Journey to the East Pole

Listening to Dave Gorman‘s “Genius” on radio 4 this morning one of the ideas put forward for scrutiny was to claim the East and West poles. Hang on a minute, I thought, that was my idea, which sounded just a little bit childish coming from somebody who holds to the philosophical position that ideas cannot be stolen. You can’t effectively prove the ownership of an idea, even if there is such a thing as a single point of origin, which is unlikely, so I was suitably chuffed when the verdict was pronounced that the idea is in fact, genius, (although I did think the hitchhiker geotagging idea was the better one.)

Ah, but one of the features of the 21st century is that Google remembers everything.

So there it is, as posted to “free.uk.boredom” in July 2000 complete with misspelling of “Walthamstow”

Newsgroups: free.uk.people.mad-scientists, free.uk.boredom, england.biz.misc, free.uk.talk.l-b.waltham-forest

From: Andy Roberts <andyro…@zetnet.co.uk>

Date: 2000/07/02
Subject: Year 2000 Expedition to the East Pole

Year 2000 Expedition to the East Pole

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In the year 2000ad, a group of intrepid explorers are setting off on an expedition to the East Pole. The team has been put together from various scientific, creative and cultural communities and is fully trained and ready to go. There are, howerever, still a few places left so if you feel you have the right qualities to join in you could yet make a contribution to this world shattering event. Just follow this thread for further details.

Because of the unprecedented pioneering nature of this expedition, we cannot place any estimate on the amount of time the journey will take, but the organisers are confident that it should be possible to keep in touch wiv dem front line explorers using da hinternet and that everyone will return home safely eventually.

SPONSORS

More sponsors are required. If you know of any groups that might harbour potential sponsors please add them to the right hand side of the newsgroups line.

DIRECTIONS

After much deliberation the organisers are convinced that the best place to set off from is Walthamstowe. After that, we haven’t a clue and really. Anybody with a sense of direction should map out the path by adding geographical groups to the newsgroups line.

RULES

No more than eight groups in total please. Ignore cynical bystanders who try to mock or complain – they’re only jealous.

Please retain this complete message between the E- lines without snipping and delete attributions and chevrons from time to time.

Andy R

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