THAT GREAT SUMMER PASTIME "THE ALLOTMENT"

the commitee strike back;

Well, we went to our first meeting of the Filey allotments association, expecting a quite evening and the chance to meet some of the other plot owners, as we are new members.

But any thoughts of a quiet, friendly night were soon to be shattered, by a number of self-important individuals, who loved the sound of their own voices too much, they were to turn the evening into a complete farce

Tonight was all about electing the various commitee members, but it was also a chance for various members to use the meeting as an excuse for settling personal vendettas.

It was a complete farce from start to finish, one person who wanted to be voted in as the new Chairman had brought a couple of accomplances to try and stir up trouble and make himself look good in front of the 50 or so people in attendance, but his plan did not come to anything as the reigning chairman quite rightly kept his position by an overwhelming majority vote.

We sat through around 2 hours of petty, pointless arguements between people who were obviously enjoying spouting off about one pointless subject after another, there must have been about 100 proposals in all and just as many "I'll second that" from the proposers "bessie mates".

All we want to do is enjoy the allotment, grow some veg' and spend some quality time with the other allotment holders around us.

One name which was read out from one of the minutes of the meeting was a certain Mr B Potter, I nearly started laughing out aloud as thoughts of Peter Kay came to mind, especially as this meeting would not have been out of place in "The Phoenix Club". But there was'nt a wheelchair to be seen.

The whole evening could easily have been made into an episode of Phoenix Nights, there were so many proposals, people were putting up their hands not really knowing what theey were voting for, the show organiser who did step down on the night appeared to be thinking he was either debating in parliment, or trying to put the world to rights, I do not know how one man could talk so much bollocks in less than 2 hours.

His reason for resigning -"a certain person, who shall remain nameless offended him at an earlier meeting and no apology was forthcoming. "ALL TOGETHER NOW" aaaaaaaaaaagghhhhhhhh..................

Another commitee man stepped down because he could not have everything his own way, because the chairman insisted that the commitee would also be involved in his area of expertise he too resigned.

These sad members were so worked up about the agenda, and showed so much passion, they really should get out more.

If anyone is interested out there, I understand that the position of show organiser is still vacant, you will need a thick skin, bullet proof vest, and only half a brain.

you will pay your £1.75 or you will not have a right to vote, can i have a seconder
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