Dont' look back in anger
(one of many)
The Captian at Henley in the Rugby Field Car Park, July 1991I asked the Captain during a particularly memorable evening recently what his favourite film was. “Well”, he said, “when I was young, it was Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, but now I’ve grown up a bit, I now think that Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure is a far finer film”.
Although neither film is said to be one of the greats of the cinemographic art, both films have their supporters (especially adolescents) and they do appear to have had their influence on the Captain, who as we may observe, presented himself for inspection at Henley in 1991 in an ensemble which draws from the stylistic example of Pee-wee Herman, another star of the same era.
Members with long memories may recall that the Captain was so tired and emotional after his exertions on that fine July day that he initially failed to return to the Antipodean Ambassadress’s flat that evening, having decided to remain on the train until the driver suggested to the Captain that it was “perhaps time to go home, Sir”. To be fair to our beleaguered Captain, however, the Chairman & Vice Chairman did not fare much better in the “who’s the most sober stakes, as the photographic evidence amply demonstrates. Happy days….
Although neither film is said to be one of the greats of the cinemographic art, both films have their supporters (especially adolescents) and they do appear to have had their influence on the Captain, who as we may observe, presented himself for inspection at Henley in 1991 in an ensemble which draws from the stylistic example of Pee-wee Herman, another star of the same era.
Members with long memories may recall that the Captain was so tired and emotional after his exertions on that fine July day that he initially failed to return to the Antipodean Ambassadress’s flat that evening, having decided to remain on the train until the driver suggested to the Captain that it was “perhaps time to go home, Sir”. To be fair to our beleaguered Captain, however, the Chairman & Vice Chairman did not fare much better in the “who’s the most sober stakes, as the photographic evidence amply demonstrates. Happy days….
The Chairman & Vice Chairman in Charlotte & Rogie's flat, after leaving the Captain on the train
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