Spoke at 2 different interdisciplinary campus events today and rocked up at the bar to a chorus of โoh look itโs Two Talk Barbara, who gave Two Talks todayโ like yeah sorry for being prolific and in demand
I do think coming second on a bullshit technicality is amazing actually because it means the team that came first knows their victory is extremely hollow and we still get all the pride.
My team won at a charity trivia event last night but because our team name was โdoes being a host get me bonus points?โ, the host (friend who named the team) deducted just enough points so that we could come second, otherwise he could โloseโ his โjobโ or whatever
This is going to be v cool: Join Dr Kate Flaherty, Senior Lecturer in @English_ANU & actors from @BellShakespeare at @nlagovau on 20 Sep as theyย uncover one of the most amusing & successful literary hoaxes of all time - the Vortigern Hoax! FREE tix here:
https://t.co/TIJuJjgajQ