--- title: "In search of Bingo" url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/6/2/in-search-of-bingo.md" canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/6/2/in-search-of-bingo.html" published: "2004-06-02T03:54:00" updated: "2004-06-02T03:54:00" tags: ["Off Topic"] author: "Roy Osherove" description: "I was just taking a look at the sneak peek video that Carl And Rory have released on to the the world from Tech-Ed. The first thing I noticed is that the video quality is very good. The second thing is that Rory is…" usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)." license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" --- # In search of Bingo By Roy Osherove June 2, 2004 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic) **Historical article** · Originally published June 2, 2004; technical details may be outdated. I was just taking a look at the [sneak peek video](http://perseus.franklins.net/[email removed]) that [Carl And Rory](http://www.franklins.net/dotnetrocks) have released on to the the world from Tech-Ed. The first thing I noticed is that the video quality is very good. The second thing is that Rory is funny on video as well. The third thing is that the “full” video is probably going to be very interesting. Hey you guys should do a montage of the cool stuff on the video (like a trailer). Anyway - the movie is nice, but it runs much deeper than a couple of guys talking about Steve ballmer and making faces for the camera. It does, haven't you noticed? Sure it can be called “Carl And Rory's day out on the town” but if you **really** dig deep into the movie and look for the **real** plot, you'd see that it can also be called “_In search of Bingo_”. Notice at the end of the movie there's a girl named Tanya that Carl signs her RD bingo card? look closely from the beginning of the movie through out. Look behind Rory's back as he speaks. Try to hear the voices: **In Search of Bingo** **Act 1 - proper introductions:** _Tanya speaks to some RD and is asking him to sign her bingo card. She then asks him if he knows where she can find the other RDs on the card.He points to two directions, to the left of Rory and to Carl as he's talking to the camera._ Tanya_: “.... Sign this...”_ RD_: Sure......_ Tanya_: ...Where can I find....Alright_ RD_: \[Points o Carl\] He's on the card \[points to other person\] He's on the card_ Tanya_: \[looks at Carl suspiciously\] Him? \[looks at card again\]_ RD_: Yep.... \[points at her card\]_ Tanya_: Oh!.... oh! it's the same row!..._ _\[Carl and Rory keep talking, while the RD explains to Tanya how Bingo works\]_ Tanya_: Alright, thanks!_ _\[continues on to the next RD to the left of Rory and gets an autograph while Carl and Rory talk some more\]_ **Act 2 - the reckoning** _\[As Rory does his second Ballmer impersonation, Tanya looks shyly at the camera\]_ Tanya turns to Carl_: Can you..._ Carl_: Oh sure! \[signs\]_ and the rest is history. ## More in Off Topic [All posts in Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic) - Jun 4, 2004 ### [Bad interviews are your best friend](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/6/4/bad-interviews-are-your-best-friend.html) - Jun 2, 2004 ### [Worst UI ever?](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/6/2/worst-ui-ever.html) - Jun 2, 2004 ### [I've been contacted...](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/6/2/ive-been-contacted.html) - May 29, 2004 ### [Typical Norway Scenario](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/5/29/typical-norway-scenario.html) --- ## About the author **Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery. ### Sites - [RobotPaper](https://robotpaper.ai/): This blog: AI patterns and anti-patterns, AI and coding agents, and engineering leadership. - [osherove.com](https://osherove.com): Roy's personal site. Author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership; consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery, plus about 20 years of blog posts. - [The Art of Unit Testing](https://www.artofunittesting.com): The Art of Unit Testing, 3rd Edition (Manning): readable, maintainable, trustworthy unit tests, plus TDD workshops in C#, JavaScript, Java and Kotlin. - [5whys.com](https://www.5whys.com): Roy's writing on software team leadership: self-organizing teams, surviving chaos, learning mode and the Elastic Leadership model. - [Pipeline Driven](https://pipelinedriven.org): Continuous delivery and DevOps practices: build patterns, pipeline-friendly testing, DevOps metrics and enterprise DevOps. - [Elastic Leadership](https://www.elasticleadership.com): Elastic Leadership, Roy's framework for software team leaders (survival, learning and self-organizing modes). ### Social - X: https://x.com/royosherove - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/osherove/ ### Contact - Contact form: https://forms.gle/jQSx5KoXvrVA1JCK7 ### License Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page). 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