“The thing about Brits is that you guys are far less controversial than people in the US”

In hindsight that was Sarah Lacy’s first mistake, given that she was talking to me and Robert Loch.

Her second mistake was allowing me to shoot video as Robert set out to prove her wrong by telling a joke that ended with the punchline “at least your party trick isn’t a double headed blowjob.”

You had to be there. ‘There’ being the barbeque at Brian Solis‘ house (co-hosted with Stephanie Agresta) to reunite SXSWers and welcome Web 2.0ers, Web Missioners and anyone else who happened to bumble in to town.

Of course Oli has forbidden me from posting the clip on YouTube so, keen to remain welcome at his parties, I will of course comply.

Oh, ok then, just the punchline...

Sarah left very shortly afterwards.

Other guests at the event included Techcrunch’s own Michael Arrington and Mike Butcher, Michael Birch from Bebo and countless other Michaels. Also Paul Birch, Paul Walsh, myself and countless other Pauls. Ben Metcalfe was, as far as I could tell, the only Ben, ditto Sokratis Papfloratos from Trusted Places as both the only Sokratis and the only Greek founder of a London-based local review site - and I’m still not convinced that the guy who invented the CueCat was really called, as he claimed, Dave Mathews.

Food, for those who you who care about such things, included some delicious sausages and corn on the cob. Music (a mixed bag of live bands - some who rawked, others who failed to rawk) was sponsored BAGel Radio.

There was also a tiny little dog, just running the hell around like some kind of demented barking cat. Photos of that, and more, on Flickr.

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Prior to the barbeque, Web Missioners enjoyed a brunch at the home of Craig’s List’s Jim Buckmaster, affording them various Casual Encounters with a variety of entrepreneurs from both sides of the pond. Of course, this being the technology sector, the encounters were largely M4M. More details on that over at TCUK.

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Speaking of tech journalists who are usually at these things - where the heck is Jemima Kiss?

Jemima?

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Tomorrow, the sensible Web Missioners are taking a trip to Oracle - where hopefully they will get the chance to play with Larry Ellison’s fighter jets - and afterwards those of us who got game will be heading to the Love 2.0 singles event.

As far as anyone can tell, Love 2.0 is basically like a normal singles night but with ‘2.0′ bolted on the end to allow entrepreneurs to expense their drinks.

See you there. Mine’s a Mohito 2.0.