May 2006

 

"Nearly-summer loving"

Hi Harry,

Hope all's well with you.
A brainy drink, a burglary and a mountain... We felt that was enough to warrant a quick update.

Oh, and as an added incentive, we've hidden some free Firefly somewhere.
(Not very well hidden, really. Especially if you're quite clever already).
 

 

Can't do the Countdown Conundrum?

Sharpen up pic If you fancy giving Carol Vorderman a run for her money, we've got the brew for you. Our new drink 'Sharpen Up' has grapefruits and passionfruits plus lots of magic ingredients.

Inspired by "Foggy Mind Syndrome", we've used herbs like Ginkgo (for the memory) and Cardamom (for focusing the mind) to give you a push in the right direction.

It's been a year in the making so we'd love to hear your verdict.

Want a freebie? See below...

 
Daytime TV

BBC2 Working Lunch BBC2 rang up the other day and asked us to an interview.
The programme "working lunch", is for people who watch daytime TV but like to think they're really working.

Not quite as big as "Tricia", we hear, but apparently you need a scandal to get on that one.

(We're working on it)

 

Annoyingly (mercifully...) they've just taken our Friday 5th May edition off the BBC2 website, but click below to, er, see other lunchtime diversions. (They plugged us: it's the least we can do!)

Tidy burglars

Mr. Policeman We had our first burglary.
Not very dramatic though: they were so tidy we didn't notice anything amiss for 2 hours.

And they were rather frugal. They only stole two old laptops.

But the police took it all very seriously: dusting for fingerprints...taking witness statements from all the neighbours... They were here for hours.

We salute their diligence and sense of duty.
(Or did they just quite fancy the girls in the office?)


 
Marcus gets high

Marcus on Mont Blanc Marcus & friends** climbed Mont Blanc.
All 4807m of it.
Western Europe down, here's a few ideas for the next one...

Oceania............. Puncak Jaya, New Guinea (4884m)
Antarctica.......... Vinson Massif, (4892m)
Europe (hmmm).. Mount Elbrus, Russia (5642m)
Africa................ Kilimanjaro (5885m)
Americas........... Aconcagua (6962m)
Asia.................. Er, Everest (8848m)
 

They raised lots of money for TORCH (Tom's Oxford Radcliffe Children's Hospital.
If you'd like to support it, please click below. (And big thank you to those who already have)

**Sam Waley-Cohen, Jacob Grierson, Rory Dorman and Arabella Dorman.
Don't want you feeling left out.

Summer signings

Luiz & Imogen The Firefly head count has swelled to an almighty 6.

Imogen and Luiz make up our new sales department.

Imogen likes Take That and never stops smiling.

Luiz has a black belt in kick boxing, and a canary called Vic. (He's on the right)

We're hiring
If you know anyone good at running things - dealing with suppliers, sourcing ingredients, planning bottlings etc. - please put them in touch.
A case of champagne and masses of Firefly for any successful intros.

A drink on us...

(Darn, you found it)

Thermosphere We've sold 2 million bottles.
Hooray.
That's enough to reach the "Thermosphere" if you stacked them all up. (see left)
(It gets very hot up there, so best not to try.)

Anyway, to celebrate this joyous news, we've got 40 cases of Sharpen up to give to offices around London.

If you'd like one, please click below.
And if you don't work in London, sorry - but we'd still love it if you'd do our little "Foggy Mind Syndrome" survey...

 


Well, thanks for reading our news. Hope you like the new swanky email format (hope it worked!)...

Any thoughts, questions, whatever, do get in touch.

All the best,

Harry & Marcus


Harry, Marcus, Jess, Kate, Luiz & Imogen.

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