Perce Prock and me ar in the Knight on Saturday wshen three tarty looking girls pop in on their way to Rivers. The old boys cant take their eyes off their arses but it is down to us three to chat them up.
We nominate Prock to make the first move with a smooth chat up line so I strolls over and says: "What's this then girls, is there a hole in the fence at Betytersea Dogs Home?"
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We have a friendly againstg Borough Court Hospital which turns in to a bloods bath. Hammy gets sent off for a punch and I get knocked semi unconciouss. I can just hearv the scrapping and yelling but above all I hear vBarry yelling, "Stop it lads. Let's all be friends!"
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Mandy is leaving the Pru to spend the Summer in Spain.
She cant!!
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We had planned a Norman Knight Easter tour of Holland through the Orangeboom Brewery but in the end no one could be arsed so we go to Southsea instead.
Me Johnny and Perce do a pub crawl up and down the front on Friday and meet the others back at the residants bar at eleven where we drink our chosen shorts, (Melves is ginger wine.)
I take a liking to Ange behind the bar and pretend I share her interest in Chekov. I say he's my second favourite author behind Agatha Christie.
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We spend the day on the Isle of White though Melve is terrified of the hovercraft. We have many beers on the island and Ronnie is hilarious with his Stanley Unwin talk.
Tonight go for an Indian and enjoy Eastern delacacies such as vindaloo, biryani and dupiaza except Melve who has scampiu and chips.
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Mandy bursts into tears when she arrives on the department and spends the whole of her last day in tears.
At lunchtime down the pub she gets more emotional as she gets more drunk and by the time it's time for her to go she is hugging everyone and saying, "I can't say goodbye to Jamie." Eventually she has to and she gives me a massive cuddle and says I'm great and lovely and for me to please look mafter myself for her sake.
I'm gob smacked. I've worshipped Mandy since I met her but had no idea I meant anything to her. I just say, "Christ I'm gonna miss you" and in full view of the whole of ther first floor we have a kiss.
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Everyone's leaving.
Bones has bought a caravan in Hampshire and is going to live in Hampshire. We go to Rivers for his last night in Wallingford with the boys except Rivers is in Benson and Lesley comes too.
When she goes to the bog Bones admits he's not looking forward to living with her. He says he brought her some moon boots but she won't fucking go there.
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We have a few beers at the pub after our 7-4 defeat to Brightwell Red Lion and then Bones taps me on the shoulder and says he's going and I shake his hand ans wish him all the best.
"And then there were two," Perce sighes. | 