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Got called fete lady today (humorous ish)

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sunnydalegottobedone · 26/05/2017 21:59

Argh I've turned into crazy fete lady. In the last couple of days on numerous occasions - I've been entered into conversations as "you are the fete lady", "you are the fete lady". Would I be unreasonable to start donning a twin set and pearls?

So as not to drip feed, I do run the village fete, I think I am starting to become a fete bore, obsessed with it - can't get me to talk about anything else. To the extent I'm now starting a AIBU post about the flaming fete - HELP.

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Highalert · 26/05/2017 22:02

Will there be a Tombola stall. I do like a nice Tombola.

Pestilentialone · 26/05/2017 22:02

Have you managed to get enough raffle prizes yet?

redrobinblue · 26/05/2017 22:03

I'll happily assist in judging the Best Cake award.

Bubblysqueak · 26/05/2017 22:03

Are you sure you've got enough bunting?

choochooo · 26/05/2017 22:03

God I love a fete! How do you become the fete lady?

sunnydalegottobedone · 26/05/2017 22:04

The bloody tombola...... And yes there is Smile I could write a book on the Tombola saga Confused got to go find some more booze for it. Is it too late to do a Calais run?

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sunnydalegottobedone · 26/05/2017 22:05

Half my garage is full of boxes of bunting - ever tried unraveling it after a few years of good use! Tippex works wonders on mould spots Grin

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JustHavinABreak · 26/05/2017 22:06

How naice. Do you have a committee?

Highalert · 26/05/2017 22:06

Is there a tea and cake tent? I love a fete too.

Pestilentialone · 26/05/2017 22:06

choochoo pop down to your local fete and ask to help. Give it a couple of years and you will be begging for help in charge looking for the next fete lady

cuckooplusone · 26/05/2017 22:08

Do you get to do the PA announcements, I organised the school fete last year and I did enjoy hearing my strident tones marr a lovely sunny afternoon ("in a minute the recorders are performing and then we will announce the raffle")

sunnydalegottobedone · 26/05/2017 22:08

Cake judges are carefully selected, head of the local WI is the chief judge - all others follow.

How do you become fete lady - I have no idea, started running fetes years ago and still doing it. Tbh it's a bloody good laugh, lots of wine and OMG moments - last month is wobble, lots of FFFfffffffs and then I rock in the corner when it's all over Confused

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PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 26/05/2017 22:10

I'm "the one on all the committees", I feel your pain Grin

I love fetes though, so thank you for organising it!

Allthebestnamesareused · 26/05/2017 22:10

I do hope you don't live in Midsummer Somewhere!

We all know what happens at the fete!

sunnydalegottobedone · 26/05/2017 22:11

We do have a committee, quite a large one tbh, who are all awesome & do loads. But for some reason I'm the one that becomes fete lady. Maybe i am projecting a twin set and pearls Confused

Yes I do some of the announcements / not all. I like that bit, especially when my panic of fuck is anyone going to turn up is everything going to be ok - turns into this is a good turnout fuck have I got enough food

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mogloveseggs · 26/05/2017 22:12

Don't forget the cream teas and the catch the rat game!

NormHonal · 26/05/2017 22:13

Best to buy some more bunting though, just in case?

Wet weather risk assessment done?

Justmadeperfectflapjacks · 26/05/2017 22:13

Shake it up with an Anne Summers stall. .

sunnydalegottobedone · 26/05/2017 22:14

allthebestnames the most that happens at ours is some grumpy shit will moan that it is not all folk music, all that youngun music rubbish when a 90s cover band comes on Confused

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sunnydalegottobedone · 26/05/2017 22:15

norm full risk assessment rag done. Plenty of undercover areas - tick, alternative wet weather / the show goes on - check

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RustyPaperclip · 26/05/2017 22:22

I love a good fete, there is a distinct lack of them in London. Do you fancy branching out? I will volunteer to run the coconut shy

TheSecondOfHerName · 26/05/2017 22:25

Will there be a welly wang? There's nothing like a good wang.

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sunnydalegottobedone · 26/05/2017 22:27

rusty you need to move to the country. We do rocking fetes out in the sticks. Cricket, pimms, tug of war, cream teas, piss up real ale, and the quasi country music. If I say much more I will put myself - as we have a lot entertainment. That does not include me rocking in the corner nursing a 4 hour old pimms after it is all over!!

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sunnydalegottobedone · 26/05/2017 22:28

second duh of course there is a Wellie wang - goes without saying.

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Andylion · 26/05/2017 22:30

I love the word "tombola". It sounds like an Italian cheese or the name of the heroine in a romance novel set in some exotic locale, "Tombola de la Vega", Duchess of Something or Other". Grin

I know it's not cheese, but, what, exactly, is it? It's not just a raffle, is it?

(I'm not in, or from, the UK, Fete Lady, can you help me out?)

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