Report of the final meeting of 2012

Well then, here endeth 2012 for the Scribblers. It has been another good year although one with fluctuating membership.  It is pleasing to get a steady trickle of new members and I hope they have enjoyed the experience. The year ended last night with a four word exercise and a small get together and a good time was had by all.

The members attending were Angela A, Angela L, Beryl, Liliane, Martin, Tony,Dick, Dave, Caz,myself and a Scribblers welcome was extended to Barry M, who attended for the first time.

We began our four word session with Dick whose four words were RESOLVE, TRAIN, FAVOURITISM and TREE.  His piece centred on a chap who was intending to get to London from Norwich to attend an audition but circumstances conspired to make him miss his appointment.

Liliane was next with her NURSE, PERCEPTION, HEALING and WARDROBE an amusing tale of the crotchety Mrs Ponsonby-Smythe and how the good nature of her private nurse was sorely tested when the old lady was insisting there was a man in her wardrobe.

Next came Martin with INVIGORATING, IRRITATING, SUBMARINE and PALACE. These were a few lines in his own style, of Tiger, the cat, who lives in a manger in the Holy Land and was present when Jesus and Mary came to visit.

Then we had Barry M's STOCKING, MERRY, POINTLESS and PARANORMAL. This was a short tale of an old man who was reminiscing to his son of the days of old when milkmen used to come chinking up the path and how he had be hearing the same noises from his bed on the 7th floor of a high rise.

Next we had Beryl with PARATROOPER, PATIENT, PACIFY and QUICKLY. The chap had always wanted to be a paratrooper but discovered in training that he suffered from vertigo. His second job was a security guard / night watchman and then we were told how he rescued a potential suicide by climbing out onto a high ledge.

We then had Angela A with PERSISTANT, CRYSTAL, INNOCENT and TRIVIAL. This was concerning the 27 year old mystery of the purloining of the decoration from the top of Harrods Christmas Tree each year.

Caz three words were ORPHAN,ZULU,PRETENTIOUS and MORONIC. A short story of a reporters trip to meet the Zulu chief with his obnoxious cameraman who turned out to be brilliant at his job.

Tony had IMPATIENT, OFFENSIVE,PARALLEL and ANGEL. This was a tale of 'The Lord of the Angels' a fantasy tale for Christmas.

Angela L had HOPE, SNOWMAN, CONFIDENT and PARACHUTE. A story of Ben and his mum on a trip to Lapland to meet Santa. Ben did not believe in Santa because he always wished for his daddy to be home but never was.

Dave had DOCTOR,ANGULAR, MONKEY and MARSUPIAL a tale of a farmers visit to Dr Monkey with stomach pains and the doctor proposing to swap the man's potatoes for bars of what the farmer thought to be chocolate but proved to be Ex-lax.

As for me, I had DESPAIR,REQUIREMENTS, FERN and HOPE. I gave the meeting a few words on the agony of a man looking for work and applying for a job well above his station, with some success.


I would like to wish all our members, those who can attend and those who can't a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.The next meeting will be on the 8th January and will be another four word exercise for a short time after the AGM.

Happy Christmas and see you in the New Year.

Barry