This has made my day!
My inbox this morning held a mailshot from Toby Hadoke, compere of the XS Malarkey comedy club in Fallowfield to all of its members. Yesterday he'd sent out a message detailing this evenings events and an interesting fact or two to boot. One of these was incorrect, so I emailed and told him so. What awaited me this morning was a public apology. Ace!
Lo, he wrote, and I quote:
"Those of you astounded by the dose of arcane facts which laced the
most recent XS Mailout may be fascinated to know that I am a bounder,
indulging in the dissemination of untrue propaganda, as Andy mailed to
tell me :
Andy writes,
"A long-held myth of the bumblebee was that, in terms of theoretical
aerodynamics, it did not have the capacity (in terms of wing size or
beat per second) to achieve flight with the degree of wing loading
necessary. This myth became popular after an aerodynamicist in the
1930s stated that a bumblebee was not capable of flight. The statement
was based upon an assumption that the bee's wing could be treated as a
static aerofoil. However, in reality the bumblebee's flight is
characterised by an oscillating wing that shares more characteristics
with a helicopter rotor than an aeroplane wing.
Come on man, don't perpetuate poor science. The XS-malarkey mailing
list is a thing of power. Check your facts in future. ;-)"
So, apologies.
With plenty of new joinees I'd been attempting to spice up the
mailouts : it would be unfair just to offload a shameless plug for the
club without something more interesting therein. But Andy used the
phrase "thing of power" ragarding the mailout. And what equals power ?
Knowledge. You, the Malarkey massive, are a potential oracle of
beguiling information which, if shared, could make us more enlightenend.
So send me your facts. Tell me something we all should know. And I'll
include my favourites in the forthcoming mailouts.
We all know XS is a fantastic club, so let's find out more about this
crazy world we inhabit. Dunno, could be fun. And then I won't have to
agonise about making the mailouts interesting and maybe use that time
to, I dunno, write some jokes or something,
Peace,
T"
My inbox this morning held a mailshot from Toby Hadoke, compere of the XS Malarkey comedy club in Fallowfield to all of its members. Yesterday he'd sent out a message detailing this evenings events and an interesting fact or two to boot. One of these was incorrect, so I emailed and told him so. What awaited me this morning was a public apology. Ace!
Lo, he wrote, and I quote:
"Those of you astounded by the dose of arcane facts which laced the
most recent XS Mailout may be fascinated to know that I am a bounder,
indulging in the dissemination of untrue propaganda, as Andy mailed to
tell me :
Andy writes,
"A long-held myth of the bumblebee was that, in terms of theoretical
aerodynamics, it did not have the capacity (in terms of wing size or
beat per second) to achieve flight with the degree of wing loading
necessary. This myth became popular after an aerodynamicist in the
1930s stated that a bumblebee was not capable of flight. The statement
was based upon an assumption that the bee's wing could be treated as a
static aerofoil. However, in reality the bumblebee's flight is
characterised by an oscillating wing that shares more characteristics
with a helicopter rotor than an aeroplane wing.
Come on man, don't perpetuate poor science. The XS-malarkey mailing
list is a thing of power. Check your facts in future. ;-)"
So, apologies.
With plenty of new joinees I'd been attempting to spice up the
mailouts : it would be unfair just to offload a shameless plug for the
club without something more interesting therein. But Andy used the
phrase "thing of power" ragarding the mailout. And what equals power ?
Knowledge. You, the Malarkey massive, are a potential oracle of
beguiling information which, if shared, could make us more enlightenend.
So send me your facts. Tell me something we all should know. And I'll
include my favourites in the forthcoming mailouts.
We all know XS is a fantastic club, so let's find out more about this
crazy world we inhabit. Dunno, could be fun. And then I won't have to
agonise about making the mailouts interesting and maybe use that time
to, I dunno, write some jokes or something,
Peace,
T"
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