Jonathan Morton wrote:

The one about the May Day demonstration is permissible. After all,
so-called "May Day" isn't usually on the first of the month - and at the
Universities May Week is in June.

Is it? I've never noticed a "May Week" at any of the universities I've been
at. Also most have been rearranging their term structures so there's very
little term time in June now.

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Jonathan Morton wrote:

The one about the May Day demonstration is permissible. After all,
so-called "May Day" isn't usually on the first of the month - and at the
Universities May Week is in June.

Is it? I've never noticed a "May Week" at any of the universities I've been
at.

AFAIR, only Cambridge has a "May Week" - originally in May, before the
exams, but now in June after exams. Even there, some colleges prefer
"June event" to the more traditional "May ball". The Oxford equivalent
is the Commem. ball.
--
Paul Terry

Mark Goodge wrote:

The only one in that list that isn't really daft, IMO, is "Do you have
any information on Samantha Fox?". That's a perfectly valid question,
the only thing that's slightly daft is that maybe a tourist
information centre probably isn't the best place to ask it.


IMHO "Is Edinburgh in Glasgow?" is a valid question, even though the
answer is "No."

On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 11:26:23 -0000, "Ian F."
wrote:

"Mike Cawood, HND BIT" wrote in message
...

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...559786,00.html
Some people should have been strangled at birth.

It's the silly season when PRs make up stuff like this to interest editors
who are struggling to fill papers but are devoid of any real hard content.
Don't treat it too seriously.

It doesn't even look as if it is "made up" but merely nicked from
other sources who did likewise in previous months when the news was a
bit quiet; most of the "daft questions" have been reported elsewhere
for some years.

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Mark Goodge wrote:

The only one in that list that isn't really daft, IMO, is "Do you have
any information on Samantha Fox?". That's a perfectly valid question,
the only thing that's slightly daft is that maybe a tourist
information centre probably isn't the best place to ask it.


IMHO "Is Edinburgh in Glasgow?" is a valid question, even though the
answer is "No."

They're north of Watford aren't they?

Colin Bignell

On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:02:09 +0000, Jonathan Morton
wrote:

Mark Goodge wrote:
On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 13:41:02 -0000, Brimstone put finger to keyboard
and typed:

The Jinx wrote:
JNugent wrote:

Mike Cawood, HND BIT wrote:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...559786,00.html
Some people should have been strangled at birth.
Mike.
Some of the "daft" questions are not so daft.
No just bloody stupid.
Only if you know the answer.


The only one in that list that isn't really daft, IMO, is "Do you have
any information on Samantha Fox?". That's a perfectly valid question,
the only thing that's slightly daft is that maybe a tourist
information centre probably isn't the best place to ask it.

The one about the May Day demonstration is permissible. After all,
so-called "May Day" isn't usually on the first of the month - and at the
Universities May Week is in June.

When in many places the May blossom will have just come out.

solar penguin wrote:

IMHO "Is Edinburgh in Glasgow?" is a valid question, even though the
answer is "No."

Quite. After all, the City Of Westminster is in London.

nightjar nightjar@ wrote:
"solar penguin" wrote in message
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Mark Goodge wrote:

The only one in that list that isn't really daft, IMO, is "Do you have
any information on Samantha Fox?". That's a perfectly valid question,
the only thing that's slightly daft is that maybe a tourist
information centre probably isn't the best place to ask it.

IMHO "Is Edinburgh in Glasgow?" is a valid question, even though the
answer is "No."

They're north of Watford aren't they?

I believe so. They're a bit like Inverness, some way south of Kirkwall.
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont
(Remove teeth to reply)
"You can always tell a Yorkshire man. You just can't tell him much."

Bruce wrote:
nightjar nightjar@ wrote:
"solar penguin" wrote in message
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Mark Goodge wrote:

The only one in that list that isn't really daft, IMO, is "Do you have
any information on Samantha Fox?". That's a perfectly valid question,
the only thing that's slightly daft is that maybe a tourist
information centre probably isn't the best place to ask it.

IMHO "Is Edinburgh in Glasgow?" is a valid question, even though the
answer is "No."

They're north of Watford aren't they?

I believe so. They're a bit like Inverness, some way south of Kirkwall.
--
Inverness is in the Tundra isn't it.

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nightjar nightjar@ wrote:
"solar penguin" wrote in message
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Mark Goodge wrote:

The only one in that list that isn't really daft, IMO, is "Do you have
any information on Samantha Fox?". That's a perfectly valid question,
the only thing that's slightly daft is that maybe a tourist
information centre probably isn't the best place to ask it.

IMHO "Is Edinburgh in Glasgow?" is a valid question, even though the
answer is "No."
They're north of Watford aren't they?

I believe so. They're a bit like Inverness, some way south of Kirkwall.

Lerwick's way up North, though, isn't it? ;-)
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

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