HUGE problem this saturday night...

[dendol]

I stupidly agreed months in advance to sign up to a murder mystery night without looking at the AFL Fixtures calendar. As luck would have it, the game I absolutely can not miss happens to fall on this same night.

Can I please get some suggestions on how to get out of this bind. Am happy to forfeit the $40 "Whodunnit" fee to watch our boys belt the living crap out of the egirls, but I need a suitably serious excuse (the person who organised this would be VERY disappointed I piked). Does this make me a bad human being? Perhaps a debate for a different forum though.

Please help me!

ps. If no suitable suggestions are umm.. suggested.. then I am willing to pay someone to record the game for me, preferably in digital format, but VHS is fine as well. First preference would be to watch the game live though.

[AnnieH]

silly.
tell the truth. the truth will set you free.
your friend will probably hate you, but if they were your true friend, they would understand that the swannies are far more important and let you off attending.
if that fails, go to the murder mystery night ... it can't be nearly as bad as attending a theatre restaurant.
i'll tape the game for ya if you want.

[ScottH]

Get someone to ring up and say your dead, sorry for the inconvenience.

[AnnieH]

Get someone to ring up and say your dead, sorry for the inconvenience.

that's hilarious scotty. it made my day.
the people around me want me to send on the "funny email" I'm laughing at.

[stellation]

Get someone to ring up and say your dead, sorry for the inconvenience.

No, you're dead.

[dendol]

Maybe I can be the murdered character and not have to turn up at all? Brilliant!

[ScottH]

No, you're dead.

But I got better.

Maybe I can be the murdered character and not have to turn up at all? Brilliant!

[goswannie14]

You could eat a dodgy kebab and stay at home because you are sick.

[j s]

There is usually a torrent available of our games the next day - around 1GB download

[dendol]

There is usually a torrent available of our games the next day - around 1GB download

I dont like how you use the word "usually". I've found previous games on demonoid but they were few and far between

[Casey36]

Why dont you just tell them a footy game is on, im sure they will understand.

[Lucky Knickers]

It was Colonel Mustard in the Library with the candlestick.
Now you can stay home guilt free and watch the footy

[j s]

I dont like how you use the word "usually". I've found previous games on demonoid but they were few and far between

OK - sometimes. There are 9 of our 2007 games up so far - though some no longer have seeds.

[dendol]

I'd imagine that this big game will be captured and seeded, thanks for the tip. Now how to avoid knowing the result before I watch the replay.. thats unpossible methinks!

[general mac]

Don't tell the the truth !!!!!

I am telling you they will not understand !!!

I tried this once for an event, the people really liked me and had been talking up my participation for weeks. When the date came along I pulled out cos I Had to go watch the Bloods live at the SCG.

They still resent me for it 7 years on !!!

Get someone you trust to copy it, make an estimate of the time the murder night will finish, have someone call you with an "emergency" just as the murder night is wrapping up...., then jump in the car and straight to your copy of the game and hey presto you are watching the Swans live or near live, just like the AFL promised you !!!!