[ANNOUNCE] London Perl Mongers Technical Meeting 12th April 2010

Chris Devers chris.devers at gmail.com
Sat Mar 27 01:02:40 GMT 2010



On Mar 26, 2010, at 8:36 PM, Piers Cawley <pdcawley-london.0dd185 at bofh.org.uk 
 > wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Jesse Vincent <jesse at fsck.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 06:41:01AM +1100, Damian Conway wrote:
>>> [Various all-too-easily-copied archival format suggestions  
>>> discarded]
>>>
>>> Look, if we *really* want to preserve and protect this extremely
>>> valuable intellectual property, I propose that we don't film it at  
>>> all.
>>> Instead, let us commission Piers to record and commemorate the great
>>> event in the form of an epic ballad of several hundred stanzas in  
>>> iambic
>>> pentameter that can be passed down for all eternity as part of the  
>>> rich
>>> and confusing tapestry that is the oral history of London.pm, to  
>>> be sung
>>> only on occasions of particular solemnity and alcoholism.
>>
>> ...wow. I'd donate several hundred dollars to $PERL_CHARITY to see  
>> that happen. Not that I expect to get taken up on this offer.
>
> Hmm... the tricky bit is finding a tune where 'Damian Conway' will  
> scan...

How about the bass line from the Doctor Who theme?

Da-da-da-dahh-dah,
Da-da-da-dahh-dah...

Seems close, no?


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Chris Devers 


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