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Fliss’ 22nd Birthday night out

On Saturday evening a group of us went out in celebration of Fliss‘ birthday.

First up was an excellent meal in the Japenese teppanyaki restaurant, Sapporo, a rare treat if ever I’ve had one. The food was superb, and the spectacular preparation by the quirky chefs with their combustable liquids provided a brand of entertainment you don’t usually find while dining out.

Such is the demand for a place around the flaming grills of Sapporo that we’d had to settle for a table at 5pm – anything later was booked solid. However, since it was a lovely evening that made the walk to a bar nearby quite pleasant. We even stopped off beside this “balls on bendy straws” sculpture thing on the way. Much like the assorted sushi from the meal – I don’t know what it is, but I like it!

Once we arrived at the bar of choice we were holed up there until well after eleven, spending an obscene amount of cash in the somewhat pricey establishment in an evening that seemed to race along. In fact, a portion of the group went off to the cinema to catch The Day After Tomorrow and managed to meet us back in the same place before we all headed off to The Krazy House. This was mostly at the request of Andy, who was down from York for the evening along with Rachel, but as usual the three-floored-freak-fest delivered the goods in a “you know you’re not the weirdest person in here” kind of way.

Even though it ended up being a very late night, when we stumbled in the door Fliss insisted on showing off her EyeToy Groove skills – albeit in a depleted state due to drunkenness and tiredness.

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The Escape from the Driller from Dubai

I went back to the dentist this morning for my follow up appointment, but it turned out that she had done all the work last week and I was in the clear. Which was nice.

Sadly I seem to have just as much toothache as I did before I went last time, so I’m not completely convinced it’s all behind me. Time will tell, but I have a horrible feeling that I’ll be making a Return to the Driller from Dubai before long.

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Bill Bailey – Part Troll

Bill Bailey is one of those comedians who seems to be under the radar as far as the masses are concerned. When it was suggested back in the early days of January that a bunch of us go along to see him in mid-May, I’m glad I showed tremendous foresight in buying tickets for Fliss and I.

His eclectic mix of observational humour and topical comment rips along with considerable pace, with rarely a drop in quality. Most of the gags are of the “you had to be there” category, because nobody has the delivery skills of the man himself, not to mention the musical talent. I’m not sure if it was the throw away asides or the one liners that had me cracking up the most, but by the time it was all over my gut muscles were aching from the constant laughter.

I cannot recommend his show highly enough, so check out his site from the link above and chase down a ticket if he’s playing anywhere near you – you wont regret it.

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