←
→
eftychia: Me in kilt and poofy shirt, facing away, playing acoustic guitar behind head (Default)
Add MemoryShare This Entry

QotD

posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:25am on 2010-09-25

A letter from civil engineer and transportation pioneer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (b. 1806-04-09, d. 1859-09-15) to the owners of Swindon Railway Station, December 1842:

Dear Sir,

I assure you Mr Player [the manager] was wrong in supposing that I thought you purchased inferior coffee. I thought I said to him that I was surprised you should buy such bad roasted corn. I did not believe that you had such a thing as coffee in the place; I am certain that I never tasted any. I have long ceased to make complaints at Swindon. I avoid taking anything there when I can help it.

Yours faithfully,

I K Brunel.

[Found by way of author's note at end of the "Lovelace and Babbage vs the Organist, Pt 6" episode of the allegedly-not-a-comic-strip 2D Goggles]

←
→
There are 3 comments on this entry. (Reply.)
 

(no subject)

posted by [identity profile] selki.livejournal.com at 02:49pm on 2010-09-25
I love that ~webcomic!

I have a glass mug with IKB all awesome-looking, saying "Looks like you need an engineer." (from an older storyline)
[link] [reply]
 

Where can I get that image!!

posted by (anonymous) at 02:24pm on 2011-06-19
I was at a reunion at Reed College (Portland, OR) recently and I saw somebody walking around with a T-Shirt with an image on it which sounds very much like your glass mug. I thought I'd just be able to do a web search for the image and do something with it but have had no luck. Can you provide any leads? Or, better still, the image?
[link] [parent] [reply]
eftychia: Lego-ish figure in blue dress, with beard and breasts, holding sword and electric guitar (lego-blue)

Re: Where can I get that image!!

posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 03:33pm on 2011-06-19
Would this or this (from the "shop" link off the webcomic's navigation buttons) be what you want?

I'd fallen out of the habit of checking for updates in that comic. Your comment has reminded me I should go catch up.
[link] [parent] [reply]

Links

January

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
1
 2
1
 3
1
 4
1
 5
1
 6
1
 7
1
8
1
 9
1
 10
1
 11
1
 12
1
 13
1
 14
1
15
1
 16
1
 17
1
 18
1
 19
1
 20
1
 21
1
22
1
 23
1
 24
 
 25
 
 26
 
 27
 
 28
 
29
 
 30
 
 31