Winterly the Snowball

Hmmmm....what's this?

Frederick comes in and tries to break even

Last night Paul and I are just sitting in the livingroom, all of a sudden a huge loud knock on the window! We look out the blinds and what do we see? FREDERICK! (That's our neighbour) So we let him in, seems a little obvious to say that but sometime we don't let him in and we hide, but he know this already.

He comes in and sees my Indiana Jones Fruit Machine. It's a real full size and working arcade machine, I should mention that I don't like Indiana Jones the movie but I sure do like his arcade machine, it's a good thing to have around because when drunk people come in your house they put all their money in it!

Anyway he puts a total of 60p in the machine for 12 plays and he gets exactly 60p back! We are all in shock becuase no one ever breaks even with this machine! So Frederick was very pround of himself and decided to try it again. He puts in £1. He puts in another £1. I think he ends up putting somewhere in the region of £4-£5 in it trying to get the exact same back (he didn't even want to win he just wanted the exact same back but in different coins). Needless to say he did not break even and he put all his money in the machine............which is real nice for me 'cos I get to keep the money.


There he is trying to break even. You can also see my shoulder.

Playing Poker with Frederick

Yep, Paul and I had to explain to him how to play hold 'em. Every time he wanted to check he would say, "I flop"!

I think the photo says it all.


Oh yes right there on the table beside me is a joke present from Paul, the Raymer glasses.

Christmas!

Actually Boxing Day today but I'll tell you about yesterday.

Presents of note that I got:

• Poker Table (YAY! Is not just for me, but to share between me and Paul)
• Miniature bottle of champagne (Paul got me this and I made him pretend with me that WWII had just ended and we had to celebrate!)
• Wynton Marsalis and Duke Ellington CDs
  
• Cary Grant framed photo (Which is broken...I opened it up and glass went everywhere!)
• Harry Connick Jr's 1992 New York Big Band Concert on DVD
• Steve Martin comedy album! (Paul got me this too)
• Poker set with chips and cards (Dad got me this, little did he know I just bought a bunch of chips)
• A great book called Movie Star Portraits of the Forties
• Feather Boa and sparkly hat (Leonnie got me these!)
• Pocket watch (this was Paul's work, he knows how I like to act like an old posh rich man. "Bring the car around Jeeves, I'll meet you out back! Pip pip old chap!"

We had a great dinner, it was this weird chicken you buy with stuffing already in it, it was good.

I also got a very nice red coat that looks very 1940s, I will surely wear it, get a photo and put it up on here sometime soon.

Guess What I Got For Christmas

I think I'm in love! I've never seen a prettier table in my life.

BPT Final

Just a quick note to say good luck to all the people playing in the Grand Final of BPT! I'm gonna go get something to eat and drink then I'm coming straight back up here to watch the final.