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Now then now then
In our time we've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion, C-beams glittering in
the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time,
like tears in rain.
Apart from all of that stuff, the best thing we've ever
seen is this picture of Jimmy Saville wearing a kilt, holding a ceremonial
broadsword and drinking an innocent thickie. Click
here for the full glory.
A weather eye
Fruitstock
is almost upon us. Naturally, it would be tempting fate to suggest that
the sun's going to shine, but we hope that the nice weather will hang
around for us. So this is a final reminder - come to Regent's Park this
weekend to experience the first ever full-scale free innocent festival,
with lots of fine music, food, drink, picnic rugs and Dan's homemade chutney
stall. Lots more details at www.fruitstock.com
- we hope to see you there.
Guys and gals
Almost as good as pictures of Lord J Saville wearing a kilt
etc are pictures of our Matt over in Dublin dishing out samples of our
drinks in a shop. Although Matt is more of a sensible cotton shirt kinda
guy (as opposed to Savillian golden tracksuits) he is definitely as funny
as Jimmy, and you get the feeling that if they got together they would
be able to talk for quite a while about their shared passion - the rare
old twangy country sound of Mr Johnny Cash. Click
here for the visuals.
Matt and friends will be out and about in Ireland over the
next few weeks, sampling the backside out of our drinks. If you see them,
please stop and say hello.
Jobs for all
Finally this week, news of another job vacancy here
at Fruit Towers. This one is for the position of Accounts Assistant, which
means that you'll get to see exactly where all of our cash gets spent
(antique Toby jugs, kit cars, leather elbow patches).
Details of the position are available right here
- tell your friends and get your CVs sent in quick.
Feel the love
Weıre really chuffed here at Fruit Towers following our little shindig
at the weekend. Over 40,000 people visited fruitstock, and hopefully had
a little dance and a nice time. It was more people than we expected, so
it was a good job we chose Regent's Park as the venue and not Adamıs flat,
as he wouldnıt have had nearly enough matching crockery. Through careful
planning we managed to bag the hottest weekend of the year (we put in
a special request to senior management), which made it feel even more
special. And in addition to raising a load of cash for charity, we not
only sold out at the innocent homemade cake and chutney stall, but our
festival producer got so caught up in the moment that he proposed to his
girlfriend live on stage. Weıre hoping this will become a bit of tradition,
so if youıre planning on proposing weıd ask you to wait till next year.
Iım sure sheıll understand.
If you came along weıd just like to say thanks so much for making it
a special weekend and if you didnıt you can check out pictures on the
site at www.fruitstock.com
from Tuesday lunchtime, as long as you promise to come next year.
It's time for your close-up
Because our Jon has been a good boy recently and has finished all his
work on time, weıve allowed him to get a new toy. Itıs a little camera
that we've set up in Fruit Towers that allows the world to see what goes
on. This is, of course, hugely exciting; with highlights so far being
Adam walking over to the toilets, Brett opening a packet of crisps and
Richard creeping in after Brett has gone home to steal a couple of them.
If you can take the pace then have a butchers at the best of them here.
The camera is just on trial at the moment, if we connect it to the internet
we'll be sure to let you know.
A new addition to Fruit Towers
When we talk of new additions to Fruit Towers, weıre typically referring
to people, but the latest new kid on the bloc is a guest cereal that Bronte
has introduced to our mornings. Itıs a box of Cinnamon Grahams and is
proving so popular in the mornings there have been reports of wranglings
over the box and a denial of knowing where the spoons are. Unfortunately,
the old favourite, Special K with Red Berries, is feeling a bit unloved
at the moment, so weıd just like to take this opportunity to say that
we donıt love it any less, itıs just that Cinnamon Grahams are different,
thatıs all.
Money, money, money
Old Adam shed a tear last week as he handed over the keys
to the petty cash tin, which has kept him company on his desk ever since
innocent started. The lovely Assia and Dan S have applied for joint custody,
and have promised to make sure that we've got real money in there instead
of lots of IOUs. So from now on, Richard will just have to make sure he
saves his lunch money instead of spending it down the arcades on his way
into work. The old bloke with the funny moustache that runs The Golden
Horseshoe on Shepherds Bush green is said to be ‘very disappointed’.
Everybody's V
We love festivals, and are still finding bits of grass in
our shoes from fruitstock. We couldn't miss the chance to send our dancing
grass van down to the V Festival in Chelmsford, where we set our posh
parasols and innocent deck chairs up and got to meet lots of nice revellers.
Perhaps they'd heard about our fascination with all things chicken, because
by the end of the weekend, our van ended up being surrounded by chicken
chow mein. We can only take this as a silent protest that we don't add
chicken to our smoothies, but we won't give in.
X-rated
We're quite open minded, liberal folk here at innocent,
but even we blushed when we heard our drinks might be stocked in a lap-dancing
club. As you can imagine, we've had a lot of male volunteers to go and
help make sure our drinks are looked after correctly, which is very thoughtful
indeed. The girls got equally excited when we found out our drinks would
be stocked at Wood Hall Stud Farm. Unfortunately it's a home for our four-legged
friends and not the likes of George Clooney or Justin Timberlake. Still,
we've always wanted to be part of the Riders set, and there are a couple
of boys who fancy themselves as Rupert Campbell-Black. So tell us which
boy from the office you think should be bestowed with this part - answers
to horsessweatandladiesglow@innocentdrinks.co.uk
It could be you…
We adore fruit here at innocent, but that doesn't mean to
say that we don't like to give a whole lot of loving to vegetables.
To prove our love for all things green, we thought we'd help sponsor the
fruit and veg section of some agricultural and horticultural shows.
Just recently, we were at the Glanton District Horticultural Industrial
Society, the Gillingham & Shaftsbury Agricultural Show and the Long
Sutton Annual Flower, Fruit, Vegetable & Craft shows. The winners
of their class got a special innocent rosette and we made some new friends
who you can see here.
And if the prospect of winning first prize next year in the heavily contested
onion category appeals, then it’s time to get planting. (Don't
forget to read the rules. Lots of onions were discounted for being presented
on special onion ring stands and vertical vegetable displays. Don't
mess with the big pickle.)
Hello, is it me you're texting to?
We've all got lovely shiny new phones just recently, and
you can often see people wandering around with their headsets on, trying
to look busy by talking to themselves whilst strutting around the office.
Brontë, however, is the Keeper of the Bills, and she tells us off
if we've been talking too much. It turns out that Daisy is the new
Fruit Towers heavyweight texter by sending 256 messages last month, whereas
Richard limped in with just 4 texts. Richard either likes to send
deep and meaningful texts, hasn't got round to reading the manual yet,
or he just doesn't have many friends. You decide.
Jodhpurs at the ready
As you may remember, last week we asked which of our
guys could take up the role of Rupert Campbell-Black, from Jilly Cooper's
infamous 'Riders' novel. There weren't many votes cast, but they
count for a lot as far as their honour is concerned. Paul, Simon
and Adam all got a vote, with the latter getting a sympathy vote for losing
his petty cash tin. There can only be one winner, and that was Dan
who romped home with 3 votes, but we reckon it was his "Bay City
Roller haircut" (as described by one fan) which really swung it.
There have been rumours Simon was last seen at the barbers on Goldhawk
Road with a photo of Donny Osmond, but this has not yet been confirmed.
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