Squidely pop

Got an email from someone I meet at the Las Vegas conference. Instead of "Cheers", "Sincerely", etc. he signed off with: "squidely pop." After our "official" exchange, I asked him BTW, what's the meaning of "squidely pop?" (The only thing I had turned up on the internet were signatures from his posts on various forums.)

He sent me back a document on its history. And it was pretty cool. From 1980 to 1988, Radio 4 in Britain was the voice of the country. They had a comedy segment in the programme called "Radio Active" which had some stuff you'd expect from the home of Monte Python, like a nude radio show and a report from an alien living in England. One of the segments, along these same lines was a broadcast they picked up, aired by Alistair Cook. An Englishman living in the USA. His segment was called "Letters from America." Alistair had been running his own broadcast since 1946, and it went on until Feb. 2004. The world's longest running speech radio programme. He died in Mar. of 2004 at the age of 95. And he always signed off the air with the phrase "squidely pop."

So, you know some trivia that only .00001% of the population knows. That's the good news. The bad news is that you've likely overwritten something obscure but important in your memory banks with this entry ---but you won't remember it anyway. So I guess it's good news again.

Speaking of which, if you want to remember everything you ever learn, read this article. I've used this program off and on for years. It does work, but it annoys the crap out of me. It's been on my list to rewrite into something more friendly from the moment I got it.