Adam and I had a few meetings in Sydney after the Linux conference in Canberra. It wasn't all parting :)

One of the guys we were meeting was running late, so we had to reschedule the meeting for the airport lounge just before we flew out. We got there earlier than normal because of this, and grabbed a drink.

Adam spied Kerry Packer over in the corner reading a newpaper and having a coffee. We figured he was waiting for a connecting flight out of Sydney, and thought we could capitalize on him being there. I went over and introduced myself, explaining him how we were meeting a client and how we we're a couple of youg guys running a developing business. I asked him if he'd come and pretend to know us when he saw our client arrive; talk about give us serious credability... I guess he understood our situation and thought if he could help out he would, because when I gave him a nod he start to come over!

So we're showing the client some code we've been working on, and Adam's pointing out a new feature he'd developed earlier in the week. Kerry strolled up to the table and held out his hand to shake mine saying "Hi there Matt. It's been a while, how's things?"

Then I said "Fuck off Kerry. Can't you see we're working here?"

Credit goes to Mark for telling me this joke the other day. Apologies to those that heard me tell it at their engagement party on Saturday. I think it's a classic.