So this weekend I am driving down to Bridlington for a surprise 30th birthday party
Have you ever had a surprise party? Best/worst party?

Work nights out. Last night I skipped one being hosted by the bosses' bosses' boss as a thank you for all our hard work. It consisted of missing the England match (in hindsight not a bad thing) and going to some shit cheap all you can eat place. No doubt some kind of speech happened too. Tales of work nights out gone good/bad?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 9:40, 54 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

We have one at Xmas. Not a fan. We hsve a meeting every Wednesday too, which involves food, but no booze. Bit rubbish really.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 9:45, Reply)

Our xmas one isn't too bad
Free meal and a few free drinks too
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 9:46, Reply)

They do the occasional " hey let's all go out for drinks and food" bollocks here
It's fine for the people that live in town but I fucked if I'm paying 40 quid for a taxi home.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 9:50, Reply)

Fucking hell
Where do you live? Helvellyn?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 9:51, Reply)

In the Lake District but office is Lancaster

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 9:53, Reply)

Bomber

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:05, Reply)

I had a surprise birthday party once - it was actually quite good - lots of relatives/friends, good food and too much booze.
Best works night out was early in my sales career. the sales director at the time was married but a little 'light on his loafers' shall we say. Late on in the evening, when the brandy and cigars were being handed out (yep, THAT long ago, when smoking was still allowed in public places) a young man burst in, dropped to his knees by the sales director's chair and loudly proclaimed his undying love, demanding why he'd not invited him to the do as they were a couple and 'who is this woman you're sitting with'?
The wife stormed out, the sales director went puce.
I got very very drunk.
Never saw the sales director again.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 9:49, Reply)

Oooof

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 9:50, Reply)

Let's face it - it ended in a threesome and all three of you loved it.
EDIT: or is that someone else?
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 9:57, Reply)

It wasn't me
/Shaggy
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:09, Reply)

I never believed the 'Double life' thing could actually happen until that night
Apparently the sales director was spending a lot of time 'away on business' when he was actually shacked up with his boyfriend, neither the boyfriend or the wife knew about each other (obvs) but the shit/fan interface when they did meet was a doozy.
A few years later I worked with a guy who lived in Lancashire during the week - with a woman and her 2 kids - and in London at the weekend - with his wife. He saw absolutely nothing wrong with this arrangement.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:14, Reply)

Christ
I couldnt be fucking bothered
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:17, Reply)

^ This
One family is more than enough hassle.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:20, Reply)

He expected me to condone his behaviour
I told him he was a cunt
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:36, Reply)

family woman
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 25 Jun 2014, 11:11, Reply)

Mrs V held a proper surprise birthday party for me for my 35th.
The amusing thing was that the actual day was the Friday, and she'd told me definitively not to get hammered as we were going to have a lovely romantic meal the next day and she didn't want me to be hungover.

She got absolutely fucking WHAMMED that night, and I spent much of Saturday tending to her. When it came to the party she was still in a touch-and-go state, and didn't fully recover until the following Monday hahahahaha
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 9:54, Reply)

Oh dear
Hangovers get no sympathy at all in our house. None
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:05, Reply)

In ours you get sympathy, unbridled mockery, and are in debt to the other the following day.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:08, Reply)

Fuck that
I got GLARES when I pissed myself laughing at Mrs Cow having to throw up in our bin a while ago
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:08, Reply)

Oh yeah - I've had that.
Mrs V and I had a couple of Js after a night out with some mates, and she threw a whitey. I was trying to help her throw up - hold her hair out the way - and she was well pissed off with me for interfering - "I don wan yu ter see me like dis ... " hahahaha
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:15, Reply)

Before or during, never after.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:18, Reply)

I cannot smoke unless I have a beer

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:19, Reply)

b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post2310818
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:19, Reply)

Smoke mouse

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:19, Reply)

My friends put together a surprise birthday for me a while back
I figured it out in the morning, but it was still rather nice of them! Was a little unfair on the lad whose actual birthday it was that day though, oof.

I'm pretty well behaved at work night outs, don't want to shoot myself in the foot. Especially not since the time that the company accountant and I were nearly asked to leave the restaurant because we were throwing things at each other.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:02, Reply)

Could they not have done a joint one?
Seems harsh
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:08, Reply)

I made sure that everyone realised it was to be a joint party
It had been planned a few weeks in advance, no-one had realised the date.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:22, Reply)

Good work

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:25, Reply)

lemonparty

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:13, Reply)

Can one have a 'surprise' lemonparty?

(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:15, Reply)

Aint no party like ...

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:16, Reply)

It's a surprise when you walk in on your dad.

( Muns, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:21, Reply)

walk in on enter
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:25, Reply)

For a party you'll NEVER forget

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:17, Reply)

Congrats on your getting knocked up, btw, or was that just a piss take?

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:17, Reply)

of course it was a pisstake
ugh, smelly screaming little fuckers
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:36, Reply)

(by which i mean AB and dozer)

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:36, Reply)

although it was worth it to see dozer's nickname for his boyfriend "rorers"

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:37, Reply)

'smelly screaming little fuckers'
But enough about Frog....
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:37, Reply)

I like the parties we have round at Nakers' where we all drop our car keys into a big bowl at the start of the night.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:17, Reply)

NO DOUBLE DIPPING

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:19, Reply)

Those are fucking rubbish.
I ended up going home with a Nissan Micra.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:27, Reply)

officesmirk

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:43, Reply)

I don't have a car or a wife so I'm usually up on the deal no matter what.

( Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:44, Reply)

You've lost three houses and a shed though

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:53, Reply)

I'm not an idiot.
The local swimming pool is down a few lockers.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:58, Reply)

'Waiter has this fish been boned?'
'No sir, but I did have a wank into the cheese sauce once'
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:26, Reply)

Home officelols

(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:31, Reply)

I don't think I'd like a surprise party.
I only go to our team meals/piss up's. I never bother going to the Christmas parties or anything like that.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:41, Reply)

Did you see the wild west theme thing I posted the other week about our staff conference?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:53, Reply)

No, link?

( Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 10:58, Reply)

Here you go
b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post2298251
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 11:00, Reply)

Fucking hell.
I'd book a day off to avoid that.

We have an annual conference that you're supposed to go to but I usually weasel out of it. Some people buy into this shit but I'd rather just having to go to a meeting room in the office for an hour. I don't want my own time wasted.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 11:06, Reply)

Not allowed to book a day off

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Jun 2014, 11:16, Reply)