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Archery “Room 101”

 

No Companions Challenge this week as it was Range Captain re-qualifications and Archery “Room 101”

 

For those of you not familiar with the TV show called “Room 101” the concept came from George Orwell’s book 1984 in which Room 101 is a torture chamber in the Ministry of Love where a prisoner is subjected to his or her own worst nightmare.  The TV show “Room 101” was slightly less macabre as celebrities are interviewed and asked to list their pet hates, which are then condemned to the room at the discretion of the host.

 

Now we come to Archery “Room 101” where our archers brought along items they have a particular pet hate for but rather than just condemning them to a virtual Room 101, items are offered up so that everyone can shoot them to bits!

 

So, in no particular order, here are the items that were condemned to Archery Room 101;

And Finally...

 

As always … got a suggestion for the club?  Send it to suggestions@companionsofthelongbow.co.uk or send them direct to any of the committee members e-mail address (see Contact Us page for these).  Our Suggestions box will be up and ready to use as soon as we’ve got use of the Roundel field again.

Not Father Christmas who is aces and brilliant (hope you got my letter Father C), but Christmas tat.  Cheap & tastelessness stuff that seems de rigeur these days from anytime after bonfire night right through to January.  This porcelain Father Christmas didn’t explode very well when hit which was a shame unlike the item below.

Novelty mug.  Included in this category are corporate mugs which are inevitably dull due to sporting the company’s logo and strap line.  This one exploded quite nicely.

Ironing.  A real ironing board proved difficult to obtain and hence the many colourful and exciting pictures of ironing.  Boo to ironing!

No, not milk, but the packaging milk comes in.  When it works everything is OK but if the lid rips off or you squeeze the carton too hard or you knock them over, well, sometimes it is worth crying over spilt milk.

Halloween.  Along with the increasing habit of trick or treating.  What happened to the days when kids used to stay indoors bobbing for apples?  Now there are gangs of them roaming the streets demanding sugary things with menaces.

School music lessons.  A years worth of intense practice and you might be able to knock out the tune of London’s Burning.  Did you know that a recorder shot through with an arrow creates an extra finger hole but it doesn’t affect the sound of the instrument?  We found this out shortly after this picture  was taken.

Apples.  This didn’t get a very good initial response as we all like apples, so it was quickly changed to William Tell shooting apples off small boys heads and crossbow men in general.  Crossbow men?  Die apples, die!

Warfarin tablets.  Nominated by Jane because she was apparently told she shouldn’t do archery because it was too dangerous.  Too dangerous?  Only to ordinary household items.

Computers.  Great when they work, a pain when they don’t.  My own personal pet hate is that annoying little Microsoft Paperclip help wizard that pops up asking the question “It looks like you’re writing a letter.  Do you want any help? Yes/No”

 

“It looks like you’re shooting this computer to bits.  Do you want any help? Yes/No”