ANST - History

[Shane B.]

Hmmmm according to the original newsletter the "Oracle"(I still have
EVERY single one including the original "Bonwicke Bugle" that Weard put
out before you started the Oracle)The gag gift party with the Strawberry
Shortcake cereal was long after the one that me and Terri threw out at
base housing.  Our Thank you note appears in a previous issue to the one
mentioning the cereal...

I LOVED work you put into on those Oracles by the way and I was proud to
have given you your snake!

Alastair


knotwork at juno.com wrote:
> 
> No, Alastair, dear.  That was a nice event, too, even if the ferretts did
> get into the cakes, but this one goes back even farther.  It was held in
> the party hiuse of my trailer park, and the tradition of gag gifts was
> born then, with snakes and Strawberry Shortcake cereal being the
> gaggiest, except for Giles's (Gag me with a ) spoon!
> 
> By the way, I keep thinking of folks that are still around.  Mary and a
> contingent of the Gypsies would remember the "good old days," too.
> 
> Joanna
> 
> On Wed, 22 Apr 1998 16:54:06 -0400 "Shane B. Internet Consultant and
> CyberGaddabout" <shaneb at icubed.net> writes:
> >I remember this one well too!  I was knight marshal for Bonwicke at
> >the
> >time and received and AOA that night (my first)  Simon and Tessa
> >stayed
> >with us too during that event I recaall...
> >
> >Alastair
> >
> >At 03:51 PM 4/22/98 EDT, you wrote:
> >>HL Johanna Montgomery wrote:
> >>
> >> Talk about your living history!  We could wear
> >>>our chiffon and knit outfits, dance Hole in the Wall for hours, and
> >>>pass a few cloved lemons.
> >>
> >>Oh Johanna, I remember the old cloved fruit idea when they used to be
> >>passed around at revels. It becames so popular one time here in
> >Blacklake
> >>someone decided to clove an watermelon. Oh the good old days. Yes, I
> >too
> >>remember the old
> >>Bonwicke Bashes and one of them I attended, Simon and Tessa were King
> >and
> >>Queen.
> >>
> >>HL Adelaide
> >
> >Shane B.  Internet Consultant and CyberGaddabout
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