I've seen a lot of things in hospitality (but I haven't seen an elephant fly) but last week's digestive aid after dinner at the HCPTA annual awards night ticked the Salvador Dali box for sure.
Yes with the BBC Proms in full flow across town at the Royal Albert Hall, as was the wine at host hotel the Landmark in Marylebone, it was our turn to demonstrate our percussion talent or lack of.
Boom Whackers - not a type of experimental Australian jet engine - were the name of the game. Coming to a team building day near you soon, these coloured, hollow cylinders are banged together to make a pleasingly loud noise.
So it was that 250 plus people, drawn mainly from the human resources and recruitment field, in their very best finery were divided into colour-coded teams and orchestrated by a chap up on the stage, who kept a commendably straight face throughout.
Not easy I'm guessing as these leaders of training and talent leapt excitedly out of their chairs on demand and banged away with a fury and enthusiasm that a raging bunch of Italian Ultras at a cavernous football ground would have grudgingly been proud of.
Boom shake, shake the room, as they say.
