I'm not being funny, right, but it's TRIG BROTHER 2007

And of course, I actually came last in 2006, not 2007.

I shall be playing this year. Memories of Minestrone have surely faded by now...

hurray!

just in case you've missed this before, here be links:

TRIG BROTHER PHOTOS!
Trig Brother II
Trig Brother III - Saturday August 2nd
Trig Brother 2004 Saturday 31 July
Trig Brother 2006 - July 22nd, London, Beer, starts 2 PM at the Chandos

also, what happened here???:
Trig Brother / Geetafest / Freaky Trigger Club Picture Thread

those pix are all FT hosted - so the ppl to blame KNOW WHO THEY ARE

This year's Trig Brother will be a return to fun after the racism and bullying that blighted Celebrity Trig Brother this year.

Do we actually KNOW that the real Big Brother will be over by then!

it will have been cancelled after the "shark jumping" twist next week.

kill me.

I've still never played. (Have I?)

I WANT TO BE EVICTED FIRST!!! It is my dream.

Something will happen AGAIN this year so that I don't get to play. I know it.

Ach, I really wanted to play this year, but I think I'm heading off to Montenegro on the 12th. Stupid wedding.

bag the wedding, dude!

Queer pressure

omg did i just dream that?

I'd quite like to play again, see if I can improve on last year's 6th.

Sorry Ken, I zapped it because it was a private email exchange - nothing to do with the content.

(It was an exchange between me, Anna and Marianna involving the words 'Russell Brand', 'do your hair and make-up', 'peer pressure' and 'harem of girls'.)

boo to having it at the same time as end of the road...

i was just thinking the same charlie :(

(i haven't got an end of the road ticket yet, mind you)

(you forgot 'lend you my skinny jeans' Matt)

I didn't want to put that idea into people's heads.

Brand was last year. You'll have to be George Galloway, Peaches Geldof and those two chaps presenting BBBM this week.

You forgot John McCririck.

if i'm going to this i'm going to tell everyone about how i look a bit like baby spice

OK, forget it, I'm out. I disapprove of this sort of thing!

(But can you just evict me anyway, to humour me?)

If I come can I be Galloway? I'm an incredibly annoying socialist.

Do you have your own embarassing cat outfit or will Trig Brother have to supply one?

Trig Brother would like to remind you all that this takes place THIS SATURDAY. There are still a couple of spaces left so shout if you want to play, especially if you are an girl as a little balance always helps innit.

come on davina, sort it AAAAAHT!!!

Trig Brother would like to inform all contestants and spectators that a 'home pub' will be announced on Wednesday morning.

Do you need anymore girls?

I'm a London ILXer now!

Blimey, since when? And yes, you are now on the list.

Man, I wish I was back in the UK for this.

xpost

Since this weekend!
Just looking at the previous threads, maybe signing up for this isn't such a good idea afterall...

hmmm

Is there still a space for me?

Girls! Girls! Daring girls!

I am still up for it. Sgs may come and join the losers pub too.

Tell SGS she should play.

Vic - Yep. Possibly not in the Bad and Wrong capacity I had originally envisaged though. Or indeed the second Bad and Wrong capacity I had envisaged.

Vic, if you come you must wear a Roast Beef t-shirt, okay? I will then drunkenly offer you $100 for it, probably.

Jill, give it a whirl!

Sgs has already decided against it, Matt :)

i have heard the Bad and Wrong plans and they MUST be acted upon.

Twins analogy = dressing the same = TWO Roast Beef T-shirts for Mark C.

Oh I thought you were talking about the one about having an all-female pub crawl and then sending you in there to wow them with your charms and wait for a big girlyfite to break out.

(NB - this will not happen!)

Hi dere - I can now announce that the start pub for Trig Brother 2007 will be The Fitzroy Tavern on Charlotte Street. Long time FAPpers will know it as the pub where a couple of riotous sten parties took place back in the day. It's here:

http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub6.html

Meet in the pub at 2pm, with an estimated kick off time of 2.30. All the pubs will be in the Goodge Street/Tottenham Court Road vicinity. The Fitzroy will also serve as the eviction pub, so if you're a spectator turning up late you can be reasonably sure there'll be an increasing number of people there throughout the day.

ooh, interesting choice. out of interest, has the home pub always been a sam smiths? i think it has (makes sense in a lot of ways)...

if ppl would like pre-ruin sustenance, i am intending to go to THE NEW PICCADILLY for late breakfast c.12.30, as it really actually is properly closing in a fortnight :(

I'm going to be in london on sat sort of!

what kind of sort of?

Also, this Trig Brother will feature a Secret Special Surprise Guest!

(Not RJG, that wouldn't be much of a secret, or a surprise)

E4

don't know what the plan is

if you are in town any time between 2 and 11, come to the fitzroy on charlotte street (kind of parallel to tottenham court road).

or do you mean you don't know what your plan is...

ah, yeah, I don't know if I'll have to do something else. will see if I can make it!

Right then - this year's line-up is a great combination of youth and experience. Confirmed guests, unless I'm mistaken:

CarsmileSteve
Pete
KatieG
Jill
Vic Fluro
Sean off LJ
Mark S
Mark C
The Lex
Andrew F
Surprise Special Guest

Any more for any more? We could probably do with another player.

Is this the first Trig Brother without an American playing?

Depends on who the Surprise Special Guest is, doesn't it?

Graham is not American.

The Surprise Special Guest will probably be more talkative than Graham.

Ugh. RUIN. This year's involved much fannydangle, surprise karaoke at the end and a contestant being THROWN OUT for the first time. And regrettably not for being racist/sexist/indiest.

A good time had by all by the looks of things (even those who somehow managed to do less well than a stuffed rabbit) and there was a worthy winner at the end. Order of evictions for those who weren't there:

12th - Pete
11th - The Lex (later reinstated)
10th - Terri Hutcher
9th - Robster
8th - Mark S
7th - Jel
6th - Sarah
(The Lex now reinstated by public vote)
5th - Mark C
4th - CarsmileSteve
3rd - Jill (evicted then reinstated after The Lex was refused entry to the pub)
2nd - Al
WINNER - Katie G

If would care to post up some of Jay-Z's problems, scans of Filthy Enid or video footage of The Lex reciting a poem, that would be lovely.

Some of my photos...
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1163/1391072021_d60733913d.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1012/1391966490_107ed6c1a9.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1024/1391072533_2250d3dd77.jpg

And of the singing afterwards

Does anyone have a video of the Ewings' great rendition of One More Time?

YES

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1269/1392589932_5929bf422d.jpg?v=0

Terri Hutcher/Trig Bunny/MC Bun B contemplates getting further in the game than Pete.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1142/1391696195_046e06e674.jpg?v=0/

Line of Emo part 1

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1167/1391696315_a71db618d9.jpg?v=0

Line of Emo part 2

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1065/1391696417_a7bf4149ef.jpg?v=0

Pete is disgruntled.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1083/1391696535_415da499aa.jpg?v=0

Robster beats the bunny.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1363/1391696679_0bbb3dcf7c.jpg?v=0

Jel, during the longest arm-wrestingling bout ever.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1130/1391696907_62d0b11701.jpg?v=0

Jill vs Mark C fite.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1343/1391697141_e1b9a8b4dc.jpg?v=0

Mark vs Al fite. This was the final of the armwrestling tournament I think.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1237/1391697231_869920ebed.jpg?v=0

Remaining contestants ponder Filthy Enid.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1203/1391697521_5693fbba27.jpg?v=0

No comment.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1411/1392591520_56af7784e4.jpg?v=0/

The Lex's, erm, 'triumphant' return.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1207/1392591620_59f27c093e.jpg?v=0

The Lex proceeds to trash the most innocent looking pub in the world. That poor pub, being subjected to us, so late in the crawl.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1128/1391697883_b99a23d843.jpg?v=0

Ill-fated New Music Sweeping The Nation Task. Note, red Smarties represent Belle and Sebastian, yellow Smarties = Manic Street Preachers, purple Smarties = Carter USM. It's always the 90s round here.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1188/1391698019_77890ff957.jpg?v=0

Finalists await the verdict.

I have no idea what is being sung here.

Although I have a horrible feeling this is Welcome To The Black Parade. The legendary Paranoid Android rendition now has a rival in the pantheon of karaoke horror.

I am changing my middle name to "muscles".

It was good fun, sorry didn't hang around 'til the end. See you next year, or maybe before, you never know.

Some dark pictures here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterstringbender/sets/72157602041659257/

I have only just realised Al is a Ewing. Sometimes I is so thick.

well done everybody :)