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Monday, April 6, 2009

UK Travelogue: New Year's Eve

1/1/2008

ugh. headache.

great way to start the new year. the pub put on a hell of a great party. gave us fake money to play in their fake casino they had set up - blackjack and roulette. great food, good dancing, met some nice people. at midnight, looked across to the isle of wight and could see fireworks for miles, as well as all along the coastline from southampton to portsmouth. we're at a point on the seaside that we can see for miles on either side out to the Channel. a good way to welcome in the new year.

so i asked our hosts last night to teach me a drinking song. they all started in on a great song (wish i could remember the words), then asked me to sing it back to them. then they went into a very drunken rendition of For He's a Jolly Good Fellow. next question, "Adele, sing us an American drinking song!" so i break out into "99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer..." amusing as it was, they then sang their own version of 99 Bottles of Beer... good times, good times...

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