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Tag Archives: delegate
Bring your own bacon (Belle)
I wasn’t managing the conference stress very well. When a delegate requested a bacon sandwich, I jumped up on stage and shouted “Buy your own bloody pig!” over the microphone.
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Tagged bacon, bacon sandwich, conference, delegate, microphone, pig, venue
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Fiona Bruce fake friend (Rousse)
At the first conference Fiona Bruce treated me with respect, and even gave the impression that she would like to be my friend. That said, she still managed to convey a sense of superiority over the academic delegates. It did … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, conference, delegate, economy, fake, Fiona Bruce, first class, friend, keynote, presentation, relations, superior, TPR
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Red hat disease rife at academic conference (Rousse)
Over the course of the three-day conference I had been allocated three different bedrooms. This was so confusing that I couldn’t remember where I had left my yellow cycling helmet. The situation was more complex now that graduate SG dropped … Continue reading
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Tagged 4pm, 614, academic, accusation, affair, bedroom, conference, cycling, delegate, disease, hall, hat, helmet, infidelity, key, marital, number, red, rife, room, scare, seat, yellow
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A lizard intruder and Dr Who (Rousse)
There was an intruder in my holiday cottage. I was sure of it. I could sense him on the floor to the left of my bed. To distract him, I held out an oatmeal biscuit. This he readily accepted. While … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans, bed, biscuit, chest, convention, cottage, delegate, Dr Who, drawer, floor, forest, holiday, holiday-maker, intruder, oatmeal, paper, police, presentation, rape, sandals, shorts, stare, sweatshirt, tattoo, under-nourished, White Stuff, workshop
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Tuning into Toto’s Africa (Rousse)
A full orchestra was tuning up from seats (rather than the stage) in the conference hall. I recognised the refrain: Toto’s Africa. The conductor was so enthusiastic that she was playing a clarinet herself, as well as leading the musicians. … Continue reading
A caravan, a conference, and carbonara (Rousse)
I elected to sleep in the static caravan, along with the students. However, I had hoped that I would still be allowed to use the bathroom in the house. When the students told me that they used the caravan shower, … Continue reading
Pink flower shell bracelet gift (Rousse)
At the end of the event SC laid out some jewellery on a small wooden table and asked the delegates to help themselves to any items that took their fancy. I picked up a bracelet of pale pink shell-like flowers.
A dancing Donald Trump (Rousse)
It was only midday when I registered for the event, but already most of the delegates – including Donald Trump – were dancing in the auditorium.
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Tagged auditorium, dance, dancing, delegate, Donald Trump, event, midday, president, Trump
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Conference delegate agitation (Rousse)
Out of the corner of my eye I could see JM become more and more agitated with two other conference delegates. They had clearly upset him. LJ wandered over to ask if he needed any help, but he said that … Continue reading
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Mostly unknowns at the online information relaunch (Rousse)
They tried to bring back the annual international online information meeting, but it just wasn’t the same. A couple of unknown academics from an equally unknown university were supposedly in charge. They didn’t seem to be coping very well. I … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, audience, auditorium, delegate, ginger, hair, hall, Indian, information, keynote, man, meeting, Online, relaunch, speaker, talk, university, unknown, women
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