I've taken my cookie off to protect the innocent or guilty as the case may be.


Last night I emailed (with my name and address) a club I thought I might visit tonight. It's about a 40 mile drive there, and the same back. I said:

"Membership?

Or am I too late and if so can I get signed in if arriving at the door?

Do you actually start at 8, or is it 8 for 8.30?

Are there floor singer spaces?"



They replied in terms I felt rather unhelpful:


"You are too late for registering for this week but another member (known to you) can sign you in. Obviously we cannot arrange this since the member MUST be genuinely known to you.

Or if you are a member of an affiliated club, that is Islington, Cellar Upstairs or Musical traditions - or the EFDSS you can come in as a guest with evidence of membership.

Sorry to seem a bit heavy on this but it's out of our hands. To register for the future, assuming you can't sort out this week as above, please reply with an address (for the record).

Assuming you are able to come there are usually floor spots available.
These tend to be one song each as there are often plenty of perfomers.

We always aim to start at 8.00, we usually have a resident band who kick off then with some tune sets.

Regards"



I replied (in part)


"You know what?

I don't think I'll bother.

If you were wondering if I was a genuine folkie or a spy for a licensing authority, check (etc)".



They replied: -

"Your loss"


Now who thinks they were right and who thinks I was?