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Geek Culture / BBC mixes up a job candidate and a tech expert, ends up interviewing him live

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David T
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Posted: 16th May 2006 01:06
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4774429.stm

Classic moment. Watch the interview and see the poor Guy's face (literally) when he's informed he's the editor of a leading internet computer site.

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Posted: 16th May 2006 01:13 Edited at: 16th May 2006 01:19
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Saw this in the paper (not watched vid yet, blame dial-up). At least he tried to go with the flow.

EDIT:: Just watched it, literally laughed out loud.

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Posted: 16th May 2006 01:19
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HA HA HA!!! LOL LMFAO!!! That was great!!!

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Posted: 16th May 2006 01:21 Edited at: 16th May 2006 01:21
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I think he put up a pretty brave attempt seeing as he was unexpectedly put on live television. I think the producer must've been blind though, or at least very short sighted:

Quote: "After being pointed in Mr Goma's direction by a receptionist, the producer - who had seen a photo of the real expert - checked: "Are you Guy Kewney?""



Guy Koma

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Posted: 16th May 2006 01:22
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Are......Ar.....ARE THEY TWINS???

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Posted: 16th May 2006 01:26
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LOL heard about this on the news - love his facial expression when she tells him who he 'is' - and check out how heavily he's breathing when he's ansering the questions...heart must have been pounding. Dunno what I would have done in such a situation...

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Posted: 16th May 2006 01:27 Edited at: 16th May 2006 01:28
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I don't get it, they look like twins. I would have made the same mistake too.

EDIT: Of course Pincho had to go there first

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Posted: 16th May 2006 01:28 Edited at: 16th May 2006 01:31
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Quote: "15th May 2006 11:27 GMT... I don't get it, they look like twins. I would have made the same mistake too."


Edit: It took you 5 minutes to write that!!!

I'd have answered her like he did. Only I would have made it seem like I was the right person, and made up some technical jargon that made no sense.

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Posted: 16th May 2006 01:31
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I can't find that funny. That makes me cringe. Painful painful painful television.

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Posted: 16th May 2006 01:31
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Well I had to watch the video before I commented, right?

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Posted: 16th May 2006 01:33 Edited at: 16th May 2006 01:34
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Quote: "Well I had to watch the video before I commented, right?"


Oh so my post was already there then. You should read some posts before replying... slap on the hand.

Edit: Oh on the other hand you may not have refreshed the page.

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Posted: 16th May 2006 01:34
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Fantastic. An old boss of mine once did the same thing. He went to reception to collect a guy who had come to check out the IBM mainframe, and picked up a guy who had come for an interview as a goods-in assistant. It was a good 10 minutes before the guy spoke up.



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I'm more amazed every day how the papers manage to get the story wrong.

In the one I read it said he was a taxi driver for Mr. Kewney and when the producer shouted "Kewney" (or whatever) he just stuck his hand up because that's who he was waiting for. He was whisked off and plopped into the chair befire he could argue. I'll take that with a pinch of salt thankyou very much.

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Posted: 16th May 2006 01:56
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I actually read PCW every month which has Guy Kewney as a columnist - sound Guy.

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Poor chap


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Posted: 16th May 2006 02:15
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why couldn't he have just said "Hey, you've got the wrong GUY"




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Posted: 16th May 2006 02:16 Edited at: 16th May 2006 02:20
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Quote: "I read it said he was a taxi driver for Mr. Kewney...I'll take that with a pinch of salt thankyou very much "


This page, though, is the BBC reporting on themsleves, and they also correct the wrongly reported taxi driver story. I have to give them full marks for a full and frank confesion.

Quote: "why couldn't he have just said "Hey, you've got the wrong GUY""

The human mind is a scary thing. For someone lacking confidence, they are highly likely to go along with the scenario. As soon as he started to answer a question, he was in at the deep end and drowning.

It's like the tricks of Salesmen. They know that if you state that anything about a car is nice, you will unconciously defend that statement and the car is 90% sold. Don't ever say you like any feature of a car, including the colour, to a salesman. You have essentially snookered yourself and may never realise it.



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