a memorable meeting
Scottie Bowman (rbowman@indigo.ie)
Thu, 31 Dec 1998 09:24:47 +0000
As list members may be aware, the Eastern Chapter
of Bananafish met yesterday in Davy Byrne's pub in Dublin.
Although fuller reports will no doubt appear in due course,
I thought I should write as soon as possible to curtail
the wilder rumours.
First of all, I want to reassure everyone that both Helena
& Matt appear to be perfectly respectable people. I felt no
embarassment or unease appearing publicly in their company.
And as much the oldest member present I blame myself entirely
for what happened.
Things were going delightfully - until I made the gross mistake
of mentioning other list members & their contributions. In extremely
short order indeed the level of hilarity had risen to such a height
that we were being asked to keep it down by the other patrons
- &, of course, in no time at all one word had borrowed another
& after the first glass hit the mirrors there was really no way of
defusing the thing.
Fortunately, I have good contacts within the Garda Siochana in
this city & the Royal City of Dublin Hospital regards me as
an alumus since serving my internships there fifty years ago.
I'm sure everything will be more or less a laughable memory
in no time at all. Matt should be no more than ten days or so
late getting back to Georgia & Helena is in excellent hands
at her mother's home. (My wife & I managed to escape with
only minor cuts.)
Similar mistakes can be easily avoided & should not, in any way,
discourage bananafishers in the US from organising other gatherings.
Scottie B.