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I knew you would be there when they mentioned it on the radio on Friday morning.
Surely that concrete is translucent, not transparent.
According to Wikipedia, Columbo's first name was Frank (never officially acknowledged, but shown on material seen on screen). Did the games makers settle the lawsuit?
"there will never be a fifth meat" - is fish meat? If so, which one? Aquatic chicken? Or grasshoppers? Arthropodis lamb? Snails? Mussels? Molluscan pork?
dg writes: Apparently tuna is beef, prawns are lamb and salmon is pork.
As Adams wrote HHGTTG between 1972 and 1980, and it seems reasonable to assume he was writing about the future at the time, not the past, it must be 1980. Good skills.
Andrew | 07.05.17 - 10:02 a.m. | #
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I think this year's conference has missed the plot. I assume you picked what you thought were the most boring, however, to me as someone who has studied the taxonomy of pallets, amongst other things, whilst casually burning a dozen or so a couple of years ago (sorry guys - but I really got to know you well as I wrestled you from the front of my house to the bottom of my garden), each and every topic you have highlighted is absolutely fascinating.
Long, boring, sentence written - check.
I will definitely be there next year, but the event has evolved and needs a new name (suggestions?) and potentially a new venue pending an influx of DG readers, perhaps similarly motivated.
Ken | 07.05.17 - 10:13 a.m. | #
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Is S Club 7 a group? Who is the identity?
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"A christening invite"?! INVITE?!
Surely, anyone advising users of Basildon Bond, particularly those with one of those stamps to emboss their address on it*, would never dream of calling it anything but an "invitation"?
*My mother - and, I suspect, Mrs Bucket Bouquet of Leamington Spa.
dg writes: Breach of etiquette fixed, thanks.
Autolycus | Homepage | 07.05.17 - 12:23 p.m. | #
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Interest piqued by your reports in previous years, I made it there for the first time yesterday. It was well worth the journey - thank you!
Will there ever be a Boring talk on Bus Stop M?
Claire in Cambridge | 07.05.17 - 12:45 p.m. | #
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This year's seemed to be slightly lighter on number of speakers, but definitely consistently high in quality, so another cracking day - both funny and thought-provoking. The highlight for me was the pallet talk - full of information, and entertainingly delivered.
My only slight discomfort is around the Beef and Dairy Network talk - merely because it was played so straight that I'm sure it's easy for people to think it's a real thing. But does it even matter that it's not real? Or does it devalue the other talks/whole concept (hey, just make up lots of interesting/funny facts about a nominally-boring topic.) I'm undecided. (And probably overthinking.) I know there's usually a comedy talk each year - it's just that they're usually less well done and thus much easier to spot!
mighty mouse | 07.05.17 - 1:20 p.m. | #
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Thank you,DG. This post made me chuckle on a grey and Boring Sunday. 😂😂
Jo W | 07.05.17 - 1:34 p.m. | #
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Thanks for a fine write-up. It was your blog about last year’s Boring which let to me attending for the first time yesterday. I was amazed at the depth of underlying research and impressed by the quality of the presentations. No duds in my opinion – even the snakes and ladders game played with the board tantalisingly out of view to those of us in ‘the stalls’.
My notes, using the contents of the goody bag provided, are woefully inadequate compared to your masterful summary. Maybe this blog will convince those I’ve spoken to as, so far, their response has been that the conference was appropriately named. But then, that’s their loss and more chance of me getting a ticket for Boring 8!
Rob | 07.05.17 - 2:16 p.m. | #
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My theory is that boringness is on a circular spectrum - get sufficiently boring and you'll start being fascinatingly interesting.
Much like my own theory about the actual spectrum, where purple at one end seems tantalisingly similar to red at the other. Sadly this theory does not stand up well to centuries of scientific investigation, starting with Newton.
Malcolm | 07.05.17 - 2:24 p.m. | #
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As usual, doesn't seem boring in the least! The "when did the world end" guy is a genius!
James Webber | 07.05.17 - 7:41 p.m. | #
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I am in complete awe of, shaking with laughter at, and totally enchanted by Mr. Cross' "when did the world end" according the Hitchhiker's Guide.
Ken Warthen | 07.05.17 - 8:29 p.m. | #
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Brilliant. Nobody has mentioned spades though. There is particular make of spade that sadly eludes me momentarily but needs to be discussed. Spear and jackson. That's it.
milo Bell | 08.05.17 - 5:46 a.m. | #
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I am underwhelmed at the ironing speed of Mr Biltawulf. i would have that amount of ironing done in under an hour and a half
peewit | 08.05.17 - 8:35 a.m. | #
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Considering I don't visit the capital that often, I'm pretty happy that I count 25/100 that I've been to.
Rhys Thomas | 08.05.17 - 10:22 a.m. | #
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Columbo's first name is Frank. It's never said out loud, but it's on his ID which is seen a few times close enough to read. The trap answer was Philip, given in The Trivia Encyclopedia and copied by Trivial Pursuits. Court found in favour of Trivial Pursuits, because you can't copyright a fact.
Massively gutted to miss this.
Robert | 08.05.17 - 10:48 a.m. | #
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I can only assume that the Ukrainian undermining of the European Pallet Pool is yet another Putinesque attempt to bring down European civilisation and to subvert its essential structures. Not boring at all!
ActonMan | 08.05.17 - 1:56 p.m. | #
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For those still reading, you can see Steve Cross delivering his presentation here.
dg writes: Also in this Boring podcast here.
Sir Garence | 31.05.18 - 12:03 p.m. | #
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