It's probably prudent at this stage to ramp up the history of MAMPAMs thus far for posterity. As with most clubs, the phenomenon grows and the beginnings can get lost in time, and when in years to come we will all be laying claim to the genesis of MAMPAM, a first hand account could prove priceless. As they say, failure is an orphan , but success has many fathers.
MAMPAM #1 - May 2011, Date Unknown
Films watched: Blacklisted; Troll 2
The first MAMPAM was uproarious if a little embryonic and unstructured; Ben was yet to join, and this was my first appearance at what had hitherto been referred to as a Monster Munch And Pizza Party. We decided that this made for a poor acronym (MMAPP) so a rebranding was necessary to give the collective a more rigid identity. After much deliberation, MAMPAM was selected as it a) covered all of the main constituent ingredients of a Monster Munch and pizza party, and b) sounded like a northerner greeting both of his parents at the same time ("Y'aright, MAMPAM?").
Continuing the themes of the now-expunged Monster Munch and pizza parties, pizza was consumed with lashings of hot Tabasco sauce, while hearty starters and desserts of Monster Munch bookended the meal.
It was decided before this initial MAMPAM to expand the MAMPAM list of activities to watching a terrible film, and by Christ they were terrible. The tradition of coming up with new traditions also begun here, and was announced by the illicit sounding of The Last Post.
MAMPAM #2 - 9 June 2011
Films watched: Shark Attack 3: Megalodon; The Beast Of Yucca Flats
The first MAMPAM where BH Simmons attended. Yet more traditions were introduced to MAMPAM, and two truly dreadful films were enjoyed by precisely no-one. This MAMPAM was also marred by Jon's dastardly attempts at silencing The Last Post by hiding his bugle. However, MAMPAM had the last laugh; first, Mike whipped out his trumpet, and then this:
MAMPAM #3 - 4 August 2011
Films watched: Bubba Ho-Tep, Possibly another Shark Film from Ben
Notable for the neighbour's dog being inadvertently goaded by an unpredictably weak roll of toilet paper (an incident that resulted in some filthy languag emanating from below). The night ended with some disgusting English wine being pilfered from Mike's larder. Like the films, it was not at all enjoyable. Why do we do this to ourselves?
MAMPAM #1 - May 2011, Date Unknown
Films watched: Blacklisted; Troll 2
The first MAMPAM was uproarious if a little embryonic and unstructured; Ben was yet to join, and this was my first appearance at what had hitherto been referred to as a Monster Munch And Pizza Party. We decided that this made for a poor acronym (MMAPP) so a rebranding was necessary to give the collective a more rigid identity. After much deliberation, MAMPAM was selected as it a) covered all of the main constituent ingredients of a Monster Munch and pizza party, and b) sounded like a northerner greeting both of his parents at the same time ("Y'aright, MAMPAM?").
Continuing the themes of the now-expunged Monster Munch and pizza parties, pizza was consumed with lashings of hot Tabasco sauce, while hearty starters and desserts of Monster Munch bookended the meal.
It was decided before this initial MAMPAM to expand the MAMPAM list of activities to watching a terrible film, and by Christ they were terrible. The tradition of coming up with new traditions also begun here, and was announced by the illicit sounding of The Last Post.
MAMPAM #2 - 9 June 2011
Films watched: Shark Attack 3: Megalodon; The Beast Of Yucca Flats
The first MAMPAM where BH Simmons attended. Yet more traditions were introduced to MAMPAM, and two truly dreadful films were enjoyed by precisely no-one. This MAMPAM was also marred by Jon's dastardly attempts at silencing The Last Post by hiding his bugle. However, MAMPAM had the last laugh; first, Mike whipped out his trumpet, and then this:
MAMPAM #3 - 4 August 2011
Films watched: Bubba Ho-Tep, Possibly another Shark Film from Ben
Notable for the neighbour's dog being inadvertently goaded by an unpredictably weak roll of toilet paper (an incident that resulted in some filthy languag emanating from below). The night ended with some disgusting English wine being pilfered from Mike's larder. Like the films, it was not at all enjoyable. Why do we do this to ourselves?
MAMPAM #4 - 29 Sep 2011
Films watched: Swamp Shark
MAMPAM turned nasty when Jon bought a bottle of Habanero Tabasco Sauce, mistaking it for 'the mild shit'. The sauce was then plastered up the wall, in people's tea, on cereals, being licked neat off of the backs of people's hands... it was like a massacre in a kebab shop. The violence didn't let up when mambers were forced to earn their marshmallow teacakes by catching them as Jon pelted them towards the hapless mambers with the full fury of a Tabasco-induced high. However, when it was Jon's own turn to catch the teacake, he merely resulted in destroying much of his own house.
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