No Chainsaws This Time
I don't think I related the Ryan Pinata story... just looked and I think I threw away Anji's email, so I'll have to think... THINK Awwwk! The party consisted of 29 adults and 10 children. Jason and his mob didn't come, for some unknown reason (my nephew and his wife have five children). Brad, my other nephew, didn't come either -- I think they were all camping. Briony, who is Brad's partner (lame word) came alone, however, which was nice (she's fun), and Anji wanted her to win a prize because of that -- she did, as it turned out, with no help from Anj. The women had a go at bashing the rocket, and Eileen, my sister-in-law, hit it and knocked it off its wire. Somehow it got mended, then the men started whacking away at it, until someone did the same thing and knocked it off its wire, rendering it unfixable. Anji climbed on the stump she rests the laundry basket on when she's hanging out clothes and emptied the pinata contents onto the upturned childish faces. That's what you get when you mix pinatas and Aussies/Kiwis. I'll bet everyone had lots of fun. I wonder if anyone has revived the old Maypole custom in Australia using, say, bungee cords and jetskis. If not it's only a matter of time.

Of course NOW I find it in her own words:
what a lovely lovely time we all had...what happened to you? [I'd said I was driving over] well, so continue the pinata story....all the kids had a turn, then all the 'chicks' had a turn, and eileen hit it on the top and made the hangingwire tear out, (but not actually crack open) so after a bit of surgery it was hung again, then all the kids got another go, and then it was the fellas turn, vasko did the same as mum, hit it in a downward motion on the top and tore the hanging wire out and this time it was not fixable...hmmm so what to do, anji to the rescue (a bit drunk anji), climbed onto the log (that we put the washing basket on at the line) and shook all the contents over the kids heads...they had a great time retrieving all the goodies...it was great. the party as a whole was a lot of fun, well everyone said they had a good time, steve practically passed out that night and didn't emerge until the next afternoon, after i had cleaned up. ryan had a great birthday.

After I said I liked the pinata once I became used to the idea that it was so round, Anji said, "the rocket was roundish coz that was the only balloon i had at the time and it the pinata actually started out life as a turtle and transformed." Aha!