Pool Plc. -- Thursday 20 April 2006

Another day, another dollar ... err, pound.

Or rather, quite a number of pounds.

Almost £4900 raised tonight, bringing the campaign total over £110,000.

Also, lots of pool played. "Scoucers Delight" vs. "Give Me Your Wallet". (Note: Names chosen by the students themselves). Congrats to the "Give Me Your Wallet" team for winning at pool -- Na, Sajida, Pooja, Sonny, Sukhveer, Zardusht, Nazmeen, Sana, Anastazja and Ali.

Here's Mike concentrating on his shot.

That takes the cake story (from caller notes): Lived first year at Stafford Tower and said that it was really good. Told me that he was asleep on the toilet floor while drunk and a fire bell went off at 3am. A fireman had to rescue him because he was asleep and his friends left him!

Quirky Story (from caller notes): Enoch Powell [right-wing British politician and Conservative Party MP between 1950 and February 1974] was invited to speak to Aston's Tory Society. This guy was kind of racist (against immigration/for National Front, etc) back then, so there were student protests against him coming here. Anyhow, the guy on the phone was a student rep and so he was required to speak to the students and help to calm the situation down. On the day of the speech, Enoch Powell was snatched into a lift from behind. The lift went to the ground floor where he was put into the back of a minibus and dumped in the middle of the M1 motorway.