Re: Why I don't like Nandan

From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 12:37:35 +0100 (BST)


Rob Nicholls suggests:
> but also drop "the
> birthing man" suffix as it sounds like a bit of bad Orlanthi poetry.

Now that, I have to agree with. When I first heard the phrase "Nandan, the birthing man" I quite literally could not help but reflexively laugh (getting a 'look' from Robin and half the panel audience, much to my chagrin), simply because it rhymed and scanned so well with "Dan, Dan, the lavatory man", and other playground/ Carry On film lines to that effect. I'm sorry, all. *Bad* spinal column.


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