[F] Delft 1.5 Mini-Meet Report
Kimberley Verburg
(cross-posted to atmd)
Once upon a time Patrick organised a nice little post-meet-mini-meet. It
was deemed a Good Thing and, like all Good Things should be, was
propagated.
It was Thursday evening. I arrived half an hour late at "De Carrousel"
cursing Dutch railways and its new and "improved" schedule to find
Jeroen B, Jos, Leo and Patrick already at the cafe. They looked innocent
enough, but I'm sure some appalling geekery had been perpetrated before
my arrival. Eelco and The Backpack arrived shortly afterward.
After stopping to get some Ben and Jerry's ice-cream we finally ended up
at Kobus Kuch, home of the best apple pie in Delft. Pie was ordered with
lashings of cream and the vultures hovered over the less hearty eaters.
Vigourous arm actions were found to be hazardous in the vicinity of
waitresses and Eelcos, and the latter was appeased with food. Patrick
got a three second ping reply from Jeroen B. The Keeper of the Edible
Lego, Eelco, produced it again and a tower was built with 28 wobbly
levels to the puzzlement of the staff. (I wonder if Michelena knows how
much entertainment she has provided us with.)
Topics
Routers
Fire drills
afp and atmd
knifes
English
Dutch traditional costumes
Sesame Street
Children's television
Manga (Japanese cartoons)
Porn
Music
Conventions and meets
Feminism
Alarm clocks
Camping
Quotes (Absolutely no responsibility is taken for any mistranslation)
"My mother taught me to eat my bed clean." - Patrick
"Terry was an orange in many books. If he ever becomes an apple..."
- Leo
"Can't you multi-task yet?" - Jeroen B to Leo
"Here is a moral. Here is a head. Here is a sledgehammer. G'doing,
g'doing." - Leo
"Even afpers are human." - Jos
"You're the closest thing we've got to a woman." - Leo to Kimberley
"I light up 20 to 30 telephones a day." - Jos
"It eats away at you knowing that there isn't an ISO standard for the
numbering of NL Meets" - Leo
--
Kimberley Verburg
sie...@dataweb.nl
Eelco Giele
Kimberley Verburg <sie...@dataweb.nl> wrote:
<snip>
> After stopping to get some Ben and Jerry's ice-cream we finally ended up
> at Kobus Kuch, home of the best apple pie in Delft. Pie was ordered with
> lashings of cream and the vultures hovered over the less hearty eaters.
*crawww*
> Vigourous arm actions were found to be hazardous in the vicinity of
> waitresses and Eelcos, and the latter was appeased with food. Patrick
> got a three second ping reply from Jeroen B. The Keeper of the Edible
> Lego, Eelco, produced it again and a tower was built with 28 wobbly
> levels to the puzzlement of the staff.
waitress: What is that?
us (at least three at the same time): Edible Lego!
waitress: I don't believe you.
<fx: hands reaching out and Lego being put in mouths, eating contest
speed>
waitress: Yuk!
me: try it.
<fx waitress pretends she didn't here it, flees of>
<time passes, waitress brings new drinks>
me: try it.
<fx: waitress gives in, tries one, makes a face that tells us she
didn't expect something like this :) >
> (I wonder if Michelena knows how
> much entertainment she has provided us with.)
And if she thinks she knows, triple it, at least.
Besides the Lego, some of Penny's toys were present. Nobody got
soaked though.
> Topics
> Manga (Japanese cartoons)
*smack* comic-books... *sniff* manga is comic books, anime is
cartoons. Even ranting 15 minutes about it doesn't seem to have any
impact on these people.
Next time you see a supersoaker it will be loaded. :-P
> Porn
And some interesting anecdotes about that from Leo :)
> Quotes (Absolutely no responsibility is taken for any mistranslation)
I think we should ban all quotes containing the word balls. Or hard
and soft for that matter - Leo (including this one?)
--
>What is this `holiday'' of which you speak?
I think that's the time when you can sit in the garden with your
laptop instead of in the office with the large screen.
Jenny Holmberg on afp
Jos Dingjan
Kimberley Verburg wrote:
<snip>
> Quotes (Absolutely no responsibility is taken for any mistranslation)
<snip>
> "Terry was an orange in many books. If he ever becomes an apple..."
> - Leo
And we mustn't forget:
"In Jingo he was a pear..." - Jos
<snip>
TTFN, Jos (hoping he remembered it right)
--
To the engineer, the world is a toy box full of sub-optimized and
feature-poor toys.