[rbp-vienna] Re: Rudi's Bachelor Party - let's get started!
- From: Manuel Bernhardt <bernhardt.manuel@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rbp-vienna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:48:09 +0200
Hi again!
Ok, I did a few calls to taxi services in Vienna - there seems to be
this one guy that has all sorts of different websites, but it's always
the same guy, and he is extremely unfriendly, i.e. he hung up on me
twice (the first time when I said I needed to check with the others
about prices, and he said something like "yeah, so you're going to
look for someone cheaper and then call back, right"). So much about
knowing how to run a successful business.
So, I found an eastern european company instead and sent them an
e-mail (http://www.taxitransport.sk/en/pricelist). I would go for
taking one MiniBus (6-7 people) and one Mercedes (1-4 people) as we
are currently 10 (Stefan Proell and Stephan Strodl won't be able to
make it unfortunately), and this option leaves place for one more.
I'll see how much the price tag for that would be, I expect it to be
somewhat more expensive than what is advertised on their website
because of a surcharge for the night.
---
What do you think about the blue polo outfit idea & do we want to make
a (last minute) one for Rudi, especially for the occasion? And, if
yes, what do we put on it? :) (something along the lines of "joining
the dark side" comes to mind - I'm not the first one to have the idea,
apparently:
http://mr2pointo.tumblr.com/post/24139959788/darkside-wedding-shirt-is-your-lol-t-shirt-of-the-day)
Cheers!
manu
On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Manuel Bernhardt
<bernhardt.manuel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> thanks for all the ideas, this will be great!
>
> So if I may do a short summary:
>
> - so far everyone likes the idea of going to Bratislava (with public
> transport, at least for one direction)
> - ideas for wearing something common: rather no t-shirt, but something
> smaller (pins were mentioned), or maybe a common color (blue polo was
> mentioned), and also: Rudi-style beard, red hair (easy to organise)
> - Bratislava: Vanja has a Slovak work colleague who may know some pubs
> - strip club: it sounds as though Rudi may not be entirely opposed to
> it since he mentioned a tentative at a Stammtisch
> - themes: musicals, Star Wars, ITC / makumba
> - game ideas: have Rudi perform some musicals in the street, have him
> do something geeky / coding combined with alcohol (Social Network)
>
> Let me know if I forgot something...
>
> Here's some additional thoughts from me:
>
> - kidnapping Rudi with only a small group and bringing him as fast as
> possible to an underground pub would probably be very effective for a
> "where the hell am I" moment, but on the other hand may not be as fun
> as not all the group is together. An alternative would be to all go
> together (without saying a word), with the risk of Rudi finding out
> where he's going on the way. I'm personally not really decided which
> one is best, I could probably easily organize a car and driver if we
> decide to do this. The "where on earth am I" factor sounds tempting, I
> must say :) --- We also need something to cover his eyes.
>
> - for coming back from Bratislava, I need to check for transit
> services still, it would be stupid to be stranded at the middle of the
> night :) Help with that part would be appreciated
>
> - pubs in Bratislava: Marian Buhinici, who some of you may know, is
> living in Bratislava, so I could ask him for some input as well.
>
> - outfits: I like the idea of the "temporary red hair" because it is
> very simple to put into practice. Rudi-style beard is cool too, if
> feasible! Now about clothes: I like the "suit up" idea, however it may
> be trickier to achieve, and esp. to get Rudi to "suit up" for a
> surprise kidnapping may not be straightforward. So what I would
> propose is to all wear blue jeans and a dark-blue or black polo. I've
> got 2 of those, in L, so I could provide for one additional one - it
> should also be feasible to buy some of those within the week. Could
> everyone tell me who does _not_ have a dark-blue or black polo (or who
> has additional ones)?
>
> - strip club: I am personally tempted to give this a try, and also my
> girlfriend organized a male stripper at a bachelorette party not too
> long ago, so I have some catching up to do :)
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> manu
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Christoph Lanz
> <christoph.lanz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> This all sounds like fun :-) I love the idea of kidnapping him to Blava! I
>> also think going there by public transport would be ok. But for coming back
>> we should organise something.
>>
>> I'm not really up-to-date about pubs there. A quick look at localvortex.net
>> shows one directly in Bratlislava. I guess we should make sure that all
>> places we plan to visit are still there and recommended by someone we know.
>>
>> About outfits: I'm no big fan of quickly-printed t-shirts with a photo on
>> them. I personally don't own an ITC polo, but since this is the one piece of
>> outfit that I've seen Rudi wear by far the most times: how about all of us
>> wearing a dark blue polo? Maybe we could do ITC buttons for everyone or at
>> least the ones who don't own an ITC polo?
>>
>> The beard thing is a good idea. I'm not sure if we'll all manage. Rudi also
>> had his hair partly coloured in red for several years since I knew him (cf.
>> his PA pic). Maybe we can organise something like that? I seem to remember
>> that there were these cans to colour your hair red temporarily, like for
>> carnival. We could do that easily, I guess.
>>
>> Oh, and I'd love it if there was something related to Star Wars ^^
>>
>> About musicals: thanks for mentioning that. I tried to find an old pic of
>> Rudi and me doing the Titanic thing (see attachment), and now I have that
>> horrible Titanic song in my head all day. Is there an elevated place
>> somewhere in Blava with a nice view where we could make him sing or
>> something?
>>
>>
>> About strippers: I'm no fan of that. But as mentioned, Rudi talked about
>> Andreas P.'s bachelor party and seemed ok with it. I personally wouldn't go,
>> but well, I'll join you all. At Andreas' party they couldn't enter the
>> planned strip club because their bachelor was too drunk and it showed
>> (according to Rudi), so maybe the lesson to learn here is to not get Rudi
>> too drunk ;-)
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Christoph
>>
>>
>> On 18 April 2013 18:15, Manuel Bernhardt <bernhardt.manuel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> thanks all for the great ideas! I have only very limited Internet so I
>>> will read in details just a bit later. Just wanted to say that I added
>>> Hubert and Andreas to the list, so we are now 13!
>>>
>>> Cheers from Tenerife,
>>>
>>> manu
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 2:04 AM, Vanja Rojko <vanja.rojko@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Hello everyone,
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Manuel, I like the idea of kidnapping him to Bratislava and doing the
>>> > partying there very much!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > This might be a bit more difficult to organize but It would be even
>>> > better
>>> > if only two/three of us appear at his place, blindfold him and take him
>>> > (Could we rent some transportation? Ask some car driving female Best
>>> > friend
>>> > for a favour / reimburse the costs etc...) directly to the place in
>>> > Bratislava (some underground bar) where the rest of us would already be
>>> > waiting...it would take him some time to realize where the hell he is :D
>>> > :D
>>> > What do you think? Would that be doable?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > As I read, Bratislava is a common place for the British stag parties. I
>>> > guess the locals are probably sick of groups of drunk men abusing the
>>> > east-west price difference so my suggestion would be maybe not to do
>>> > the
>>> > obvious t-shirt-this-guy-is-getting-married-thing but rather to go for
>>> > something subtle. I find the idea that we all wear Rudi style facial
>>> > hair
>>> > fantastic! :) We should really agree on that soon enough so everyone has
>>> > enough time to grow it.. :D
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I guess that we will be doing some pub crawling in BRA. Manu do you have
>>> > some ideas already? I have a Slovak work colleague (I know that's hard
>>> > to
>>> > believe) so I will ask for some route recommendations.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > About the geeky programming ideas, maybe I'm wrong, but I would not put
>>> > too
>>> > much of an emphasis on that. He is, and will be, doing it for his whole
>>> > life so maybe the bachelors party should be spared.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I also find it really sympatisch how Manuel carefully asked about the
>>> > strippers and nobody answered. I personally have a strong moral codex
>>> > that
>>> > forbids me to look at underdressed women dancing around poles. But, just
>>> > on
>>> > that special night, just that one time, I am ready to sacrifice it.
>>> >
>>> > ......
>>> >
>>> > Sacrifice it because that is what friends are for.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Seriously, at the last Alumni Stammtisch Rudi was telling a story about
>>> > how
>>> > they visited two strip clubs in Vienna and were kicked out. I don't
>>> > remember
>>> > what was the occasion then but we have to make it right this time....
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > And last but not the least, my suggestion would be for us all to SUIT
>>> > UP!
>>> > It's going to be LEGEN - wait for it - DARY!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ijk3nepXmM
>>> >
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYb0B_-jaBU
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Looking forward to it very much!!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Filip Kis <filip.kis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Related to geeky, programming task... the scene from Social Network
>>> >> comes
>>> >> to my mind:
>>> >>
>>> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxKmDWDUZ5A
>>> >>
>>> >> Filip
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Luka Vidmar <luka.vidmar@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hej,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> some comments from my side:
>>> >>> - would be cool to all wear a piece of sth similar, not necessarily
>>> >>> tshirt. what about head or rudi's beard? Or our PA code on the
>>> >>> foreheads?
>>> >>> - lets add some geeky, programming related tasks
>>> >>> - i like the idea of Bratislava. At least on the way there i would
>>> >>> prefer public transrporation, cause some tasks cam be done with random
>>> >>> ppl
>>> >>> on the train/bus
>>> >>> - Roadtrip theme sounds cool, but then i guess we should all watch it
>>> >>> before. On Friday eve?
>>> >>> - what about making him perform musicles on streets of Bratislava?
>>> >>> - some parts of Makumba party should be definitely included
>>> >>> - sth in Eastern Europena style, as his wife-to-be is from there and
>>> >>> we
>>> >>> are apparently having paty there
>>> >>> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY1MVQeeStY)
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Thats for now. Looking fwd to it.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Luka
>>> >>> .
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On 12 April 2013 19:49, Stefan Pröll <stefan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Hi!
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> A weird thing, at least in my perception, is that he likes Musicals.
>>> >>>> In
>>> >>>> a three day business trip To London, he insisted in visiting two
>>> >>>> Musicals
>>> >>>> :-)
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Maybe thats also something to tease him...
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Filip Kis <filip.kis@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Just quick brainstorming:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> - what are the things that Rudi likes, but doesn't necessarily share
>>> >>>>> with Diana (football comes to mind as one thing)
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Other then this he likes:
>>> >>>>> - golf
>>> >>>>> - table tennis
>>> >>>>> - video games
>>> >>>>> - Star Wars
>>> >>>>> - beer
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Doing T-shirts is doable. Rudi love's polos (the classical ITC ones
>>> >>>>> he
>>> >>>>> has in abundance) so maybe consider that.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> I have an access to 3D printer that can print 15 cm^3 objects, so if
>>> >>>>> we
>>> >>>>> come up with something geeky, fun and useful (at least for that one
>>> >>>>> night)
>>> >>>>> we could do that.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> That's my contribution for now.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Filip
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Manuel Bernhardt
>>> >>>>> <bernhardt.manuel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> Dear all,
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> sorry for the delay with sending this mail, my week has been a
>>> >>>>>> little
>>> >>>>>> crazy.
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> We're now already 10 people for the bachelor party (so 11 including
>>> >>>>>> Rudi), with so far 2 people coming from abroad, and I expect
>>> >>>>>> between
>>> >>>>>> 5-6 more people to join. So this should be fun ;)
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> Given that there are only 2 weeks left, I'd like to get started
>>> >>>>>> soon
>>> >>>>>> on brainstorming for what we're going to do. An additional
>>> >>>>>> challenge
>>> >>>>>> for me is that I'm going to be on Teneriffa next week, in part
>>> >>>>>> climbing a volcano, and they don't seem to have wifi on that
>>> >>>>>> particular volcano, so I'll have some catching up to do when back.
>>> >>>>>> I'm
>>> >>>>>> sure we'll manage to make a great programme for the bachelor party
>>> >>>>>> and
>>> >>>>>> arrange everything on time nonetheless!
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> Talking about which: the idea I had so far was to start the
>>> >>>>>> bachelor
>>> >>>>>> party in Vienna, e.g. at Rudi's place (Diana won't be there that
>>> >>>>>> week-end, she'll be in Romania trying out the wedding dress, which
>>> >>>>>> by
>>> >>>>>> the way, fun fact, is produced by an Austrian company in Romania)
>>> >>>>>> and
>>> >>>>>> to then move / kidnap him to... Bratislava!
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> Some of the reasons I came up with, as an excuse for having this
>>> >>>>>> idea:
>>> >>>>>> - it's really not far away from Vienna, so not a very long transit
>>> >>>>>> time
>>> >>>>>> - the drinks are likely going to be cheaper
>>> >>>>>> - the strippers too (well, we have to check if that's one thing we
>>> >>>>>> want to do or not)
>>> >>>>>> - I have fond pieces of memories of the bars in the underground of
>>> >>>>>> the
>>> >>>>>> inner city. Though only pieces. Which may be a good sign.
>>> >>>>>> - As far as I know, Rudi made a boatload of people watch
>>> >>>>>> "Europtrip",
>>> >>>>>> and not only once - so much so that I know whole dialogues by
>>> >>>>>> hearth
>>> >>>>>> by now (and so does he, much better than me, I think). One of the
>>> >>>>>> scenes is about the main characters getting to Bratislava (thinking
>>> >>>>>> they were in fact in Berlin), then realizing it, and uttering "Oh
>>> >>>>>> my
>>> >>>>>> god, we're in Eastern Europe" (the movie is a pretty exaggerated
>>> >>>>>> parody of a number of European countries as well as the US, it gets
>>> >>>>>> to
>>> >>>>>> be really fun once you've watched it 2-3 times). So theme-wise, I
>>> >>>>>> think this could be rather funny.
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> There's of course a little bit of logistics to handle, about
>>> >>>>>> getting
>>> >>>>>> there and getting back sometime at night, so I was thinking to rent
>>> >>>>>> a
>>> >>>>>> mini-van with driver or something of the kind, at least for the way
>>> >>>>>> back. If anyone has a better idea, or has a proposal of where to
>>> >>>>>> call,
>>> >>>>>> please shout! I'll look into it more into details now as well,
>>> >>>>>> there
>>> >>>>>> are regular buses for about 60 € per 10 rides, just at night for
>>> >>>>>> coming back, having something more comfortable might not be too bad
>>> >>>>>> an
>>> >>>>>> idea.
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> Some more thoughts, in random order:
>>> >>>>>> - do we want to make t-shirts (can we arrange t-shirts on such a
>>> >>>>>> short
>>> >>>>>> notice)
>>> >>>>>> - what kind of (drinking) games and other games do we want to play
>>> >>>>>> - where to go to in Bratislava
>>> >>>>>> - strippers? :)
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> Ok, I think this mail is long enough by now. Now it's your turn,
>>> >>>>>> what
>>> >>>>>> do you think of the above, do you have any ideas, suggestions,
>>> >>>>>> etc.?
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> Cheers!
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> manu
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> --
>>> >>>> Sent from my mobile phone. Please excuse brevity and typos.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> じゃあ ね
>> ランツ・クリストフ
>> (Lanz Christoph)
>>
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>>
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