Fuddland

#1

felicity | 2004 / 11 / 01 – 20:03

such a cool place to go! especially now it’s free!!!
did you feel 10yrs old again?

#2

David | 2004 / 11 / 01 – 22:05

Re #1: I did kind of drag my friend around saying, “Can we go and see the blue whale now? Can we? Can we?” :)

#3

Daisy | 2004 / 11 / 01 – 22:11

I must admit, I’d love to see the wildlife photographer of the year entries, did you get a chance to?

#4

David | 2004 / 11 / 01 – 22:14

Re #3: No, sadly there wasn’t time — and besides, I didn’t have my Blue Peter badge with me. ;)

#5

felicity | 2004 / 11 / 01 – 23:33

the blue whale is awesome. i feel a need to revisit :op

#6

Jann | 2004 / 11 / 02 – 14:41

Quite possibly my favourite building in London.

Now is it pronounced:
Diplo-doh-cus
or
Dip-lod-ocus?

I tend to opt for the latter but I didn’t when I was younger.

Is this a really banal question?

#7

David | 2004 / 11 / 02 – 15:14

Re #6: I’m firmly in the diplo-doh-cus camp, although I fear di-plod-ocus is the norm these days. And apparently there’s no such thing as a brontosaurus, which was news to me.

On a similar vein, I noticed the other day whilst watching the documentary about Oliver the Chimp that some people are opting for “chim-pansy” instead of “chim-pan-zee”, but frankly that sounds ridiculous.

#8

Jann | 2004 / 11 / 03 – 10:52

Agreed, the use of pansy is quite ridiculous.

#9

the manly smell | 2004 / 11 / 04 – 14:11

I vote diplo-doh-cus, but again I think I may be wrong. But perhaps not. If everyone wants to call it diplo-doh-cus perhaps we should just decide we’re right and beat the boffins with large sticks if they try and tell us differently?

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