- in general, that is, and none at all when it comes to the blog. Perhaps this is why he takes such a jaundiced view of all you members of Hom. Sap. out there, or perhaps you just deserve it.
Today's blog is late for a Saturday, even though I was up at 7:50 sharp. This is because I've been bashing a keyboard in The Electric Goldfish Bowl, in both senses of the word "bash". Doing overtime, you see. At one point the screen wasn't refreshing fast enough so the floor echoed to the sound of Conrad hammering on the keys, that literal sense of "bash".
"Computer not working?" asked Meryum, one of my comrades today.
"It is NOW!" I replied. "If it doesn't work, just keep hitting it harder." There, you can take that away with you as Today's Lesson*.
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| Conrad Was Here |
About That Cheating -
Yes, I've forwarded myself the Patented Non-Sporty Olympic Quiz I did for Friday and will add it in here. It's still my work, even if it was created at work so there. Here we go:
PATENTED
NON-SPORTY OLYMPIC QUIZ
Q1) In the
spirit of Greek mythology, which of the following is the odd one out?
a) Zeus b)
Herakles (Hercules if you insist)
c) Mercury d) Aphrodite
A) b) Herakles – all the others are gods, he was
only semi-divine.
Q2) In the spirit of metallurgy, which is the odd
one out?
a) Gold b)
Silver c) Bronze
d) Platinum
A) c) Bronze, as it’s an alloy and the others are all pure metals.
Q3) This chap is associated with the 1924
Olympics. Why? If you want a hint, he’s Greek.
A) He’s the composer Vangelis
Pappathanasiou, responsible for scoring “Chariots of Fire”, about the Olympics
above. Which lacked chariots of any kind, fiery or not.
Q4) In the city of the 1936 Olympics – what is
this? If you want a hint, it’s in
Berlin.
A) It’s the Brandenburg Gate
Q5) What do these have in common? If you need a hint, she’s Greek.
A) Nike – the Greek goddess of Victory; Nike trainers and the
Nike Hercules missile. Obviously.
Q6) Here is Olympus Mons, biggest volcano in the
Solar System. It’s about the size of
Wales.
Which planet is
it on? Hint: it’s not Earth.
A) Mars! And the name is Latin for “Mount Olympus”
which is where the name –
Q7) Which of these is a real sport introduced at
the 1984 Olympics?
1) Choreographed Curling 2)
Beatified Bending 3) Synchronised Swimming 4)
Terpsichored Tennis
A) 3) Obviously!
All the others are silly
Q8) RMS “Olympic” had two sister ships. Which of the following are the correct 2?
1) RMS Metternic 2) RMS
Titanic 3) RMS Nonstic
4) RMS Brittanic
A) 2 and 4, obviously.
Q9) “Games
Without Frontiers” was a major hit for whom of the following?
1) Gabriel Gabriel 2)
Peter Peter 3) Gabriel Peters 4)
Peter Gabriel
A) 4 of course, the others are
all silly. Or they had cruel parents
Q10) The Olympic symbol is 5 rings. Which band covered “Fanfare For The Common
Man” for some winter Olympics somewhere?
1) Electric Light Orchestra 2)
Emerson Lake and Palmer 3)
Working For A Nuclear Free City
4) Premiata Forneria Marconi
A) ELP.
Hmmm.
Well, that will do for a first post on a Saturday. I shall be back later with more general scrivel, probably banging on about films quite a bit.
Finally -
It was the Manchester Association Football Derby today, apparently, and in the true spirit of Conrad The Willfully Ignorant When It Comes To Sport, here's a picture of an LvKv Swedish self-propelled anti-aircraft gun:
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| Because why not? |
* Don't come crying if your keyboard breaks, however.
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