Picocon

If I'd attended every single Picocon since arriving at Imperial College as a fresher then yesterday would have been my 24th. I haven't - I know I've had to miss some - but I'd guess I've been to about 20 since my first, Picocon 5, back in 19861987 (oops). Some things have changed a lot in that time, such as the main student bar in Beit Quad (now on at least its fifth major redecoration since then). Others, such as the adjacent Union Bar, are almost unchanged. As are some of the weird Picocon traditions such as Destruction of Dodgy Merchandise (HULK MEET LIQUID NITROGEN!) and the Oxford-Cambridge Fish Fight. ("What's the point?" enquired darth_hamster? "What's the point of the Boat Race?" I asked in return.)

It was great fun and a real pleasure to see everyone (if I tried to list them all, I'd only miss someone.) Looking forward to nest year, and a quarter of a century of Picocons.

Paul

Very, very funny if you have any experience of fandom, and like most Pegg/Frost films you lose track of the in-jokes and references. Hardly highbrow, but it left darth_hamster and me in stitches.