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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:50 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by djewesbury
DRT wrote:djewesbury wrote:jdaw1 wrote:Today I have sent two completed forms to a part of the British government with which I have never previously corresponded. This part of the British gov’t has existed since the reign of Queen Victoria. Which part is it?
FCO. (My last guess as I am getting ready for work tomorrow...)
djewesbury wrote:djewesbury wrote:DRT wrote:I just remembered that you are an artist: benzoylmethylecgonine
sorry missed this. No. Whatever it is...
oh! No.
I am now, DRT, a full-time, permanent member of academic staff!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:51 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by DRT
jdaw1 wrote:DRT wrote:Department for Education?
Do I look like the sort of person who has ever had anything to do with being educated? Really?
So stop being silly.
Your parents would have corresponded with them for you, and you for your children, all of whom are fairly new.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:52 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by jdaw1
DRT wrote:and you for your children, all of whom are fairly new.
jdaw1 wrote:with which I have never previously corresponded.
Pay attention.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:53 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by djewesbury
Good night gentlemen. When I check this thread again in an hour, or in the morning, I'm sure I will be further enlightened in ways I never knew I could be (what the philosopher Donald Rumsfeld classified as an 'unknown unknown', a phrase for which, I think, he was unfairly derided).
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:53 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by DRT
HM Land Registry?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:55 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by jdaw1
Daniel’s FCO guess was before your DoE attempt, so you can’t yet guess.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:55 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by DRT
jdaw1 wrote:Daniel’s FCO guess was before your DoE attempt, so you can’t yet guess.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:57 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by jdaw1
My inbox:
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:58 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by LGTrotter
djewesbury wrote:jdaw1 wrote:Today I have sent two completed forms to a part of the British government with which I have never previously corresponded. This part of the British gov’t has existed since the reign of Queen Victoria. Which part is it?
FCO. (My last guess as I am getting ready for work tomorrow...)
I know what you are trying to do Dave (Daniel) and I cannot allow you to do this. (In the voice of HAL from 'the most boring film ever')
DWP
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:00 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by djewesbury
(Sshh.. I'm still here...)
HM Land Registry
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:00 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by DRT
HM Land Registry?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:01 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by DRT
B*****d!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:01 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by djewesbury
DRT wrote:HM Land Registry?
But I just guessed that...
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:02 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by djewesbury
DRT wrote:B*****d!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:02 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by LGTrotter
DOH
I was trying to subtly point out that 2001 is not the most boring film ever, clearly you have never sat through 'Heimat'
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:04 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by jdaw1
LGTrotter wrote:DWP
djewesbury wrote:HM Land Registry
No. No.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:05 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by jdaw1
LGTrotter wrote:DOH
No.
Perhaps I should say that the matter in hand is commercial in nature.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:05 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by djewesbury
LGTrotter wrote:DOH
I was trying to subtly point out that 2001 is not the most boring film ever, clearly you have never sat through 'Heimat'
heimat is beautiful. And so is the second one!!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:08 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by LGTrotter
djewesbury wrote:LGTrotter wrote:DOH
I was trying to subtly point out that 2001 is not the most boring film ever, clearly you have never sat through 'Heimat'
heimat is beautiful. And so is the second one!!
I got one!
CUlture media and sport?
ANyway boring in 2001 context is space for the visual to inhabit, unimpeded by plot or characterisation.
One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:11 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by djewesbury
LGTrotter wrote:djewesbury wrote:LGTrotter wrote:DOH
I was trying to subtly point out that 2001 is not the most boring film ever, clearly you have never sat through 'Heimat'
heimat is beautiful. And so is the second one!!
I got one!
CUlture media and sport?
ANyway boring in 2001 context is space for the visual to inhabit, unimpeded by plot or characterisation.
Yes I know. I agree really. I just find Kubrick a bit pompous sometimes. And the caveman bit I find a little silly. Like I think I said earlier, I like Solaris and that's hardly fast-paced.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:12 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by DRT
British Patent Office?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:12 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by djewesbury
DTI. And now, good night.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:12 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by djewesbury
DRT wrote:British Patent Office?
oh that's what I just thought of.. Yes. This is right.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:13 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by DRT
djewesbury wrote:DTI. And now, good night.
Don't be fooled, he won't leave until this is over.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:15 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by LGTrotter
djewesbury wrote:LGTrotter wrote:djewesbury wrote:LGTrotter wrote:DOH
I was trying to subtly point out that 2001 is not the most boring film ever, clearly you have never sat through 'Heimat'
heimat is beautiful. And so is the second one!!
I got one!
CUlture media and sport?
ANyway boring in 2001 context is space for the visual to inhabit, unimpeded by plot or characterisation.
Yes I know. I agree really. I just find Kubrick a bit pompous sometimes. And the caveman bit I find a little silly. Like I think I said earlier, I like Solaris and that's hardly fast-paced.
Mysogenist was more my beef, but the visuals with that music? meaningless but beautiful on a big screen.
Didn't you just love 'another 48 hours' though?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:15 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by djewesbury
DRT wrote:djewesbury wrote:DTI. And now, good night.
Don't be fooled, he won't leave until this is over.
sshhh...
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:16 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by LGTrotter
Good night sweet ladies, goodnight.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:17 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by DRT
LGTrotter wrote:Good night sweet ladies, goodnight.
They think it's all over...
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:17 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by jdaw1
LGTrotter wrote:CUlture media and sport?
Even without the mis-capitalisation, no.
jdaw1 wrote:Perhaps I should say that the matter in hand is commercial in nature.
DRT wrote:British Patent Office?
No.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:18 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by DRT
OFT?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:19 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by djewesbury
Come on. I said DTI.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:19 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by jdaw1
DRT wrote:OFT?
No.
Queen Victoria?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:19 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by jdaw1
djewesbury wrote:Come on. I said DTI.
Queen Victoria?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:20 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by djewesbury
jdaw1 wrote:djewesbury wrote:Come on. I said DTI.
Queen Victoria?
Board of Trade?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:20 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by DRT
Department for Culture and Sport?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:20 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by DRT
East India Trading Company?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:21 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by jdaw1
djewesbury wrote:jdaw1 wrote:djewesbury wrote:Come on. I said DTI.
Queen Victoria?
Board of Trade?
Perhaps the nearest yet, even if wrong.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:21 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by jdaw1
DRT wrote:Department for Culture and Sport?
jdaw1 wrote:LGTrotter wrote:CUlture media and sport?
Even without the mis-capitalisation, no.
jdaw1 wrote:Perhaps I should say that the matter in hand is commercial in nature.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:22 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by jdaw1
DRT wrote:East India Trading Company?
Is this chit-chat, or an attempt at an actual guess?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:23 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by jdaw1
And I thought this one would be easy.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:25 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by DRT
Yes, I know, but: Treasury Solicitor's Department
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:26 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by jdaw1
DRT wrote:Yes, I know, but: Treasury Solicitor's Department
Ooh, what does that do? But no.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:26 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by DRT
jdaw1 wrote:DRT wrote:East India Trading Company?
Is this chit-chat, or an attempt at an actual guess?
Chit-chat.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:26 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by DRT
jdaw1 wrote:DRT wrote:Yes, I know, but: Treasury Solicitor's Department
Ooh, what does that do? But no.
That was chit-chat too. can I guess again?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:28 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by jdaw1
DRT wrote:Yes, I know, but: Treasury Solicitor's Department
Which might be a bit before Victoria.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:28 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by jdaw1
DRT wrote:can I guess again?
After somebody else has done so.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:29 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by djewesbury
Business investment and skills.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:29 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by DRT
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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:30 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by DRT
Department for Departmental Affairs?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:31 Mon 30 Sep 2013
by djewesbury
Export office. Or whatever it's called now.