AUCKLAND BEER FESTIVAL 2008

the day dd not start off as planned, with the weather being so terrible there were even doubts of whether or not we'd even go to the festival of beer! also after missing our bus, a day lazing in the apertment looked to loom large on the minds of myself nick n tom!

however after being given the number for a taxi and the oppurtunity to dry up, we were in a much more optimistic mood! :)

upon arrival we were greeted with a beer mug and a token for free beer! had we died in the taxi and gone to heaven........ turns out no! but it ws close enough! inside the beer festival there were two huge tents with over 70 different types of beer, for us to try, obviously we onli made through 9 or 10 whilst being able to stand, but the idea of trying 70 beers was a nice thought!

when we first arrived we were given tokens for a new club down the road, 2 4 1 on drinks! tom seemed to have taken a liking to this particular female, and in typical drunken fashion went about pursuing her........ however the next time she approached us i turned and bluntly said 'u've already been to us.' she seemed quite thrown back, and whilst me nick were not too bothered Tom seemed distraught at my behaviour! so the next time she came over he decided to work in a smooth line 'are you following me?' the reaction was 'ummm ok!' shot down in his prime!

but the banter ddnt stop there o no, whilst queing for the toilets a woman asked me 'how long have u been here for?' the conversation went something like this:

girl: how long have u been here for?

ben: about three weeks!

girl: wot in the toilet que!?

ben: o no in new zealand! we've been in the que about five seonds!

girl: o ok ive been here ten years (laughs)

ben: o so guess u live here? (awkward silence)

girl: ye

ben: so bye then

girl: ye bye

it dont sound too funny, but at the time we thought it ws hilarious! also whilst in the same que nick managed to spill his beer all down a womans breast tut tut tut, and suprisingly she ddnt notice!

after the toilet que antics we ended up going past a tv camera, so our attempt to get on tv began! tom went for the less direct approach of talking to the guy who was next in que to go about sea monkeys :s we still do not know why! the guy had none of it, nick however went straight for the kill and popped his head up behind a group of ppl who were in the limelight, he then ran off smiling and proclaiming his new found fame... ws comedy of the highest value!

we also recieved a very welcome phone call from a drunk chris long! not able to make too much sense of wot he was saying, seemed like he had alot of love to share wiv the world tho, wel especially me n nick!

eventually after druinking from 12-6 we hd ran out of money and conciousness! we decided to flag down a taxi in our drunken states, we were turned down by a few and almost run down by a couple, but eventually a kind soul stopped in which kemp met his second love of the day! a sweaty kiwi man.... it ws love at first sight they hit it off famously and he also managed to sneak a number tht sligh dog!

all in all it was a fantastic day many memories, well we actually ddnt remember any of this we saved msgs on our phones about all the things tht happened, ws an inspirational idea if u ask me!

p.s. we passed out at 7 o'clock!

hope everyone is well and have enjoyed the read :)

xxxxxxx