Just call me

[NomoneyNohoney]

Not sure if this is a 'whoosh' moment, but are you meaning, 'call me Dave?'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_Me_Dave

[AJC5001]

Alexei Sayle had his own version of this many years ago. "Alexei Sayle - Sharing Celebrity Names Equally" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_8j68WyxOU

[bungeejumper]

Love it!

BJ

[UncleIan]

Not sure if this is a 'whoosh' moment, but are you meaning, 'call me Dave?'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_Me_Dave

Nope, Dave, a rapper (so wikipedia tells me)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_(rapper)

[XFool]

Could some of those long names be abbreviated? So Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel becomes just Tarquin Posh? Though in his case he wasn't really, it fits most of them.

(He was disappointed when the returning officer on by-election night 1981 was given special dispensation to abbreviate his name in reading out the results).

Is that the same by-election won for the Conservatives by Mao Tse Tung (as was) with ~650 million votes? If I remember correctly, Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel was the losing Labour candidate.

[XFool]

Could some of those long names be abbreviated? So Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel becomes just Tarquin Posh? Though in his case he wasn't really, it fits most of them.

(He was disappointed when the returning officer on by-election night 1981 was given special dispensation to abbreviate his name in reading out the results).

Is that the same by-election won for the Conservatives by Mao Tse Tung (as was) with ~650 million votes? If I remember correctly, Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel was the losing Labour candidate.

Could be getting my by-elections confused?

[UncleEbenezer]

Could be getting my by-elections confused?

Possibly. It was the by-election won by Shirley Williams.

I was kind-of aware of it 'cos I knew Tarquin at the time (I never joined CURLS, but once or twice described my membership number as the empty set). Interesting nugget: though he of course lost his deposit, overall he made a profit on the exercise, through appearance fees on shows like Wogan.

[XFool]

..."The inverse curl of a three-dimensional vector field can be obtained up to an integration constant and an unknown irrotational field with the Biot-Savart law."

I knew that. Once. I think...

[UncleEbenezer]

..."The inverse curl of a three-dimensional vector field can be obtained up to an integration constant and an unknown irrotational field with the Biot-Savart law."

I knew that. Once. I think...

Well done[1]. You've identified the right curl that CURLS used (in plural, naturally) as its logo.

[1] Unless of course you were ever a curls-insider or near-insider. Don't tell me you're me?

[XFool]

...Let's try and sort this out. I think this helps a bit:

Election Night Special

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Night_Special

1981 Crosby by-election

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Crosby_by-election

I was thinking of a radio(?) comedy sketch where: Somebody with a long and very, VERY posh name - 'LABOUR!', lost to "Mao Tse Tung" - 'CONSERVATIVE!' - "650 million votes"

Possibly an old recording of 'I'm Sorry I'll Read that Again' on (reel?) tape? I can't now find a reference in the Wikipedia page to such a sketch so, short of spending hours with an old tape recorder I think I'll just have to let it go.

[AleisterCrowley]

Biot-Savart???

I can remember doing odd (Masonic) hand signs with fingers at right-angles....

[XFool]

...Let's try and sort this out. I think this helps a bit:

Plus:

Official Monster Raving Loony Party

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_ ... ty#History

[scotia]

Biot-Savart???
I can remember doing odd (Masonic) hand signs with fingers at right-angles....

With your left hand or right hand?

[AleisterCrowley]

Yes, definitely!

[XFool]

...Stop that, immediately!