[From Dave Bird]
As we pitched up, a little creepy guy came and more or less
sat in my trouser pocket to make a mobile phone call. He said
that "a tramp was looking for me and would throw more than
Guinness this time" -- a reference to an incident at Saint Hill
where they once bribed a homeless nutter to come and attack us.
Despite a small picket of 2 or 3, there was a whole cluster
of local and Saint Hill clams running around counter-leafleting.
Later the Jive Aces appeared under the awning and tried to
drown our speech out with amplified music; it didn't work
very well. I started singing 'Xemu Loves You' to the beat and
key of whatever they were playing.
Later some OSA clam objected to use playing brief extracts
of Hubbard's speech. He didn't know which organisation
owned the copyright. Jens was all for being sued, but I
launched into a protected parody "the Xemu Rap"
(original words and music (C)Dave Bird) instead.
By the end of the demo we were really getting going and
heard well over the top of their music. However, we'd
done our three hours and we decided to go home. All in all,
we had a grand day out.
We started fairly early as the exhibition began at 12:30. The
location is all the way along New St, through the food-court of
the library complex and across the broad footbridge to the
International Convention Centre on centenary square. We were
pretty much at a low for numbers; one of our guys doesn't
answer at home or work so presumably is on holiday, others
were tied up or had various problems. Still, a sturdy little band
of Dave with boombox and Jens with helium balloons, later
joined by Martin Poulter, arrived opposite the awning of the
convention centre and began to put our message to the crowd.
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