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ventaThere is a bit of technology called Bango. Someone at work has been looking at what it is and how it does it.
Colleague #1: How did you get on with Bongo?
Colleague #2: Do you mean Bango?
Colleague #3: Bingo!
Me: There was a womble called Bungo.
Colleague #4: No there wasn't!
Me: Yes there was!
C#4: Where in the world is called Bungo?
C#3: Do you mean Bungle?
C#4: Yes, are you thinking of Rainbow?
Me: No a womble... look, here on Wikipedia there's a picture of Bungo Womble.
C#4: Well, where is he named after?
Me: Wikipedia says he's named after a province in Japan...
Somewhere in there, the work part of the conversation gave up and died. Another success!
Otherly, have you appreciated your sysadmin today?
Colleague #1: How did you get on with Bongo?
Colleague #2: Do you mean Bango?
Colleague #3: Bingo!
Me: There was a womble called Bungo.
Colleague #4: No there wasn't!
Me: Yes there was!
C#4: Where in the world is called Bungo?
C#3: Do you mean Bungle?
C#4: Yes, are you thinking of Rainbow?
Me: No a womble... look, here on Wikipedia there's a picture of Bungo Womble.
C#4: Well, where is he named after?
Me: Wikipedia says he's named after a province in Japan...
Somewhere in there, the work part of the conversation gave up and died. Another success!
Otherly, have you appreciated your sysadmin today?
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Date: 2010-07-30 01:51 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-07-30 02:31 pm (UTC)(At least I think it was a she. It's a bit hard to tell with Wombles. Also, I think Stepney might have been mixed race, but without other Wombles to colour-compare with it was hard to tell!)
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Date: 2010-07-30 02:33 pm (UTC)(And I used to - maybe even still do - have all the Happy Meal wombles :) )
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Date: 2010-07-30 02:37 pm (UTC)http://www.fidella.com/womble/womble_names.html
... seems to say whether they come from books or telly.
Doesn't give genders, though!
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Date: 2010-07-30 05:56 pm (UTC)Seems unlikely - female Wombles are, IIRC, fantastically rare!
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Date: 2010-07-30 02:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-30 06:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-30 11:34 pm (UTC)Incidentally, Elizabeth Beresford did write other stuff, and it's pretty good (although so mired in the 70s it feels rather alien to modern eyes).
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