Oh yes. Its that time again.

Calling all PIGS, calling all PIGS.

It's that time again - the annual PIGS review of the year.

Please post your review of the year on this blog by January 4th 2007.

Last years' reviews can be read under 'January 2006' if you're interested.

Founder Dart out.

gay reunions

We are being overun by gay reunions.. check this mail I just recieved from a PIGS Enemy, I must say I can't wait to go :

"Hi, sorry I've not replied to emails.

I've heard back from the follow people, about going to Aber at the end of the month:
Sandra and Richard
Jon and Sarah
Ash
Lauren
Stephen
Lucy
Liz
Dan (poor dan can't get out of it)

And possibly:
Abi
Steve Ellis

The plan is to arrive on the Friday, and stay until Sunday. This gives us the chance to have two good nights out, and catch up. I was thinking of starting off in the Cambrian, as I fancy seeing if they still do death stars. Then on some where to get food, and wander the town afterwards  :-) 

It would be nice to know if people can make it, and what time people can make it there - a quick reply to this email will do. I'll probably take half a day off work, and aim to be in Aber for about 6 p.m.

Please pass details on to anyone I've forgotten. I get a feeling the addresses for Matt and Nici are out of date, so please forward if you're up to date.

Thanks again,
Rew"

War is declared

this is a call to arms.

Following our highly successful infiltration of a bunch of wankers who weren't cool 5 years ago and certainly aren't cool now (god i can't believe i actually slept with one of them) (no it wasn't spencer) i now call on all pigs everywhere to bring down this pathetic 'reunion' shindig as highlighted by the minister for information's last post.

We must end this evil or that radio station is forever going to be haunted by the spectre of spencer and his evil cronies. The PIGS will prevail, I know you will all do your best.

This is a code yellow message, PIGS only. May your missions be swift and secure.

Out.

When PIGS attack

The world may think it's safe, what with breaking cars and fusing showers, but it should beware. When PIGS choose to attack, they are swift and their vengence is vengeful.

And quite funny.

To other PIGS at least.

As this latest evidence shows.

PIGS OUT

Ps. It's funnier if you start from the bottom.

PIGS Vs The World

The last 7 days have seen the PIGS kick the worlds arse repeatedly. So many good things happening at once is making me suspicous though, so we should all stay on alert for any retaliation from the World.

I won't go into everything in detail, but saturday saw some of the best work from the postal services we have ever witnessed, with the arrival of Star Wars Original trilogy to Dart, Tekken for the PSP to me, a cheque to me, and an awesome vietnam issue claymore bag that i bought from ebay, to me.

other events will remain classifed for the moment

TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Calling all P.I.G.S.

The ten year anniversary of our formation is but a year and a bit away. We need to start planning the festivities NOW. Any ideas will be greatly recieved, and should be blogged on this site for ease of accessing at a later date.

I think that we should try and do some of the following things (maybe):

Invite as many P.I.G.S. as possible (yes, even Clur)
Do something that tips a wink back to some of our former activities or missions
Get drunk.

Understandably, some of you will not be able to do stuff in October / September because you a a teacher. So, lets pick a time when we can all do something. Maybe late August next year? or Autumn half term? Please also state when you are free.

10 years comrades, 10 years - an achievement indeed.

P.I.G.S. Forever!

Ideas please. Time is running out my friends.

Failings of Stace

We could post here daily if we were to document all of them.

I suggest we have a party for his 50th failing, at the rate he's going that will be very soon.

dave stacey fails again

Got me invite to daves wedding today, but only just, somehow he'd got the house number wrong, putting 17 instead of 19. oh dear oh dear.

oh dear

I can only assume Dave Stacey is on some sort of suicide mission, firstly he mispells my email address in an important mail about the stag, then, in the email he is telling us all to meet him in Bath on friday the 29th of May..

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that in 2009?

Dart we will have to discuss this.

The offending comment

It was agreed that, in the run up to my wedding, Rhys's use of the word 'Cunt' in a forum that could, theoretically, be read by my Mother, may not be a good idea as it may jepodise his future cake supply. So, in order that he didn't feel censored, I agreed to post it here.

Here it is.

(It's not actually that interesting)

"seriously
its this sort of behaviour that gives the rest of us a bad name. You cunt. Stop it, stop it now."

Can't figure out how to add a link to a specific post from LiveJournal, but if you really want to (and I probably wouldn't recommend it), the offending post can be found at http://davestacey.livejournal.com. Scroll down, it was the post from April 5th. Be warned. It's pretty gay.

Boycott lifted

The power of the PIGS!

The boycott worked as the weak crumble in our midst.

Boycott is lifted, browse away.

PIGS out

Boycott

I call upon all PIGS worldwide to boycott the blog of PiGS member (and MFI) Stacey as he recently admitted to vetoing comments left on his blog by the almighty Principle Founder.

No PIGS member may read or post onto his blog until further notice, or they will incur the wrath of the founders.

PIGS out.

Brentwood

P.I.G.S. Towers has been established in brentwood, starting "The Golden Age of Brentwood".

Photos on Flickr

Thanks to the great wisdom of Founder Dart, I've set up an account at flickr.com to post my photos from the far side of the world and other random snaps: Velvet Android's pages, as they're currently known thanks to an interestingly neat anagram of my name. Nothing much to shout about yet, but happy browsing!

Dave L.'s 2005 Year Review

All right, all right - even if I'm trying to finish preparing to move to New Zealand the day after tomorrow, I'd rather avoid more pressure from Founder Dart by squeezing in a Year Review for 2005 here like a good little PIGS member...

JANUARY: Fail to quit same old job in retail and leave Aberystwyth at long last. See New Year in alone in house as work failed to notify me I didn't need to be back in town for New Year's Day. Have the company of my new 'Lord of the Rings' DVD boxset, which makes things much more bearable and passes eleven solitary hours rather nicely.
FEBRUARY: Fail to quit same old job in retail and leave Aberystwyth at long last. Single on Valentine's, which always sucks.
MARCH: Fail to quit same old job in retail and leave Aberystwyth at long last. Do manage week's holiday in London, coinciding with housemates also being down there. Went on London Eye, by a complete fluke on its fifth birthday. Champagne all round, despite NO FOOD OR DRINK signs on Eye gondolas. Great stuff. Go to London Zoo for first time since aged 7. Go to Natural History Museum for first time in eight or nine years and reacquainted myself with the dinosaurs. Lots of good pictures. A week or two later, whole household is on edge of seats for long-awaited rebirth of 'Doctor Who', and remains there fot next thirteen weeks. Note with satisfaction London Eye used as 'Doctor Who' location. Marvellous.
APRIL: Fail to quit same old job in retail and leave Aberystwyth at long last. Do pop to family get-together in Reading to celebrate my grandparents' Diamond Wedding anniversary, which is an enormously impressive achievement. (Being married for sixty years, I mean, not getting to Reading.) Following nine years in Division One before last year's unexpected championship title, Norwich City are relegated from Premiership after playing their way to safety at the start of season's final day, only to lose 6-0 at Fulham. Goals from Brian McBride bookend game, after he's spent months as one of my nemeses on FIFA 2003 during Rhys and my 'Flat 2 Trophy' sessions. Typical. Sad but not surprised, at any of this.
MAY: Fail to quit same old job in retail and leave Aberystwyth at long last. Turn 26. Hmmm.
JUNE: Fail to quit same old job in retail and leave Aberystwyth at long last.
JULY: Fail to quit same old job in retail and leave Aberystwyth at long last. Join Founder Dart for one of his annual Clean Up Rhys' Flat When He Moves Out Parties; guest list: one. Strangely great fun, as always. Fond farewell to Rhys as he actually leaves Aber after eight years, the adventurous sod. Have operation on arm to remove metal plate put in last September to hold it together after I brokw it cycling (all in a good cause), which is no longer needed since the bones have knitted back together nicely. First week, operation cancelled at three days' notice. Second week, operation cancelled at eighteen hours' notice. Third week, operation cancelled after I had already made it to the hospital and got settled in the day room to wait for my call. Fourth week, operation actually goes ahead after only minor delays, and screws up the nerves and tendons in my left hand. Damn.
AUGUST: Fail to quit same old job in retail and leave Aberystwyth at long last. Do manage a day back in Cardiff on Bank Holiday weekend for Mum's birthday. Note with satisfsction our Turkish restauramt in Cardiff Bay was used as 'Doctor Who' location. Physiotherapy eventually unclenches my hand and restores mobility to my wrist, over the course of six weeks off work lasting into September. Still fail to organise my stuff/room/life or plan an exit strategy for getting out of Aber, though, but keep looking for the silver lining. Arm hurts like hell and is a bit useless, but miss six weeks of work. Ah, there it is.
SEPTEMBER:: Fail to quit same old job in retail and leave Aberystwyth at long last. This is the only the second extended period I've spent more than a few miles away from Founder Dart in fifteen years. Hard to adjust. Sniff. Back to work. Double sniff.
OCTOBER: Fail to quit same old job in retail and leave Aberystwyth at long last. Friend of friend tells me she's off to Canada on year's working holiday with BUNAC. Household making plans to finally quit Aber at New Year. I put two and two together and send off my passport for renewal.
NOVEMBER: Fail to quit same old job in retail and leave Aberystwyth at long last. However, apply to BUNAC to join their Work New Zealand programme. You have to have evrything booked and paid up a minimum of ten weeks before one of their flights - I send off application ten weeks and three days before earliest flight of next year, January 19th, figuring I'll end up on a May or June one. Forms come back two days later telling me I'm booked on 19th January flight. Aaaargh!/Wowwww!!! Wheels are finally in motion...
DECEMBER: Shockingly and to the amazement of all and sundry, manage to quit same old job in retail and leave Aberystwyth at long last. Don't even know it's my last day in work until lunchtime that day (21st), so have all of 4 1/2 hours to assimilate it and clear out. Home on Christmas Eve, drive to grandparents in London with parents and brother on Christmas Day, stopping off at Rhys's en route to say hello after five months. Head for Norfolk two days later until the 30th, catching up with other grandparents and rest of Mum's side of the family. Plan to return to Aberystwyth (I can't stay away) for a couple of days after New Year to pack up my house of 3 1/2 years and leave the town eight and a half years after I first arrived. Finally!

Comment

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PIGS Forvever!


Oi Jimmy, Oi Leverton, sort your lives out - buying, decorating and moving in to your first house OR preparing to travel half way around the world does not excuse your lack of '2005 year reviews'. On top of that jimmy you still need to vote in the inner core vote - the entire future of the PIGS is in your hands. I expect action. Forthwith.

Don't make me have to think up a punishment ritual.

Of course, its probably all Stace's fault.

Proof at last!

I now have conclusive proof relating to the agreed size of a crate of beer - http://www.matsadler.com/PIGS/socials/socials.php?number=A%20wager%20between%20the%20Founders

please pay particular attention to the following section:

2.The value of the wager is the items specified herein: a. One crate of beer (18 cans or 24 bottles),


And who, i hear you ask, documented this agreed bet back in January 2004 and stated the standard size of a crate of beer?

Why it is the very Mr. Stace, out of the mouths of babes indeed.

There clearly has to be continuity in PIGS bets, Stace cannot be allowed to get away with this crime - expecting myself or founder mat to pay out 24 bottles should we lose our bet but only committing to 20 himself when he lost his. Poor show.

I will expect the delivery of my remaining 16 bottles forthwith.

Inner Core Vote

Picking the 6th Inner Core Member.
Vote needed.

The founders have disagreed about the appointment of the 6th Inner Core Member. As we are a progressive organisation we wish to promote a woman to the inner core. This is a big step and after they pass the 23 year qualification period for women, the inner core will get the chance to vote on their appointment.

However, should we consider the application of one female for the next 23 years or look at 2 or 3 potential applicants?

The identity (ies) of these women will remain secret for the time being

They will not know and neither will you

The Founders have spoken.

The inner core now need to vote in line with the proceedure as stated in the PIGS rules (detailed below).

5(ii) In the event of a founder disagreement in an inner core vote, then the vote is postponed for a period of one week. After such a period the vote will be taken again and the result will stand. In the event of a tie at this stage, then the most senior member of the mass P.I.G.S. organisation will have the casting vote. (See rule 6 for seniority in mass organisation).

Please restrict your voting choices to (a) one or (b) 2 or 3

PIGS Test

This is advance notice for all PIGS members.

From your number, one will be chosen.

Sometime soon the Founders will choose a member to take the great PIGS test, this member will be chosen completely at random.

You may wish to do some studying, especially if you are Stace.

Failure is not an option.

Founders out.


Oh, and if you haven't already - post your year review.

And here are the results of the 2005 Stace fixtures

Births 0 - 3 Deaths
Marriage Proposals accepted 1 - 0 Stag do’s successfully organised
Rugby matches played 0 - 0 Broken limbs
Bets lost to Rhys 1 - 0 Bets won against Rhys
Errors in best man choice vs Bets paid off - Match postponed
Hit albums recorded 1 - 3 Drummers
Houses purchased 1 - 0 Money left
Units of alcohol consumed 362 - 13 Hangovers
New jobs 1 - 0 Pieces of coursework marked so far
Exotic sun kissed beach holidays 0 - 2 Holidays to rain drenched, wind swept North Wales
Blogger logins lost 1 - 1 Blogger logins recovered via Founder Dart
Number of times gone AWOL 1* - 1 Books I have

Happy New Year


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Camp Dave (Who You All Know)'s 2005 Review (That You All Know)

2005

Awesome. This may not be in order. Started at that massive party on the farm. Got a bit drunk and farted, bought a massive England Towel as I didn't want to rub my gonads with David Beckham. Drove home with a hangover. Quit crappy job at adult college, got awesome job in noo meeeja up town, became a Suit. Revisited old job for leaving do, told old uberboss that I was earning twice what they paid me, and got ordered off the premises. Went to Aber, got pissed. Went to Essex, got pissed, did pretty well at Pub Golf, got 11 under, didn't lie on my back or insult anyone at the curry house. Ate politely. Got a new car. It's awesome. Spent the final few minutes in Cwps in aber listening to some awesome acoustic Welsh folk music with hundreds of pints of Double Dragon. It don't get no better than this.

The Golden Age of Aberystwyth has Ended.

Founder Dart's 2005 (Rhythm and Blues) Review

Started 2005 in Suffolk at that awesome new year farm, participated in the great nipple flicking championships, saw wales beat england at the millennium stadium en route to winning the grand slam, picked up my ex from heathrow and was sick in every services between london and swansea, sold eric the escort and bought a mondeo, placed 2nd in superteams in aber, got undumped (hoorah!), accused of being a really smug winner of the first play of the civ board game, stopped by the police for having an illegal tyre, quit my job, found another one, skivved my notice period away, coached the uwa ladies rugby team to the welsh cup final, captained the Magnificent 7 in their 5 year anniversary 7s tournament scoring a try in the process, was sick outside weatherspoons and danced like a knobber in the union, was made stace's best man after much harrassement and a campaign of general election proportions, excellent leaving party in aber, moved out of aber and back to the diff, started work in bristol, spilled a pint over myself in my first night out with everyone, sold the mondeo and accepted my aunties nissan as a gift (how kind), got used to driving the m4 everyday, went to phil and vicky's joint stag/hen-do and wedding, started going out on the piss with rami again, was a drunken marshall in the fresher's week charity pub crawl in bristol, got into a fight in a cardiff nightclub whilst sadler was in the toilet, weekend in reading with jimmy, saw lomu score his first try for cardiff blues, got a wicked leather chair from lau for christmas, sang the new year in doing Vanilla Ice at kareoke.

Happy new year

2005 was a good year. most eventfull.

Here's some of the things I've achieved...

Started in Suffolk in cottages with the cru, following a superb new years party. Invented nipple flicking as a sport.
I've been to Toronto, where i went to see niagra falls, and an ice hockey game which was awesome, discovered Civilization the board game, bought a Digital SLR, played my best ever (very poor) in rugby 7s, went to mevagissy for a week, visited stone henge to take photos, went to Star Wars day in leicester square, photographed the great fire of Herongate, got dumped, rediscovered the joys of clubbing, if you can call it that in sams, went to phils two stag do's, went to spain with pals where I walked up mountain a few times and visited salvador dalis house, discovered absinthe, went to sams some more, invented star wars drinking trivial pursuit, went to NEW YORK, went to see THE PRODIGY in brixton, fell over and dropped hannah, had wicked christmas meal, and finally ending the year with a superb new years house party at hannahs. I know it was superb because I dont remember it and I got home at 7:30am.

bring on 2006!!

By Law of The P.I.G.S. all members of this blog must post a review of the year. Hail Tony.