Funny Handshakes and Total Twats

 Masonic Hall and Assembly Rooms - St Leonard's



Funny Handshakes

I've had a great afternoon - I went to the final meeting at the Masonic Hall in St Leonard's to organise everything for tomorrows big party, spent most of the day sticking banquet paper to round tables and setting up the cloak room. Everything is really well organised, we have sorted out all the rotas and the health and safety stuff and I left them to the dancing training ( there will be some exhibition dances - including a 'Mod Stomp' to recreate the famed riots on the seafront during the 1960's. I met Penny - who will be 'working the door' - while I manage the reception - I've never come across Penny before, a very charming transvestite with a penchant for zebra skin and exceptional legs.

The Masonic Hall is fantastic - I've always wanted to see inside - lovely old building with lots of hidden details - like miniature masonic emblem door knockers on all the rooms - a separate bar, lounge and dining room and lots of little side rooms and kitchens. The 'room' is downstairs - and upstairs the central hall is very grand. We've totally sold out and it's all looking really good. Lots of acts, including a fire eater, an absinthe fairy and something called 'The Lambrini Sisters'.

I've made all the moustaches and stuck teeny bits of toupee tape to them  we tested them today - 'Man of Aran' went down really well and will probably be a big hit - as will 'The Cad'


Total Twats

I read an odd little article in the Daily Mail yesterday ( yes - I know, I should have had more sense - but as I was up really early etc... ) Apparently - two young men had both become unemployed and claimed benefits, all without incident. They then decided to live together ( for they are, gentle reader, homosexualists!!!!) and did the decent thing by telling the DSS about their change of circumstances straight away. Suddenly they became the victims of homophobic abuse by the staff, and some mockery - so they wrote and complained. The DSS have said they are investigating the matter but were sure there was no wrongdoing by their staff (well, they would, wouldn't they). Not really sure how this got into the papers - but it was a small story with very little coverage and only a couple of dull comments... until later that day when the story was accompanied by a photograph of the couple. It's fair to say - it's an awful picture - probably on a camera phone, and neither of them are going to be male models - but they just look ordinary, except the fact that they are both smiling broadly and look very happy - which is something you don't see every day. Suddenly - this is a more interesting story with almost 150 comments.... pretty much all of them negative, not just about the gall of these two 'freaks' to complain about having 'gay boys' shouted at them - but commenting on their appearance - and not just in a comic way - but pretty fucking cruel. These comments are moderated - so they should not have gotten through - but what does the Daily Mail do??? - It rams the story up onto the top of the front page so everyone can see it - hence more abuse, and anyone who complains gets marked right down by the other readers, because laughing at ugly, gawky pouffs is the key to great journalism, innit!

That tells you everything you need to know about Britain today and what a shit nation we can be.