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QI - Where did that tin go?
Geggs Started conversation Mar 9, 2011
This is my first stab at being a question master, and I'm about to go out for a few hours, but I want to get this going first:
It is widely understood that you know when you've been tangoed, but how would you know if you had become a victim of tingo?
No google, or wiki, and there are a few 
Geggs
QI - Where did that tin go?
Taff Agent of kaos Posted Mar 9, 2011
you would have a yorkshire accent and while camping in the australian outback a native verity of wild dog would steal your baby!!!!
QI - Where did that tin go?
Geggs Posted Mar 9, 2011
No dingos are involved, as far as I know. And no klaxon either!
Geggs
QI - Where did that tin go?
Taff Agent of kaos Posted Mar 9, 2011
is tingo some sort of ailment?? bacterial or viral infection???
QI - Where did that tin go?
Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune Posted Mar 10, 2011
Is it (klaxon creep...) anything at all to do with Tin as a metal?
QI - Where did that tin go?
Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune Posted Mar 10, 2011
or an ore...
QI - Where did that tin go?
Reddy Freddy Posted Mar 10, 2011
I have a book called The Meaning Of Tingo...so I assume that it is, in fact, the meaning of "Tingo".
But I'll let everyone else have a (tin)go at it.
RF
QI - Where did that tin go?
Geggs Posted Mar 10, 2011
Robyn, metal is a I'm afraid.
RF, I've got that book too. And yes, it does contain, well, what it says on the tin(go).
Geggs
QI - Where did that tin go?
bobstafford Posted Mar 10, 2011
Its an old and dusty thought so I guess I will get a for this as it is ........ I wont risk 2 s
But I thought it was a lexacon of some sort 
QI - Where did that tin go?
Geggs Posted Mar 10, 2011
No, it's not a lexicon. And that's not a klaxon either!
Geggs
QI - Where did that tin go?
bobstafford Posted Mar 10, 2011
Is tingo its full title or name and indeed should it be Tingo?
QI - Where did that tin go?
hygienicdispenser Posted Mar 10, 2011
Is it a compulsion to make contin(go)uous puns on the words "tin" and "go"?
QI - Where did that tin go?
Geggs Posted Mar 10, 2011
Bob, tingo is not, in and of itself, a title, so no capitals required.
HD, there's no puns involved, though there may be an element of compulsion.
As for the puns, hey, that's just the way it (tin)goes
Geggs
QI - Where did that tin go?
shagbark Posted Mar 10, 2011
It seems like the word is vaguely familiar but I can't quite remember it.
Is Ice involved?
QI - Where did that tin go?
Geggs Posted Mar 10, 2011
Well, there's many things that could be involved, so I guess it's theoretically possible that ice could be as well, though it seems rather unlikely.
So I'll say no in order to prevent any confusion.
Geggs
QI - Where did that tin go?
shagbark Posted Mar 10, 2011
I'm thouroughly confused anyway. I think I will sit back and see how the QI progresses awhile before saying any more.
QI - Where did that tin go?
hygienicdispenser Posted Mar 10, 2011
Right, klaxon time. The question refers to a "victim" of tingo. So is it a confidence trick or practical joke of some sort?
QI - Where did that tin go?
Geggs Posted Mar 10, 2011
>>So is it a confidence trick or practical joke of some sort?
Umm. I'm not sure either way, really. It sounds like it could be, but I couldn't say that it definitely is. Either way it something that the 'victim' would know has happened after the event.
Geggs
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shagbark Posted Mar 10, 2011
perghaps you would know if something was not where you left it.
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- 1: Geggs (Mar 9, 2011)
- 2: Taff Agent of kaos (Mar 9, 2011)
- 3: Geggs (Mar 9, 2011)
- 4: Taff Agent of kaos (Mar 9, 2011)
- 5: Geggs (Mar 9, 2011)
- 6: Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune (Mar 10, 2011)
- 7: Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune (Mar 10, 2011)
- 8: Reddy Freddy (Mar 10, 2011)
- 9: Geggs (Mar 10, 2011)
- 10: bobstafford (Mar 10, 2011)
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- 13: hygienicdispenser (Mar 10, 2011)
- 14: Geggs (Mar 10, 2011)
- 15: shagbark (Mar 10, 2011)
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