The Spot The Emeritus Professor Competition

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I'm sure that many of you will be very familiar with the long-running “Spot The Emeritus Professor” competition in that admirable magazine "The Church Pulverbatch Academic and String Winders Gazette". I recently had a near miss with my entry pointing out Percy Woofits, Emeritus Professor of Applied Numismatic and Thumb Pianos at  Middleton Baggot University. 

Spot The Emeritus Professor

I ventured to show my entry to Professor Peregrine, who laughed so hard at my schoolboy error that he missed an entire over of questionable leg spin in the match we were watching. 

“My dear chap, that figure is clearly Archibald Pooley-Wavering, Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Numismatics and Ocarinas at Lower Netchwood College.” 

Of course, he was right and the prize of a month's supply of Osborne biscuits was awarded elsewhere.


Location: Church Pulverbatch

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