big C’s we finally got back to David Coat’s place not before failing to negotiate our way in to another pub and buying half the bloody kebab shop.
The morning came and I made my way back home going through Hove. I love being in new places and finding my way out. Some people call this being lost but I knew roughly where I was so I just enjoyed the walk back to the station.
When I got to the train station I was perfectly on time. I thought this was my day until I hit Eastbourne which is another story…
Sweet night all in all and massive thanks to David Coats for letting me crash at his.
