What's in a name?
One of the more amusing snippets of local news that I heard recently concerns the East Antrim Astronomical Society (EAAS). Apparently they want to change the name to the Northern Ireland Astronomical Society (NIAS).
This is long overdue in my view as the club has not been the same since 5 of the 6 Committee members jumped ship over a six-month period between Nov 2006 and May 2007, so the continued use of the name of the excellent society that John McConnell FRAS chaired for eight years is a bit like Ringo Starr hiring three session musicians and going on tour as "The Beatles".
Or maybe it's for the same reason that "Windscale" became "Sellafield" years ago, prompting one wag to suggest that perhaps they should change the term "lethal radiation" to "magic moonbeams" while they're at it!
What's in a name indeed? Nobody's being fooled. Or are they?
This is long overdue in my view as the club has not been the same since 5 of the 6 Committee members jumped ship over a six-month period between Nov 2006 and May 2007, so the continued use of the name of the excellent society that John McConnell FRAS chaired for eight years is a bit like Ringo Starr hiring three session musicians and going on tour as "The Beatles".
Or maybe it's for the same reason that "Windscale" became "Sellafield" years ago, prompting one wag to suggest that perhaps they should change the term "lethal radiation" to "magic moonbeams" while they're at it!
What's in a name indeed? Nobody's being fooled. Or are they?
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