[Microbit-Python] The all-seeing British airport security

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

What a relief. ;-)

Not sure BBC lawyers read Dahl - it's just they're very Very VERY touchy
about precisely the situation that was joked about and they're always
keen to impress this upon partner representatives like me.

My concern was rather selfish - the joke was a potential flurry of
emails with the BBC that I really didn't fancy having to deal with. ;-)

Just to be clear - jokes are GOOD!!!! For the record, my reaction was:

* "Hahahahahaha, Larry's a card"
* "Oh shit, people from the BBC are on this list"
* "ZOMG I really don't want to have to spend time explaining Slugworth
to cover our arses"
* "Arghhhh MUST SEND EMAIL"

:-)

Phew... and thanks for your patience..!

N.


On 25/09/15 03:40, Larry Hastings wrote:
> 
> 
> Just to be clear: yes, this was a joke.  If the non-existant "America's
> vast reverse-engineering complex" wasn't enough of a clue, I'd hoped the
> namedrop of Mr. Slugworth would put it over the edge.  Mr. Slugworth,
> for those of you who don't remember their Dahl, was a rival candymaker
> in "Charlie And The Chocolate Factory".  He made such dubious-sounding
> confections as the "Slugworth Sizzler".  In the 70s movie version,
> Slugworth appeared as a character, meeting the children in secret and
> bribing them to bring him an Everlasting Gobstopper so he might
> reverse-engineer it.
> 
> Sorry to give Nicholas kittens; I would have replied sooner, but I was
> flying home from London to Seattle.
> 
> 
> //arry/
> 
> On 09/24/2015 01:59 PM, Michael wrote:
>> I'm sure it is. Very much reads that way to me :-)
>>
>> That said, I really like the idea of there being 5 golden tickets
>> included in a selection of the devices shipped out, and then something
>> cool happening as a result.
>>
>> :-)
>>
>>
>> Michael.
>>
>> On 24 September 2015 at 21:49, Nicholas H.Tollervey <ntoll at ntoll.org
>> <mailto:ntoll at ntoll.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     Larry,
>>
>>     I really hope this is a joke..! I can't stress how stressed both I and
>>     the BBC are about the device being given away.
>>
>>     8-O
>>
>>     N.
>>
>>     On 24/09/15 14:15, Larry Hastings wrote:
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > I'm now in the secured area, having checked in for my flight
>>     home.  They
>>     > pulled my rolly bag to go through it item by item.  One of the few
>>     > things they didn't bother to pull out?  The partially-collapsed
>>     Costa
>>     > coffee cup containing my Microbit.  Next stop: America's vast
>>     > reverse-engineering complex, where I will be paid a handsome
>>     bounty by
>>     > Mr. Slugworth for this device, the creme of British engineering!
>>     >
>>     > Shhhhh,
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > //arry/
>>     >
>>     >
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