"Rhys, would you be able to give a presentation to some students at 11am ?"
It's 10am. "Umm, no ?"
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11am:
ReplyDeleteHere'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...
They should count themselves lucky I'm not one of those people who takes pictures of their lunch. :P
ReplyDelete... all the more reason to take inane pictures of lunches.
ReplyDelete... 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.
ReplyDeleteInstead 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.
ReplyDeleteI'm sort of tempted to give a presentation using nothing but this Collection and a couple of sock puppets.
ReplyDeleteClass, this is g+....
ReplyDelete( Marks a large X next to "spontaneous" on clipboard )
ReplyDeleteJust write some formulas on a blackboard and mumble incomprehensibly.
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