Continuing
with our “London Calling” saga you will observe from the
following links the striking similarities between the London Calling “Gathering” promotional website and another AA (?)
set-up (Gallup) located
in New Mexico (with some of the same speakers appearing). These
events serve primarily a 'missionary' function imparting what is
claimed to be an esoteric knowledge which is the preserve (or so it
seems) of only the chosen few. The rest of us unfortunates - blind as
we are to the 'one true message' (or so it is implied) - are deemed
to need this 'elect' to communicate their special insights into the
programme in order that we heathens might benefit from their unique
knowledge blah di blah di blah ….. Of course no such event would
be complete without the presence of the UK's foremost 'rent-a-gob',
no less a personage than Plymouth Road to Recovery (cult) group's Wayne P. Wayne, despite suffering from a chronic condition know as
'keg displacement' or 'falling down trouser' syndrome, bravely made
his way from the south west to Wimbledon to impart his own
incomparable vision of recovery. For those of you who have not come
across this cult group's self-appointed guru before (and let's face
it - you can number only a few!), and were unfortunate enough to miss
this groundbreaking event, fear not! With only a couple of clicks
you too can witness the pearls of wisdom as they slide oleaginously
from Wayne's lips! It's rather unfortunate perhaps that their lustre
has faded somewhat with the passage of time. As far as we can tell
Wayne's progress along the Road of Happy Destiny seems to have got
stuck somewhat in a 'retrogressive groove' – or to put it another
way – he's coming out with the same old 'pony' (Cockney rhyming
slang – pony and trap rhymes with ….!) as he was in the
mid-eighties. His 'message' (if you can call it that) consists
solely of 'get a sponsor' and 'do what your sponsor says' - that's
it! No more! We're at a loss somewhat as to why precisely he was
asked to 'do a turn' at the Wimbledon International Gathering. After
all it was promoted as a Big Book event, and what Wayne knows about
the Big Book can easily be put on the back of a postage stamp with
room to spare. Still ours not to reason why! Who can doubt the
veracity of such a sage's utterances, and especially with his
pedigree – or rather that of his sponsors. Firstly there was David B, a man who displayed such stunning hypocrisy as to almost defy
belief, who would ceaselessly exhort anyone who wasn't able to get away
in time to 'get a sponsor' and 'do what your sponsor says' but
somehow managed to do without one himself – and then lied about it!
And then there was Clancy
– but the less said about him the better! But it would seem
neither of these have been able to help Wayne with his dreadful
affliction, the aforementioned keg
displacement. Still we live in hope! The age of miracles is not
dead! In the meantime we're quite sure that Wayne's latest 'squeeze'
(a newcomer) will console him after the departure of his previous
partner (impregnated but now redundant), not forgetting, of course,
his ex-wife. We know that we have in the past advised Wayne to 'go
forth and multiply' but not for one moment did we think he'd take it
literally!
Cheers
The
Fellas (Friends of Alcoholics Anonymous)
See
also:
Plymouth
(cult) Intergroup corruption
For
AA Minority Report 2013 click here
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