Fjord Moose: Fantastic show, wonderful company and a very kind gesture.

Lovely reading Cad :)

I had a great time, but I do feel bad for not spending as much time as I would have liked with you guys! I arrived at the Red Lion pub on time, but bursting for a wee and me and my friend had oly just arrived on Oxford soil and our bags were heavier than expected and we really wanted to sort out or checking in at the b&b ASAP and the taxi drive there and back was pretty hectic (cost me 12 pound each way!!) and so we sorted that out pretty quickly when we got there. When i was at the red lion, I recall val, Op, CP, chris and Turkish being there...so stopped and said a few hellos before going off on my hunt for a taxi branch and also to find the damn b&b!

We finally got back into Oxford mid-afternoon'ish but we were unable to locate anyone (i knew i should have taken your phone numbers) but i did tell val that i would just meet you all at the theatre at 7pm! I never wenrt back to the red lion as hours had passed therefore i assumed everyone would have moved on, but i then heard that night that you stayed in the red lion for a few hours so - aaagh. Wish i'd gone back there now! Tbf, my friend was pretty exhausted after having such a bad week (her grandads funeral amoungst other things which is another reason we left pretty early after the show) I really wish I had spent more time with you guys...I hope there is another time.

Anyway, to cut a long story short, I went to the theatre at 6pm and Garry was tweeting me trying to arrange the night! He finally got in touch at 6:30 and the news was confirmed that we would be going backstage after the show! So he told me to tell you all not to buy the poster and that we were to meet near the curtained off bit...I was frantically looking around searching for you all...but could only find chris and CP! Luckily Garry got in touch with mrsthing and she passed the info on to everyone else. Phew!

The show started and i was up in the circle. John came on really quickly...i wasnt expecting him to enter the stage when he did! I thought it was a lovelt show, as he showed clips from his career and talked about his life. Then the interval came, and i moved onto the 5th row where my friend was sat because there was an empty seat next to her! Anyway, John was so close to me come the 2nd part of the show hehe...

We then all met after the show, and I gave mrsthing a huge hug because I hadnt yet met her yet! Not forgetting meeting cad in the bar beforehand as he has already stated!

We then went backstage...and the waiting was so exciting! I remember seeing him walking up to us and i just wanted to hide lol. He was such a gentlemen, shaking our hands as he entered and when he left. I had to ask him 3 times for a hug for he didnt hear me the first 2 times...and i love the pics! I cant stop looking at them!!! I am in love. John asked me where i was sat, and so i told him i moved seats and he mentioned the empty seats and he told me i might as well had moved onto them.

After the meet and greet my friend wanted to go back for she was feeling shattered and so, there was no way i was going back on my own in the taxi and to save money, i went back with her. I was gutted not to have gone out with you guys though...i was tweeting garry when i got home...he thought i was mad for not going out. I also tweeted John (of course).

I got a DM off John this morning on Twitter and he said it was lovely to meet us all. It was nice to hear from him today...i was actually waiting for my train home when he messaged me. Not heard from Garry all day though :(

Now im home and i am shattered! So tired as i didnt sleep last night. I kept waking up on a high thinking 'did that just happen??'

anyway, i really hope there is another time. I understand it probs wont be for a while though, seeing as you all have to fly over here. But I do know he is turning the xmas lights on in Bath this year early December i think...

Anyway, i feel so emotional now i'm home. I miss you all so much, and Oxford! :(

Fantastic night though

Cad, Lozzy, just as I've managed to calm down your posts made me tear up again...

So Turk and I, after a short spell of getting lost looking for the bus stop in London, arrived rather late to meet everyone. There were Chris, Kisch, CPDolly, Val & Whatsisname (just kidding - Giovani, of course, who was a really good sport and a fantastic cameraman), Mario, and Lozzy and Nadine (who left a minute later...). We all went in to have lunch at the pub (though CP was reluctant to digest anything), joined later by Mrs. Thing, Suzulu, Zelda and Foote. After a while and quite a lot of beer, we managed to develop a conversation around penguins and apple checking.
Later we sort of unavoidably split up (some of us had extraordinary cookies at the Covered Market), and as it was I ended up walking around a rainy Oxford with Turkish, Sue, and CP (though there were intermediate meetings with Chris and Kisch). We ran into some sharply dressed kids, usually with shaving cream and confetti all over them, and witnessed some odd reactions to Turkish's persistent "How'dyo'do, Sir?" inquiries. Eventually we met up with Mrs. Thing for hot cocoa before the show, and the rest is, well, history...
So glad we got to run into Cad in the end :) it wouldn't have been complete without you, Cad! Thanks for letting me feel you up!

I've never been as nervous as I was back in that room. I was shaking in my seat. And John was so remarkable. Never in my wildest dreams did I think he'd be so nice, pleasant, patient and warm. It was above and beyond. And Garry was just pure delight, I hope we didn't scare him too much :)

What did you think that guy with them was filming it for? Think it's for John, so he'd get a good laugh later at how goofy we all looked? :)

Turk and I had to rush off to catch the bus to London, which was unfortunate, but meant I got to catch the last tube home - so it was important... We were so giddy when we got out of the theater, Turk just stopped in the middle of the street and screamed at the top of his lungs - "I MET JOHN CLEESE!!!", to which I added, "AND IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!". LOL the look on people's faces... Almost as funny as the people Turk confused with his greetings.

Lozzy, I didn't even know why you left... It is too bad, but no worries, we got to spend the most important part together, and that's what matters... We will always have that night!

(Fanny - Mrs. Thing is still in England so I bet it'll be a while before she comes online. Either that or she fainted in an alley somewhere, high on life... Such a great smile she had there :D)

Hey, great accounts everyone! It was such a lovely day (never mind the rain!) and it was so nice meeting everyone.

It still feels like a dream meeting John. It was so good of him to meet us all. Thank you so much, John and Garry!

Don't know why that guy was filming us - maybe we all going to be television stars, hahahaa!

There was someone filming us?! I didn't see that I was too mesmerised by JC!! OMG! I feel so sad. I can't get back to reality. And I really don't want to go back to work Tuesday... :( I haven't stopped tweeting Garry and John since I came back lol I just haven't calmed down at all yet. Tomorrow I'm going to print all my pics out and frame them all - I'm even framing the poster. It was such an expensive journey but was worth every penny and I would do it all over again. I hope John has a lovely Father's day today...I tweeted him that lol. Op - you are so beautiful and it was a real pleasure to see you and everyone else!!! Yes! Gio was there too! Sorry, I'm still so excited í keep forgetting things! Does anyone else keep playing meeting John through in their heads over and over??? It won't sink in!!! And I keep getting really emotional :( lol. Xxx

Zelda and Foote were impressed and love all of their little family. Foote has decided to get JC's signature tattooed at the behest of Cad.


Tell us JC: Was it as good for you as it was for us?
:-)

Op I'm the same. I haven't been able to sleep properly since...I was awake at 6:30am today. I am really struggling to get back into reality here...didn't realise it would have this effect on me. I've come home wanting a big reality check.

Naughty O, go to sleep and dream about what all you did and saw. Then you can do that every night, as if you were still there! Then you can write it all down and I'll read it. Then I'll go to sleep and dream about what all you did and saw, and pretend it's me. Last night I pretended to be Zelda. I'll be Chris tomorrow. Or Lozzy. Can't be mrsthing, because we don't know what all mrsthing did!!!

Thanks Fan. I'm crying right now. Visited my granddads grave and i'm in floods. I told John my granddad would have been pleased to see me meet him - and i think i cried the most because I can't share it with my granddad :(

Arrived home just now and my God this is depressing.

But I have spent one of the best days of my life with you, so thank you everyone for GREAT time together, it was PERFECT, it couldn't be better. It was magical.
And of course, thank you John and Garry for meeting us.
Will go now and pin this lovely poster on the wall:)

Where are we posting our pictures?.. (Though mine are crap).

Kisch and Lozz - if there are a lot of pics, and you don't have a facebook account, you should open an account on Picasa, or photobucket, and make a web album! They're both free, and Picasa also gets installed on your comp as a program for viewing and editing pics.. I love it personally, but you have to get used to it.
If it's not that many, you can upload them to an image sharing place, like say Imageshack (or just google "free image upload"), and put the links to them here.



I think I only have pics of Oxford, but in any case I'll put a link up here when I upload them.

Kisch - just saw your email, hopefully Chris will help you out and post your pics on her facebook album, with all of the others...

Op, I actually meant where others posted their pix apart from FB. I know abt Photobucket and stuff, but as I have only a few pix it was easier to just email. Thanks!

My tears taste like semen

What do yours taste like?

Ew.

Well, speaking of snot, John rubbed his thumb up and down my palm when he was shaking my hand...*sigh...* Why does that remind me of snot? It doesn't.

Ugh no.

Maybe he was trying to tell me he had a car out back for us to run away together into...but I don't understand code so.

maybe.

I thought it tasted funny.

I was kissing a European one time and he ..oh never mind. You live over there, too. I forget you're not an American, Lozzy.

I'd say this is far from ruining :)

Probably he was trying to put you at ease. He might have thought you were trying to slap him and the thumb trick would have broken all your fingers if you'd tried. OR, he might have to do that with all strangers he meets, as a way of checking for weapons.

He made my fanny tingle. See what I did there?

Oh, guys, it was icredible. It is still incredible. And unforgetable.

The show itself was amazing, however, I was so excited knowing what would expect us after the show, that sometimes I had to made efforts to concentrate on it - well,not great efforts, because the entire programme was hilariously funny and entertaining. He told us bits from his (and the Monty Python's) life that I'd never heard before - possibly most of us hadn't. I think it was really nice of him remembering Graham in a very touching, but also very funny way.

Yes, he's legendary, and the funniest man on earth who was ever born. And the nicest... and, and... I don't know... the best of everything.

And it was amazing to meet all of you, people. Everybody is much nicer and lovelier than I thought.

That was because I wasn't there, Lozzy. Then they would have said wow, Lozzy's boobs really ARE kinda bit but not as big as Fanny's, aren't they???

You do look cute together! I saw the picture!

Lol thanks everyone. I'm not kidding, Twitter is going mad for that picture right now! I've had no end of people tweeting me about how lovely it is and how cute we look together bla bla...I actually updated my status humorously saying 'anymore people want to comment on how lovely my profile pic is before we all die?'

Lol.

But it's my favourite too. Love it.