Herewith Shall Be Emplaced the Roll of Honour in which Participants in this Blog are Judged to have made a Contribution that Transcends the Mere Ordinariness of the Merely Ordinary, and, Stepping Forward, receive the Order of the Unicycling Girrafe, and, this having been attained, shall join, in Perpetuity, Eternally and Forever, Whichever Lasts Longest, the Grand Order of the Unicycling Girrafe, and Shall Henceforth be Entitled to Style Themselves as GOOFTUG, Notwithstanding Inasmuch as Which, [Ahem, Clears Throat] ... er ... where was I?
* Dr H. E. of Toulouse, for an elegant caption entry in a Foreign Language.
* Dr R. W. of Toronto, for Much Silliness.
* Dr C. E. of Vancouver, ditto.
* Dr R. J. O'H of Frankfurt, for more of the same.
* Dr A. C. of Santiago de Chile, our Latin America Correspondent.
* Professor T. of North Wales.
* Dr R. P. G. of Rotherhithe, because he said he'd kill me if he wasn't included.
Spear Carriers, Choristers, Defiant Guinea-Pigs, Noises Off by Members of the Cast.
Matinee Wednesdays. Concessions available.
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The talk went as well as could be expected. Here are a couple of pictures of the
expectorantexpectant crowd, beforehand. See if you can recognize any of them.I claim no responsibility for these people, though it does seem that I have a smudge on my lens. OK, I’ll fess up. In the first photo is Russell Binions at UCL, who organized the talk; and Oliver de Peyer, polymath and all-round egghead at NIMR. In the second photo is Alom Shaha and our very own Professor S. C. of Imperial.
If you look closely at this picture you can see that the Chemistry dept has welcomed quite a few stellar people (and me) including my friend Mr B. C. of Swindon. And on 15 March you can go see Philip Ball, which, trust me, will be a good talk.
In my defence, I am not an obligate jamdoughnutophile. Oh alright, maybe I am.