On Tue, 16 Aug 2016 07:01:14 +0100, Stephen wrote:

>>> Oh! yes. I have my beady eyes on both of you. I smell the stink of
>>> collusion.
>>
>> Us?  Nah, we wouldn't do that. :)
>>
>>
> Oh! Yes! you would. ;)

Damn, I thought you might fall for that.  Not a huge chance, but a slight 
one.

>> LOL, that's about how I imagined it would go.
>>
> I know, as soon as I start thinking of some of my horrors. Some part of
> my brain interrupts the train of thought. Squirrels! :)

Where?  I don't see any squirrels!

>>>>> So, hastening back to the designated locality. Leicester Square.
>>>>
>>>> Good choice, but haven't we already been there?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Yes, so?
>>
>> Under rule 321 in the *standard* rules, loops that don't involve
>> Heathrow Terminal 5 are generally discouraged unless you've been in
>> nip.
>>
>> Oh, wait, you were at the pub.  Nevermind.
> 
> Right! And there was more than one nip involved. :)

Indeed, I suspected that was the case as well.  The path wasn't strictly 
diagonal, but it was roughly in that direction - that was the giveaway.

>> So it's John's go then.
>>
>>
> Whenever!
> I'm starting to think about invoking Lord Kelvin's 1871, variation. And
> put him in Huff automatically whenever the second differential of
> replies, falls below 0·92.

That depends a lot on the third differential, I'd think.

>>> Enjoy your LinuxCon :)
>>
>> I shall.  Oddly enough, one of the other people in the advisory board
>> isn't making the trip - he lives about 20 miles away from me, and he's
>> actively avoiding travel, so he opted out.
>>
>>
> I sympathise.

After my trip last week, I do as well. :)

>> So we're going to have a drink when I return. :)
>>
>>
> Rule #2 :)

Always wear gloves at a crime scene?

Jim



-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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