Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day, Fat Tuesday...whatever you want to call it, it's a time to absolve yourself of sins by the way of confession and eating pancakes. Or something…

So to mark this holy excuse for a breakfast feast, the Whitewater ents team (Maria, Richard O, Stewart, Elana and myself) turned our meeting room into a French-style creperie and made fresh pancakes for everyone. I’m glad to say it was a success (no pancakes stuck to the ceiling) and a nice surprise for people coming in from their wet commute to the office.

And now that the pancakes have gone down a treat, we need to observe other traditional part of Shrove Tuesday – confession time! Please add your confessions via the comments section below (Nick C – you may need to spread yours over a series of comments, I think there’s a word limit.) Bless you all.

Nayyar Mughal

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In support of the RNLI's annual fundraising event – SOS day - Whitewater became Whytewaterz nightclub for one special evening with a Sing One Song night.

Needless to say, there was booze, disco lights, dancing and some retro singing. We sang our way merrily through the decades pausing only to consult the 'bible' karaoke book.

Thanks again to everyone that came. Good fun was had all round and donations (or should I say entry fees) in true DM style are still trickling through. For those of you that prefer pictures… feast your eyes…

Imogen Beilby

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If you've been in one place for any length of time, you start to develop a reputation for certain things. Our esteemed colleagues past and present include Barry 'The Birdman' Evans, Steve 'Original Mr Nice Guy' Andrews and Steve 'My Specialist Subject Is Star Wars' Tse.

Unfortunately for Heather Collins, who's celebrating a glorious ten years at Whitewater this week, she developed a reputation for her ingenious if rather colourful language. She's probably added more words to the English language than Shakespeare did.

So to celebrate Heather, her ten years' hard service in the print department, and the invaluable contribution she’s made to life at Whitewater, we decided to surprise her at last Friday's agency meeting. While she popped to the ladies, we all whipped out masks of her face complete with speech bubbles of her most famous phrases, including my personal favourite, "Ass Burgers with Cheese." To say she was surprised is an understatement. But, being as it was Heather, we can't print the actual words she used when she walked back in and saw a room full of Heathers staring (and swearing) back at her. Happy 10th Anniversary Heather!

PS. Can you spot the real Heather in this picture? (Clue – she's the one without a speech bubble attached to her forehead.)

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