A friend of mine emailed me this morning about his outing at the race track over the weekend:
Bet a hunch that paid nicely.. the reason I mention is that it has to do with radio.. the horse’s name: MarconiIn the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival finale, Marconi led at every point of call en route to a half-length victory in the Grade 2, $400,000 Brooklyn Invitational at Belmont Park.Breaking from the rail under jockey Jose Lezcano, Marconi led the field into the first turn of the 1 ½-mile journey over the fast main track with stablemate You’re To Blame tracking in second through an opening quarter-mile in 25.16 seconds. With the half-mile in 50.16 seconds, Marconi maintained his lead and kicked away from his stablemate with one mile of the race covered in 1:16.17. Rocketry, who made a wide move on the outside, but he was unable to catch Marconi who held on by a half-length in a time of 2:28.97.
My question to him was, “Shouldn’t that have been Marconi by a half wavelength?”
Rob w4zng says
*groan* So bad, it’s good.
I used the term “Kobayashi Maru” today at lunch with colleagues — and everybody at the table got it. I guess it’s Nerd Joke Appreciation Day.
Tim K6ACF says
I love puns and laughed out loud.