Underground, overground

[venta]

There 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?

Comments

[venta.livejournal.com]

There were definitely new ones for the telly series. I used to have a McDonalds toy of Stepney sitting on my desk, and there definitely was no Stepney when I read the books. I wonder where she's got to.

(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!)

[ar-gemlad.livejournal.com]

I thought Stepney was male, but wouldn't swear to it. Hmm, the Wikipedia entry is being annoying and vague about whether characters are in books, TV programmes, or both. However, there are certainly characters there that I didn't know about!

(And I used to - maybe even still do - have all the Happy Meal wombles :) )

[venta.livejournal.com]

This list:

http://www.fidella.com/womble/womble_names.html

... seems to say whether they come from books or telly.

Doesn't give genders, though!

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

At least I think it was a she.

Seems unlikely - female Wombles are, IIRC, fantastically rare!