Ever wondered what a group of ladies, in a small “platelandse dorpie”, do to entertain themselves?
Well, apart for many different things, they decide to get together with a group of Round Tablers and see what they can come up with for entertainment! Wednesday evening, the 15th June, was just such an evening!
Having nothing better to do with their time or health, they decided to go bumming and hang around on a street corner!
Ermelo Round Table 97 in conjunction with Ladies Circle No. 15 got together in the parking lot of a local drinking hole, The Orange Frog to promote the annual Winter Knights!
The owners of the Orange Frog got a warm fuzzy feeling and decided to hire a local comedian (so that the patrons felt part of the circus outside) and charged an entrance fee of either warm clothes, a blanket or food!
Thanks to the assistance of the local community (some deep in their 60’s), a few boma’s, the members and various alcoholic beverages, the presence of the Ladies Circle IPP, Michelle Beart bearing a gift of 10 blankets, the Tablers and Circlers attempted to keep warm! We were even joined by a pair of genuine hobo’s! The shock was so great that the moon went into hiding!!
This was easy until about 4am, when the temperature dropped below freezing! Not even Obbies or Tequila could spread a warm feeling!
However, what did send a warm glow through a Circler or two, was the sight of the local Table Chairman, Heinrich, pushing a vacuum cleaner attached to a generator, through the parking lot!
We left the area cleaner than when we got there!
All in all, we think a good time was had by all…………….
And was it worth it? Judging by the amount of people we are able to warm up, yes, yes and yes again!!
Yours in Friendship
Elizma Brand
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