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Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:53 pm

I was tempted to copy and paste the words to Tom Lehrer's The Elements, but I'll instead guess.... Bromine

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:02 am

Damn, I was expecting at least one person to say "Mercury" (80), so I could do some QI-style "obvious answer" whoops. Never mind.

Bromine (35) it is! His Eminence completes his hat trick and gets the next Q...

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:08 pm

I was a bit of a geek about Chemistry at school. Sadly, I didn't do it at uni. I did French instead. Look where that got me (actually, I suppose the rank of Cardinal is quite high, so I won't complain too much).

Very quick question. Why am I off work today?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:13 pm

anything to do with polonium?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:20 pm

Nope. I'm in the rudest of health. In fact, I'm about to embark on a pre-emptive Christmas shop, which will probably dampen both my ardour for Christmas and life in general.

A clue: everyone in my work is off. And it's not for excessive internet use either.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:23 pm

you work in the advent calendar factory?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:26 pm

Another cracking guess.

Another clue: Both our Irish and English offices are beavering away feverishly.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:39 pm

not burns night or hogmanay. erm

are there local elections or something?

training day?

too cold?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:41 pm

You're along the right lines with the first 2 guesses!

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:44 pm

hmm. civil service industrial action?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:47 pm

Crikey.

I thought this one was going to take seconds.

Today isn't actually a public holiday. Although the Scottish Parliament recently voted that it should be made a public holiday, although only at the expense of another bank holiday.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:47 pm

Scotland? Isn't it Saint Andrew's day?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:33 pm

Bravo Weyland. Over to you

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:04 pm

Okay, yesterday (Nov 30th) was St Andrew's day. But what other official occasion was it? There are quite a few, but I'm looking for one in particular (given the weather here recently

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Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:10 pm

i saw someone reading the evening substandard with an article about no smoking day so i'll go for that.