Those of you who have done seasons before or have had a sneaky peak at the news archive on the website will know I have a penchant for meteorically metaphors and for good reason. As we have seen this winter with huge pre-season snowfalls the forces of nature come in cycles and like El-nino are renowned for their great destructive properties.
This year, for the first time in 6 years, Hurricane Hooper had a major resurgence in 1850. In previous years a combination of fatherhood and the calming effects of high pressure area known as 'Lisa' had managed to weaken the effects of Hoops making him fairly inert. There are few left who remember what happened when typhoon 'Pascal' used to catalyse Hoops leaving an almost biblical trail of mayhem in his path. This year saw a major renaissance in what is known as the grey storm. Setting an example for his quiet and reserved staff and mainly based in the Jump bar Hoops starting such activities as king table sliding , stickalball (donÃt ask) and adventures in spontaneous combustion.
If it wasn't clear from it's name king table sliding involves being pulled along the length of the king table. To (supposedly) help counter the huge friction forces at play a bottle of toffee vodka was liberally spread over the surface. It was then left for select seasonnaires to act as a human mop. Unfortunately there were inevitable casualties, most notably
Dan who split his chin open.
Eventually, and ironically, the huge alcohol consumption which started the mayhem also caused him to burn out. The morning after one of
Skival staff found the dishevelled naked remnants stirring in the ISBA pool room.
