Re: OT what a name!

"Derek Lyons" <fairwater@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Brian Gaff" <Briang1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Its almost impossible to believe that the press contact for ESO is...

Contact:
ESO Press Officer
Dr. Henri Boffin
Phone: +49 89 3200 6222

Oh well, I bet he has taken plenty of ribbing for this one...

Probably not, as Boffin in Englandland has a well known meaning and is
not regarded as [you try to imply] some form of shorthand for
'boffing''.

I was thinking of "boffin" as in a nick name for a scientist. I wasn't even
thinking of the sexual term.


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