by andy_g » Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:42 am
i love a good boffin - and where would the world be without them? still stuck in the stone age in all probability. so lets take the chance to celebrate some of these vast minds and decide who was first in the queue when god handed out brains. lets have a look at the main contenders...
einstein - a true boffin, complete and utter genius. capable of pulling astonishingly silly faces. he changed the way we think about reality though maybe didn't make enough of his media opportunities
professor heinz wolf - who of my generation can forget 'the great egg race'? one of the best thngs ever on tv, science and boffinacity combined with monty pythonesque ridiculousness. and presiding over it all the teutonic uberboffin heinz wolf. there was nothing this guy didn't know about the safe transportation of eggs. is he still alive?
magnus pike - often imitated but never bettered. half boffin, half windmill - pure legend.
wilf lunn - the boffin from vision on with the great moustache. made some excellent devices but always seemed to have a problem with some enormous purple furry worm.
carol vorderman - totty boffin. expert in words, numbers and the lowering of cholestorol. the goddess of winter afternoons. but did she ever ponk richard whiteley?
adam hart davies - a hugely underestimated boffin. shows remarkable panache and gets stuck in. brave use of cycling shorts on a regular basis. for some reason reminds me of my grandad. my personal choice.
Get up! everybody's gonna move their feet
Get Down! everybody's gonna leave their seat