I am on a long Starfleet teleconference, listen only, and thought it might be funny to write a blog whilst listening to it, just to see after the event, how blank a mind can get without actually imploding. The writer takes no responsibility to what is written from this point on.
Someone has just asked a question, and I fear he may be taking a bet to ask the question in the style of Alan Partridge. I would say he has won the bet. Oohh, someone else is asking a question. No bets on this question. A straightforward question that is both straight and forward. The answer also sounds very much like no bet was taken.
One thing that IS good about a long, listen-only conference call, is that you have a chance to tidy up your Inbox. Mine looks very tidy right now.
Now we have a financial presentation, which before it has started, I expect it to be broadly structured as follows:
- we did well last quarter/year
- these are the bits that went well/not well
- bit of complicated numbers stuff that only finance people really understand
- we need to do more next quarter/year.
Other than that, I see that that Sven-Goran Ericsson has been named as the Ivory Coast national team coach. For some reason it amused me as a dichotomous pairing - the restrained, up-tight northern hemisphere manager from a very cold country, managing a gregarious, layed back African team from a very hot country. Cool Running sprang to mind. And then I started to think of other similarly dichotomous pairs:
- Wayne Sleep managing the WWF tag team (editor's note: they are now known as WWE, World Wresting Entertainment, which is an interesting change, perhaps confirming what many have thought)
- Gordon Ramsey named Women's Guild Cultural Ambassador
- Quentin Tarrantino to produce follow up to Bambi
The call is nearly over, so I will probably need to go and do some work now.
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