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| # Posted 2007-11-01 03:23:23 | |
| TheInvisibleLog: | Does spiking refer to finding the flag, or the spot where the flag should be? |
| # Posted 2007-11-05 08:51:04 | |
| prez now retired: | The following (fair dinkum) complaint email was received by the Prez from a participant (not Blair)-
"Your Honour, it all happened like this. The evening started off well enough, and I noticed that most A and B runners headed off towards Control 15. I was then presented with my map along with all other C runners which I will refer to as Exhibit A. (Unfortunately you'll have to refer to your map for this exhibit.) However I hate running along the western edge of this map past the golf course, ergo I headed west to Control 13, with the intent of heading down the eastern edge of the map if required. At Control 13 I stood in a long line of other runners to put the first punch in my control card which I will refer to as Exhibit B. My attendance here can be verified by Debbie D, Denise P, Catherine C, Suzanne O'C and others who I will later call on as witnesses to verify this. "Ipso facto", I then headed north through controls 5, 17, 12 and 4 to the north of the map - refer to Exhibit B. I spent most of this time trying to determine the best way through Controls 8, 15 and 16 - refer to Exhibit A. I then headed across the top of the map , running into Denise P many times, running "parri pasu" for some time. Again, this will later be verified as I call on my witnesses to the events of the evening. Once reaching Control 16, I only needed to head through Controls 15 and 8 to reach the end of my course, what I considered to be a fairly efficient route. However upon arriving at the mapped location of Control 15, I found a gate post but no control. "In absentia" of the control plate, I continued to head west towards Control 8 looking for another gate alongside Riversdale Road. Upon not finding one, I decided that the "lex non scripta" of orienteering states that if one is in the location of the control, but the control is not present, one is credited with the above mentioned control. Considering myself to not be a "persona non grata" I thought this would be honoured at the end of the event. Informing the course setter of this at the end of the event, I was told others had found it. I later learned that the control was on a gate post further around the corner to the south-east than indicated. I have concluded that the person who placed the control plate must have been "non compos mentis". "Res ipsa loquitur", I should not be penalised for the misplacment of this control, and should be credited with the abovementioned Control 15. "Onus probandi" does lie with me here, and I am prepared to undergo a lie detector test and provide a detailed description of the area which the control should have been. Upon reading the results published this morning, I cannot suffer the "status quo" of "suppressio veri" "sub silentio". Quid pro quo,... quid pro quo..." |
| # Posted 2007-11-05 09:58:05 | |
| TheInvisibleLog: | Appropriate riposte awaits getting home to my Latin dictionary. |
| # Posted 2007-11-05 13:47:22 | |
| TheInvisibleLog: | True to my word, I offer the following advice.
Latin is the only subject I failed at secondary school. So today I rely upon the only Latin phrasebook I can recommend.. 'Extreme Latin'. This guide suggests two strategies for replying to that email. The 'stealth' Latin approach. Velim caput tuum devellere deinde in confinium gulae cacare. Claim this translates as "I just want to tell you how much I appreciate your constructive criticism. " Modernised honest translation. " I'd like to rip your head off and take a dump in the hole". The direct approach. Te fututo, gaudeo! I never quite got on top of the more obscure tenses, such as this one which is ablative absolute. It translates as "You having been fucked, I rejoice!" The latter is perhaps the best reply given the circumstances. Perhaps it could be added to the VOA event organisers manual for similar circumstances. |
| # Posted 2007-11-05 15:49:55 | |
| blairtrewin: | I got lucky on 15 - saw other people punching it. Wasn't so lucky on 12.
On the basis that those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, I will be putting my control-placing head on the block on Thursday night. However, I suspect that people may be cursing by the end that the contours are similarly accurate. |
| # Posted 2007-11-06 01:12:02 | |
| TheInvisibleLog: | Its only Street O.
But if Street O can produce letters like the one above, then it has at least one additional redeeming feature. We need more of that sort of attitude in finish chutes. |
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