[Gllug] [OT]: Great Dancing Competition, 2001

[Simon Stewart]

On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 07:41:33PM +0100, Andrew Richardson wrote:
> On Thursday 04 October 2001 17:57, you wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 04:34:51PM +0000, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > > On 10/4/01, 4:07:08 PM, Simon Stewart <sms at lateral.net> wrote regarding =
> > >
> > > [Gllug] [OT]: Great Dancing Competition, 2001:
> > > > So, the assumption has been made in this office that Geeks Can't
> > > > Dance. While this is certainly the case when it comes to yours
> > > > truly[1], I find it hard to believe that this is a universal
> > > > phenomenon and so I hereby moot the idea of a Geek Dancing Contest.
> > >
> > > I have this vision of a herd of muppets in a centrifuge.  It won't go
> > > away.
> >
> > "It's time to play the music...."
> >
> > Anyone else up for this? I know a couple of geeks that might be
> > persuaded using only the comment, "there'll be a bar."
> 
> Hmmm, I use linux and I can dance.  Jive, Jitterbug, Rock & Roll etc.
> Providing there are babes of course.  On the other hand I am not a very good 
> geek.  I read somewhere that RMS likes to dance :)  can't remember what style 
> though.

Which raises the question of styles. I had a vision of some "come
dancing"-esque situation, but with some cheesy 80s disco instead of
your average waltzes. That way, no-one needs to be embarressed about
their (lack of) talents when it comes to the dance floor.

And it would make brilliant TV ;)

Again, does anyone have any preferences?

Cheers,

Simon

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