An Emergency Meeting of the ‘Round Knights of the Square Table’ was immediately convened for that night, at which point every member had to stand before his peers and admit to a degree of honesty not experienced since the demise of Christy Gorman!

That’s how rigorous the process was.

Oh how we laughed and rejoiced.

To watch/listen to the pleadings, the excuses, the maneuverings, the justifications, the prevarications and barefaced audacity of The Bandits.

Finally we reached agreement.

Only through unanimous agreement might a BPOB’er now claim and sign for a Society handicap.

A long, languid, liquid enjoyable night.

One of the really great sessions.

The result of the debate -- well, until the next convening of the Cmtee, these are now the official BPOB handicaps.

Hotel Mercure, April 2004