From: Adrian on
"Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying:

>>> there was nobody to liaise with police anyway.

>> Don't be so lame, Duhg. It'd be the work of minutes for a
>> representative to be chosen.

> Less than minutes, Doug would volunteer for the job.

Indeed. Then promptly deny he was anything to do with it at the first
sign of any actual responsibility.
From: Brimstone on
"Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:86p7srF8o0U3(a)mid.individual.net...
> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like
> they were saying:
>
>>>> there was nobody to liaise with police anyway.
>
>>> Don't be so lame, Duhg. It'd be the work of minutes for a
>>> representative to be chosen.
>
>> Less than minutes, Doug would volunteer for the job.
>
> Indeed. Then promptly deny he was anything to do with it at the first
> sign of any actual responsibility.

I suspect he originated the well known phrase, "Not me guv".


From: Doug on
On 3 June, 09:32, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> "Doug" <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote in message
>
> news:85982a5d-30b5-4251-bf49-facf173a00a4(a)z33g2000vbb.googlegroups.com...
>
> > On 2 June, 10:07, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
> >> saying:
>
> >> > Happening this afternoon and mentioned on BBC London TV.
>
> >> > So how, in terms of effect, does this differ from Critical Mass?
>
> >>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/10211958.stm
>
> >> Apart from them having announced the route they'll follow, and having
> >> liased with the police, you mean?
>
> > They were not a customarily held procession in law like London CM.
>
> The only reason that CM became "a customarily held procession" is that the
> organisers gave two fingers to everyone else in London and the authorities
> were too weak to stop it in its tracks.
>
Or the CM cyclists were very determined.
>
> Don't bother with the bollocks about there being nor organisers, because
> someone must have raised the idea at the outset and suggested the meeting
> place. It's just a shame that the police didn't get a grip of them then and
> nip it in the bud.
>
Well that was 16 years ago and since then there have been no
organisers.

--
Critical Mass London
http://www.criticalmasslondon.org.uk
"Its just a bike ride!"
From: Brimstone on
"Doug" <jagmad(a)riseup.net> wrote in message
news:dac49b80-afce-496b-93a4-54d5a9e8322a(a)t10g2000yqg.googlegroups.com...
> On 3 June, 09:32, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> "Doug" <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote in message
>>
>> news:85982a5d-30b5-4251-bf49-facf173a00a4(a)z33g2000vbb.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > On 2 June, 10:07, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
>> >> saying:
>>
>> >> > Happening this afternoon and mentioned on BBC London TV.
>>
>> >> > So how, in terms of effect, does this differ from Critical Mass?
>>
>> >>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/10211958.stm
>>
>> >> Apart from them having announced the route they'll follow, and having
>> >> liased with the police, you mean?
>>
>> > They were not a customarily held procession in law like London CM.
>>
>> The only reason that CM became "a customarily held procession" is that
>> the
>> organisers gave two fingers to everyone else in London and the
>> authorities
>> were too weak to stop it in its tracks.
>>
> Or the CM cyclists were very determined.

As I said, they gave everyone else two fingers, and continue to do so.

>> Don't bother with the bollocks about there being nor organisers, because
>> someone must have raised the idea at the outset and suggested the meeting
>> place. It's just a shame that the police didn't get a grip of them then
>> and
>> nip it in the bud.
>>
> Well that was 16 years ago and since then there have been no
> organisers.
>
The people who kicked it off sixteen years ago are the organisers.


From: Adrian on
Doug <jagmad(a)riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

> Maybe you will understand how CM works someday, when

the current meet point becomes unavailable, and you need to decide where
to meet...