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[matgb]

Rah! OK, after matryx sent me an invite on Facebook, I decided to go along to Trafalgar Square after work to take part ina world record attempt. Because, dude, it's St George's Day, and, well, it's a daft thing to do. Asked pinkshifter at work if she was going, and we met up with mooism and geekaboo and rushed over there. Of course, finishing work at 6pm in Westminster and having to rush to the other end of Whitehall meant we got there after a huge crowd had formed, and they were nearly out of coconuts. pinkshifter used her secret ninja fu to push through the crowd to the last desk with with coconuts, and grabbed two sets. For four of us. So geekaboo had one, and I decided to try to record as much as possible with my phone.

Did find out that if my phone is in my pocket and I'm in a crowd, I won't hear it ring, but finding matryx was easy. He rand, I looked across the square, I saw a nut stood up on the edge of the fountain with bright red hair down to his arse. Lots of people around his general vicinity were using him as a landmark. Meh, enough explanation, you want the video, don't you. I've got clips from the run up, I'll probably upload the 3gp files in a bit to my server, but the main bit is here:

It opens with the guy from Guinness explaining the rules, then we get Gilliam being cool, then we all start singing. The sound quality and picture quality isn't great, but, well, it's Monty Python being sung in Trafalgar Square by 4382 people, who cares. It is a bit lud though. Also? The guys dressed up in tabards stood next to Greg on the fountain edge had no idea about teh thing, they were just dressed up for a pub crawl, and were rather impressed, if amusingly drunk.

New York: 1785. London: 4382

London rocks, and this is exactly the sort of thing I moved up here to do.

(feel free to repost or link around, because, y'know, it's my first ever YouTube upload, don't I feel special)

Comments

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

* dies laughing *

Hurrah!

I think the best bit is when lots of people forget the "terminal breath" line. Or maybe the giant foot. Or everyone applauding with their coconuts.

And, of course, beating the yanks = v v v important.

Also: it's my first ever YouTube upload, don't I feel special

* feels quite relieved *

;)

[matgb]

* feels quite relieved *

Um, why?

Because, y'know, I never had an account before now, and now I have to play around with my shiny new YouTube account.

I'll probably just upload some of the set up vids. Probably.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it occured to me after I posted that first =/= last.

I suppose bribery isn't an option? It's difficult to offer bribes to someone who has certain knowledge they can get whatever they want out of you anyway...

[matgb]

*kicks wifi*

Yeah, um, I have two vids. They're both a bit crap, but, y'know, silly. The one of you eating ice cream, me stirring coffee, puddingcat deep throating a cornetto and talking about olives is very tempting...

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

We may have to negotiate.

O:-)

[matgb]

Icon uploaded 11 minutes ago. I'm flattered, you made it specially. Likig the books one though, and given what the pic is of, may yank it.

Negotiation, hmm, that I can probably manage.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

I'm flattered, you made it specially.

Well, I WOULD have, but...

See, the honesty thing makes me point to this post by strangefrontier in which I have been discussing boobies on and off all day.

But, y'know, the books one was made with you in mind, even if you WERE cropped from the pic. And, you know, lots of people get to LOOK at the boobies, but not everyone gets to touch ;)

[matgb]

Ah well, it seemed appropriate enough for the comment anyway. She really does have an awesome layout though, I love where the links are within the banner, very well done.

And as I really don't want to lock this post, I'll refrain from commenting on the rest...

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think it's appropriate for LOTS of comments. That's why I made it ;)

I'll refrain from commenting on the rest...

Mmmmmm heroically repressed men... ♥ ;)

[jackthomas.livejournal.com]

Damn, so while I was sat in my hotel room in Bloomsbury all this was happening.

[js84.livejournal.com]

The video came out well for a phone. Congratulations on the first youtube post. I have 'added' you so you should be able to see my non-shared videos if and when I upload more of them. It looked like a very good event to be at and you must know a lot more people in London now. For some reason as you mentioned Bloodbowl in the same sentence as a world record in Trafalgar Square, I thought it was going to be a record for the number of people playing Bloodbowl. However, I did read about it before on the BBC website. Probably the next thing to do would be a mass synchronised silly walk by Downing Street led by John Cleese.

[caramel-betty.livejournal.com]

You might like http://fabricati-diem.livejournal.com/114806.html

[faeriecween.livejournal.com]

Your phone rocks- video quality is wicked.
Looks like fun. Yay coconut python moments!
New job is...?

(if the previous version of this posts at any time please delete it my computer is being a twat)

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

New job is...?

* be's helpful *

http://matgb.livejournal.com/194003.html

[poifaerie.livejournal.com]

Our friends told us about this, but we had other plans as they only told us on Sunday. Boo! Glad you had fun though. I'm jealous :P

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

shishmish was there too and has posted a slightly better You Tube...

http://shishmish.livejournal.com/103045.html

I see why people got the terminal breath line wrong now. They chopped a bit out!

[shishmish.livejournal.com]

It's not my video though - my phone is much shitter than yours matgb

[shishmish.livejournal.com]

I was there, in the middle with a bunch of extremely funny pissheads that I met only that day!

Did you hear that the official amount went up to 5,567?