On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:56:29 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 7 Jul 2008 15:51:50 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>>> What was that? Said goldfish brain. :)
>>
>>Banana?
>>
>>(There is a story there, maybe I'll share <g>)
>>
> G'wan, g'wan, g'wan :)
> (I like Father Ted)

I've got them on DVD, ought to watch them again. :)

At a technical tradeshow with a bunch of friends who take turns manning 
one of the booths, just came out from having breakfast and was carrying a 
banana with me.  One of my friends - Shaun (bloke from your part of the 
world) - had been making jokes about goldfish and 5 second memories all 
morning.  I walked up to him and asked something, and he responded with 
"5 second goldfish" (which I took to mean he didn't remember the 
answer).  So I asked him "Banana?" and offered him the banana.  He took 
it, peeled it, and ate it.

In retrospect, it probably was funnier if you were there.

He speaks at this particular tradeshow regularly as well - well known for 
having told one audience he had an experimental pacemaker that was 
sensitive to the RF transmitted by mobile phones.  Got a good laugh at 
the time he said that.

*First* time during the session that someone's phone rang, he yelled out, 
clutched his chest, and dropped to the stage.  People thought he was 
joking, so they laughed - but he *didn't get up* right away.  He waited 
until he started hearing the odd murmur of "gee, maybe he wasn't 
kidding?" - then he got up and everyone had a good laugh over it.  He 
fell so quickly, he nearly fell off the stage....

The guy he was presenting with - a mutual friend from Aaland - said that 
when he dropped, a ton of people in the session *immediately* switched 
their phones off.

He's tried to plan things ahead of time, but it just never seems to 
work.  Only when it's improved does he seem to hit something that works.  
And while it *sounds* like it might've scared people in the audience, 
he's well known in his field for being a bit of a clown.

He also makes an *excellent* chili. :-)

Jim

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