[rbp-vienna] Re: Rudi's Bachelor Party - let's get started!
- From: Manuel Bernhardt <bernhardt.manuel@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rbp-vienna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:15:12 +0200
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:
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>
> Hello everyone,
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>
> Manuel, I like the idea of kidnapping him to Bratislava and doing the
> partying there very much!
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>
>
> 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?
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>
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> 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
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>
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
>
> ......
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> Sacrifice it because that is what friends are for.
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> 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....
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> 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!
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ijk3nepXmM
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYb0B_-jaBU
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> Looking forward to it very much!!
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> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Filip Kis <filip.kis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Related to geeky, programming task... the scene from Social Network comes
>> to my mind:
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxKmDWDUZ5A
>>
>> Filip
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>> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Luka Vidmar <luka.vidmar@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
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>>> 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.
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