Who's playing Marvin?
Dave Adalian
Rasmus Bøg Hansen
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> I can't remember.
It seems John did in Fit the Third.
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Lloyd Gilbert
wrote:
>"Dave Adalian" <dave.a...@PLZNOSPAMsbcglobal.net> hit the keyboard.
>Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>> I can't remember.
>
>It seems John did in Fit the Third.
Probably still John, then. I think he's in the middle, or just about
to start, his various end-of-year exams[4]
Lloyd
[4] I base this sentence on a remembering of something I read on his
LiveJournal earlier this week.
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Lloyd Gilbert
<wron...@of.the.message.invalid> wrote:
>/// Lloyd Gilbert /
>afda.i...@invalid.zanoop.invalid.org.invalid.uk.invalid / Thu, 08 May
>2008 18:43:28 +0100 ///
>>
>> Probably still John, then. I think he's in the middle, or just about
>> to start, his various end-of-year exams[4]
>
>I've made him aware of the awaiting line. He says he will "rectify this
>later, but for now, it's to the bar and then to the observatory to try
>and image Saturn."
>
>Is that a cracking night out for an astrophysicist? Sink a few beers,
>then "Hey everybody, after-party at the observatory"?
Sounds pretty cool to me. The only chance to "go to the observatory" I
had was years ago when Halley's comet was swinging past[3]. My family
tootled down to a (relatively) local Observatory for an open-evening
to allow the great unwashed a chance at goggling the comet. Such were
the viewing conditions that evening, and the size of the queue only my
brother out of the four of us managed to see it. He was almost small
enough for the blokey to lift him to the eyepiece.
Blokey: "Do you see that fuzzy blob?"
Brother: "Yeah"
Blokey: "That's it. Quick, next!"
...And the clouds came across again.
>*shrug*
>
>Anyway, in terms of the production, I'd suggest dropping the safety
>curtain, sending a warm-up guy out there, crack a few jokes, keep the
>audience entertained. Someone wheel out the ice-cream trolley, too.
Anyone know any jokes?
Lloyd
[3] My purely-guesswork-internal-chronometer suggests: ~1986. Remotely
close?
John Coxon
> I've made him aware of the awaiting line. He says he will "rectify this
> later, but for now, it's to the bar and then to the observatory to try
> and image Saturn."
>
> Is that a cracking night out for an astrophysicist? Sink a few beers,
> then "Hey everybody, after-party at the observatory"?
Well, we managed to get some decent photographs, and there was a kebab,
and the bar had comedy in it. Admittedly, the comedy was the worst
comedy I think I've ever heard in my life, but...
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Amro Bank
> /// Lloyd Gilbert /
> afda.i...@invalid.zanoop.invalid.org.invalid.uk.invalid / Thu, 08 May
> 2008 18:43:28 +0100 ///
>> On Thu, 08 May 2008 01:43:43 +0200, spa...@zz9.dk (Rasmus Bøg Hansen)
>> wrote:
>>
>> >"Dave Adalian" <dave.a...@PLZNOSPAMsbcglobal.net> hit the keyboard.
>> >Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>> >
>> >> I can't remember.
>> >
>> >It seems John did in Fit the Third.
>>
>> Probably still John, then. I think he's in the middle, or just about to
>> start, his various end-of-year exams[4]
>>
>>
> I've made him aware of the awaiting line. He says he will "rectify this
> later, but for now, it's to the bar and then to the observatory to try
> and image Saturn."
>
> Is that a cracking night out for an astrophysicist? Sink a few beers,
> then "Hey everybody, after-party at the observatory"?
>
> *shrug*
>
> Anyway, in terms of the production, I'd suggest dropping the safety
> curtain, sending a warm-up guy out there, crack a few jokes, keep the
> audience entertained. Someone wheel out the ice-cream trolley, too.
>
> K.
So, is there any icecream left ? I could use one...
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-- Meh !
Rasmus Bøg Hansen
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> On Thu, 8 May 2008 19:32:15 +0100, Kenny Hutchings
> <wron...@of.the.message.invalid> wrote:
>
>>/// Lloyd Gilbert /
>>afda.i...@invalid.zanoop.invalid.org.invalid.uk.invalid / Thu, 08 May
>>2008 18:43:28 +0100 ///
>>>
>>> Probably still John, then. I think he's in the middle, or just about
>>> to start, his various end-of-year exams[4]
>>
>>I've made him aware of the awaiting line. He says he will "rectify this
>>later, but for now, it's to the bar and then to the observatory to try
>>and image Saturn."
>>
>>Is that a cracking night out for an astrophysicist? Sink a few beers,
>>then "Hey everybody, after-party at the observatory"?
>
> Sounds pretty cool to me. The only chance to "go to the observatory" I
> had was years ago when Halley's comet was swinging past[3]. My family
> tootled down to a (relatively) local Observatory for an open-evening
> to allow the great unwashed a chance at goggling the comet. Such were
> the viewing conditions that evening, and the size of the queue only my
> brother out of the four of us managed to see it. He was almost small
> enough for the blokey to lift him to the eyepiece.
>
> Blokey: "Do you see that fuzzy blob?"
> Brother: "Yeah"
> Blokey: "That's it. Quick, next!"
>
> ...And the clouds came across again.
I remember it as pretty disappointing. It was almost not visible from
the city (I know cities are bad places for comet watching) while the
Hale-Bopp ten years ago was rather impressive in comparison.
> [3] My purely-guesswork-internal-chronometer suggests: ~1986. Remotely
> close?
That's certainly close - and not just remotely. Apparently it was
closest in april:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_comet#1986
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Lloyd Gilbert
wrote:
>afda.i...@invalid.zanoop.invalid.org.invalid.uk.invalid (Lloyd Gilbert) hit the keyboard.
>Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>> Sounds pretty cool to me. The only chance to "go to the observatory" I
>> had was years ago when Halley's comet was swinging past[3]. My family
>> tootled down to a (relatively) local Observatory for an open-evening
>> to allow the great unwashed a chance at goggling the comet. Such were
>> the viewing conditions that evening, and the size of the queue only my
>> brother out of the four of us managed to see it. He was almost small
>> enough for the blokey to lift him to the eyepiece.
>>
>> Blokey: "Do you see that fuzzy blob?"
>> Brother: "Yeah"
>> Blokey: "That's it. Quick, next!"
>>
>> ...And the clouds came across again.
>
>I remember it as pretty disappointing. It was almost not visible from
>the city (I know cities are bad places for comet watching) while the
>Hale-Bopp ten years ago was rather impressive in comparison.
I remember looking at Hale-Bopp from the end of a railway station late
at night. I can't remember where I was, or where the connecting train
was going to be taking me.
>> [3] My purely-guesswork-internal-chronometer suggests: ~1986. Remotely
>> close?
>
>That's certainly close - and not just remotely. Apparently it was
>closest in april:
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_comet#1986
Nifty!
Lloyd
Rasmus Bøg Hansen
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> I remember looking at Hale-Bopp from the end of a railway station late
> at night. I can't remember where I was, or where the connecting train
> was going to be taking me.
I remember looking at it from central Copenhagen on my way home from
university a late evening thinking that it was quite impressive.
Later that night I went for a walk on the desolate area close to where
I lived to watch (curiously I now live in exactly that desolate place
though it is now not desolate at all) thinking that it was still
rather impressive.
When I visited my parents the following weekend (they live in a rural
area with no road lights etc) I was amazed that the tail was actually
three times larger than I was able to see from Copenhagen.
I think I have to move to a place with a lot less light some day. I
miss the starry sky at night...
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