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

[Piers Cawley]

On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 1:02 AM, Chris Devers <chris.devers at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mar 26, 2010, at 8:36 PM, Piers Cawley
> <pdcawley-london.0dd185 at bofh.org.uk> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Jesse Vincent <jesse at fsck.com> wrote:
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>>> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 06:41:01AM +1100, Damian Conway wrote:
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>>>> [Various all-too-easily-copied archival format suggestions discarded]
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>>>> 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.
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>>> ...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.
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>> Hmm... the tricky bit is finding a tune where 'Damian Conway' will scan...
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> How about the bass line from the Doctor Who theme?
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> Da-da-da-dahh-dah,
> Da-da-da-dahh-dah...
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> Seems close, no?

La la la, I can't hear you! And... not really, no.