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Monday 11 December 2017

Short notice

"Rhys, would you be able to give a presentation to some students at 11am ?"

It's 10am. "Umm, no ?"
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9 comments:

  1. Oliver Hamilton11 December 2017 at 10:11

    11am:
    Here's a picture of the telescope.
    Here's one of me in front of the telescope.
    Here's one of me inside the telescope.
    Here's some snow on the telescope.
    Here's an awesome fox near the telescope...

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  2. Rhys Taylor11 December 2017 at 10:14

    They should count themselves lucky I'm not one of those people who takes pictures of their lunch. :P

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  3. Dan Weese11 December 2017 at 10:18

    ... all the more reason to take inane pictures of lunches.

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  4. Dan Weese11 December 2017 at 10:26

    ... also control panels. Everyone's impressed by control panels. Nobody has to know they're HVAC control panels. Spectrographic data, that will bore the poor dears. Blinky lights! Rheostats! Gets 'em every time.

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  5. Adam Synergy11 December 2017 at 10:30

    Instead of saying "no", you can avoid ever being asked such silly questions again by giving an enigmatic neutral reply like "stars are the only trophies I need". Maniacal laughter is optional.

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  6. Rhys Taylor11 December 2017 at 10:34

    I'm sort of tempted to give a presentation using nothing but this Collection and a couple of sock puppets.

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  7. Ted Ewen11 December 2017 at 11:02

    Class, this is g+....

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  8. BW π (Gizmo)11 December 2017 at 12:18

    ( Marks a large X next to "spontaneous" on clipboard )

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  9. Joerg Fliege11 December 2017 at 12:34

    Just write some formulas on a blackboard and mumble incomprehensibly.

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