Dad's 50th was a blast, and it was truly scary to see how much 60's gear people have lying around in their closets. Everyone came dressed up, and before long the dance floor was full of people who usually consider 'funkiness' to be something related to foot hygiene.
This is Rowan before the party in his new Roff shirt. He did a great job as barman for the evening, and in fact was so successful in plying people with drink that uncles Stuart and Damian had to do a bottle-o run mid-party.
This is dad (yes, in the afro. Yes, actually, it was a little traumatic) with the MC for the evening, 'Hammer'.
Tipsy McStagger and Drunken McSkunk were both present, and in their usual fine form.
Uncle Glen gave a speech to mark the occasion with a lot of help from Stuart and Damian. By the way Uncle Glen, dad says thanks, but he's just glad it wasn't a celebrity roast.
Damian summed up the general sentiment best when he said 'Ashley is like a lighthouse in a snowstorm. Brilliant but useless.' Dad responded by saying something incomprehensible and somewhat offensive about the current geopolitical climate, which really just proved Damian's point.
To sum up, everyone had a great weekend, and there will be a Texas Hold'em rematch at this year's Roff Christmas!!
6 comments:
I'm sure there's some rule of netiquette that says one shouldn't be the first to comment on one's own post. But I just wanted to say:
Damian, if you read this and you still want those photos of our kitchen, email me at: roffa AT tpg DOT com DOT au . Substitute actual @s and .s where appropriate, I don't want the spam robots to know where I live.
This just confirms my bitterness that I wasn't able to be there. I wouldn't even have needed to dress up! It looks like it was an excellent night, speeches notwithstanding. Happy birthday, Ash, and how nice is it for you that you have such an articulate son.
Good stuff everybody. It looks like it was a blast, a stone-cold groove, 'the bomb'.
Happy Birthday once again to Uncle Ash.
Andrew, Marijuana is bad mmmkay!
Andrew, I am barely able to type with one finger let alone substitute dots for stuff. Please E mail the Kitchen photos, ring me if you dont have the address. Plus, the birthday boy recieved tennis compassion from son ( egg man) and bro (Richard Gere). But as you say revenge is forthcoming at Lismore. Gap series book is coming. That was an unreal party worth the trip just to see that outragous pimp outfit of your old man. Be excellent and say g,day to family.
It was a blast of a perty. Ash and cathy's friends are a lot of fun. Thanks for putting us up and looking after us so well. Andrew and Rowan are so much nicer than my kids. Where did I go wrong?
Stuart.
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