Jenjie

I may not be joining you - you'll all have to look after Ian for me. We're trying every possible option but its not looking hopeful. However I will still be in London and will be playing out during the day on Friday.

JEN has a roll of white sticky labels and some felt tips all ready for thos who forget to bring a name tag.

yup :) except I lied any my boots aren't quite knee high :laugh3: I will be wearing 2 pairs of socks with my tights. and I have a thermal vest and another layer to wear under the dress. If I'm cold its not going to be from lack of layers :lol: think War Child and then drop the temperature a bit because its night time on the river

I think Anna said somewhere that everyone who wanted one has got one now & there a re a few guest spaces left.

jumper dress and I've yet to decide whether to wear thick wooly tights and boots or jeans and heels. nope, I won't do it I'm not wearing a hoodie and trainers :P

Don't forget your WARM clothes! The weather channel is predicting scattered SNOW showers for thursday night http://uk.weather.com/weather/dailyDetails-Westminster-UKXX0815?dayNum=4 how perfect would that be? A Coldplay Festive Thames boat trip with real snow :D

BOAT!

of course! I have wanted a jumper dress for ages and now I have the ideal excuse to buy one!! I am nesh, I need some thing extra warm :D Do you a deal. You get me some A-Ha pics/vids and I'll get you some Coldplay. I would have loved to go to one of the concerts before they split. sorry, but it has to be done SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! :D noooo :cry: Christopher!

if you could see how teeny I have my webpage you'd know why thats not possible. My shift finishes in 60 secs so there. i'm stopping at the shops on the way home to get my outfir for the boat trip :D

ian - please would you put guest names in brackets as they're confirmed. if not coldplayers could be nc. I just want to be able to see everyone whose going :D tyvm

I wonder why they sussed you in the middle of a September heatwave? :P

I'm supposed to be working. oops

thanks for the info :) not only are they being so cool, but Coldplay are helping extend my general knowledge! :lol: Ian, I take it Sam's going to bed at 6:59pm whether he likes it or not! or is he getting to stay up and particiapte in the excitement?

:lol:

the soundtrack in my head this morning is two lines over and over again :lol: "Picture yourself in a boat on a river, With tangerine trees and marmalade skies" which perfectly sums up how surreal the whole thing feels. As for Thanksgiving, a quick google search shows Gwyneth spent Thanksgiving in Mexico last year because Moses and Apple were in school. Thanksgiving this year is a Thursday which is also a school day :grin: Coldplay surprises are always good surprises, so whatever it is, the lucky Coldplayers will have an ace time. the flies on the coldplaying wall must be having great fun with this thread :laugh3:

if you could ask Phil your questions, then surely it will be more productive than a seminar!

Nobody has asked the important question yet: What on earth do you wear on a boat on the Thames in the middle of November when you're meeting Roadie 42 & all his friends?

nooooooooooooooooooo :( is there any chance you could elongate your stay in London if you were lucky?

interesting! wonder if anyone will succeed?

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when you say a gathering of more than 4 persons is that just for political things, or would you need a permit to hold a birthday party?

that doesn't work either. anyone who only wanted 1 ticket would end up with 2 and no way to ensure someone else could use the second one. not everyone visits places like here to be abole to find someone who could use the ticket. at the end of the day for a small gig like this one there are going to be a few lucky people who get tickets and many, many more who don't. there's never going to be a fair way that pleases everyone.

didn't try. didn't think Ian would really want to go. and wasn't able to spend the time trying coz I was with Sam. plus i need to keep my baby-sitting favours for the next coldplay tour :lol:

not sure I understand you. what exactly is your point? I've entered him in an online modelling competition which requires a public vote on the internet. so I've politely asked people to vote for him, in an off-topic part of the forum. I'm not repeatedly bumping the thread and I'm not spamming it everywhere. Those people who wish to vote will, those people who don't want to won't. what's there to congratulate? if he was successful he'll benefit from Next vouchers so I can clothe him without spending a fortune, and as a sideline he will appear in the Next catalogue which I can keep to show him when he's older.