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.
Must be a lot of mail delivery by wheelchair round your neighborhood.
Fear not Jenny, all our postal personnel are fully equipped in the limb department. These so-called legs are in fact long bones of cows, objects with which I cultivated a great deal of familiarity during my time as a scientist. I could pick up any one of said legs, identify them to part, to limb and even whether it came from the left or right. Most were in fact arms rather than legs. I didn’t enjoy my research, and it’s been a long time since I’ve looked at a
postman’s legcow bone with intent to roll back the frontiers of ignorance, but one never loses the knack.All the best Henry and happy 2012.
I was struggling to come up with some kind of letter-carrier-related joke but Jenny’s done it instead. Thank goodness.
As an aside, a cousin of mine has also been known to participate in quaternary research. Don’t think she has ever worked on Bos bones though.
Heavens to Betsy, I know Wintle AG! She is a geochronologIst of wide renown. Small world, eh?
Indeed. I last saw her in person some years ago when she stayed overnight, having arrived at Toronto en route to the other end of Lake Ontario to visit my parents. Apart from being geochronologically adept, she’s also a lot of fun.
And she has, of course, published in a certain highly respectable scientific journal beginning with “N”, among others.
Ah, but are those free range posties’ legs?
Have a great break everyone!
Free range and organic, I believe