A character on the popular BBC 90s comedy programme "The Fast Show" had a character who was always saying entirely the wrong thing - there would be a moment of silence whilst everyone else gapes at him - he realises - he says "I'll get my coat". eg. a group of football fans gather in the pub to watch the match - turn the tv on - the news comes on, they begin to announce the final score, they all scramble to turn it off - Mark Williams comes in at the back waving a football scarf, "two - nil! two- nil! WHAT A GAME! end-to-end stuff - England one down all through the second half - Beckham gets two in injury time! .......I'll get my coat."

It's the way I tell 'em.

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What was your band? Just curious, since I actually volunteered a couple years in that timeframe.

Yeah, sound quality was a bit off, otherwise an interesting show as always.

I was at QCon 2008 in London last week and we had James Govenor of Redmonk open the "Architectures You've Always Wondered About" track - what a tosser (another british-english phrase beloved of Reg users).

That was a universal opinion of my unscientific poll of 3 other people attending.