How to describe TAM to "squares"

[arthwollipot]

Just make it there and apart from that DON'T ◊◊◊◊◊ WORRY!

Okay, right. Don't worry. I get that now.

And bring Minties. You can barter quite a bit with those.

Good tip. I'll have to remember that. Do I have to declare them at the airport?

 

[articulett]

Nigel (Zytheran) brought Timtams.

I might be in love.

 

[arthwollipot]

Heh heh. Tim Tams are completely awesome. Especially the dark chocolate ones. Did he sucker you into trying the Tim Tam Suck?

 

[articulett]

Heh heh. Tim Tams are completely awesome. Especially the dark chocolate ones. Did he sucker you into trying the Tim Tam Suck?

No, that bastage! Clearly he was holding out.

You'll have to try that next year.

 

[arthwollipot]

No, that bastage! Clearly he was holding out.

You'll have to try that next year.

I'll foreshadow it for you. You bite off opposite corners of a Tim Tam and suck coffee through it like a straw. It's awesome.

 

[LadyMitris]

I just tell people its a convention of scientists, authors and "stuff" and no one asks any further questions. They just stare at me like "That sounds boring."

 

[xenxabar]

If my audience is someone who was born before 1970, I'll start by asking them if they remember Randi from his Carson appearances in the 1980s or Uri Gellar if they don't remember Randi. This has actually worked twice for me right have TAM VI. Once with the lady sitting next to me on the plane and then a few days later with my dentist. Otherwise I go with the science and education conference and definitely mention Penn & Teller and Myth Busters, definitely Myth Busters.

I've stopped showing people my membership card with the mission statement. It's too lawyer speaky for most and usually is interpreted as the opposite of what it really means.