The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #126823   Message #2824089
Posted By: Soldier boy
28-Jan-10 - 07:57 PM
Thread Name: Nodding Morris Man
Subject: RE: Nodding Morris Man
Well whatever it is Guest,suewilcock it's just too damned early in the day! Isn't it?
Just look at the results on your poor morris guests - perfectly exemplified here by Andrew from Wrigley Head Morris Men!
I future I expect some kind of 'responsible drinking code for morris people' to be introduced on the grounds of Health and Safety.
It should be mandatory that hourly checks are made on every individual morris person to check their level of inebriation.
These should include the usual tests to walk in a straight line,rant without falling over and lift a pint of beer and deliver it to the lips without spilling it AND answering difficult questions like; what is your name?/how many fingers am I holding up?/where are you now/ where do you come from and how are you getting home?
If the morris person cannot achieve a 40% success rate in these tests then they should be put into the "Cannot return home " category and put into secure and supervised indoor camping accomodation (an old church hall/youth club etc)with pre-provided sleeping bags,air beds/camping mats/mops and buckets/pie and peas supper and St Johns Ambulance personnel in attendance.
They should then be given a full English breakfast in the morning, tested again on all the above points and if successful, bussed home in a mini bus with a tag around their necks saying "Returned home for disgraceful conduct by disgusted of Horwich!"
Those that fail the early morning test should be 'adopted' into local Horwich Men's houses and supervised over a further 24-48 hour period and tested hourly following the aforementioned
testing process.

The importance and imperative of these proceedures is to ensure that morris people under your invitation and supervision are not allowed home to make a complete arse of themselves back home in their own community (like Andrew in Slawit!). You must recognise the seriousness of breaching such conditions and comply accordingly.