The Scottish Researchers Group has an annual meet on or around May 11th to celebrate the life of Douglas Adams. The date for this year's meet was Saturday May 13^th. We met in the Standing Order on George Street, Edinburgh, around 1pm. This is the log of what transpired...

Log

1300: EV and fords arrive at pub. No free tables. Portrait of Jamie's grandfather missing. Poor show.

1305: Zagreb arrives. fords does first joke of meet. Scotland win football tournament. Civilisation collapses.

1315: Table bagged. Ku'reshtin sends lightweight excuse for non-attendance.

1325: Zagreb sets record for most swearing in one minute.

1330: Pete Burns did a jobby in Zagreb's sink.

1401: Jamie arrives.

1413: Jools Holland is The Godfather.

1435: FC arrives. What were the chances of that then?

1500: Path to bar blocked by people watching cup final on large TV screen.

1525: fords doesn't want to through the eye of a needle.

1535: Mysterious wedding party leave the pub - will they get married at half time?

1539: Jamie explains the 2001-2002 diary in his pocket.

1545: Harry Ramsden, Harry Ramsden, Ramsden Ramsden, Harry Harry.

1550: FC wins the Miss Wet h2g2 T-Shirt contest by default.

1630: Gretna equalise. 'mon the underdogs. Conversation returns to bread and men in short shorts.

1705: The carrots taste like crayon.

1710: What was your best ?

1726: Aliens invade Hampden. No-one notices.

1732: Everyone takes photos of themselves rather than going to the bar.

1800: fords doctors colouring-in picture of animals. Monkeys are now anatomically correct.

1807: "How can a butterfly itself?"

1808: Killing whales. Japanese mentioned.

1821: fords kills the conversation.

1822: Politics discussed.

1825: DD arrives in suit. Far too proper for h2g2.

1829: Gladiator cockney style.

1843: FC has to put ice down own bra due to typical male ineptitude.

1846: Alarming cackle from FC in response to text message.

1858: DD spills!

1916: fords admits only reason with EV is that he warms seats and beds.

1918: FC won't tell us about her dirty weekend.

1925: Sperm in the pub!

1930: The intrepid group goes for a meal and to reflect on previous Towel Day meets.

2130: People start sobering up. Zagreb goes home.

2150: Jamie slacks off home. And then there were four...

2200: DD leads the toast to DNA. Cheers!

2248: Meet draws to its inevitable conclusion. Same time next year?