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| − | [[George Flynn]] had a widely-respected reputation in [[fandom]] for taking a careful analytical look at things most [[smofs]] just guessed at: convention growth, convention demographics, budgets, sizes of fandoms, voting patters, etc. | + | #REDIRECT [[George Flynn#George Flynn and 1.37]] [[Category:redirect]] |
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| − | A a [[Worldcon]] the [[convention newsletter]] was edited by an [[LA]] fan (this was probably [[Chicon IV]] in 1982 where [[Mike Glyer]] was editor) and each issue, the newsletter found an opportunity to tease George by adding a comment to the effect that "George Flynn said the drink served was 1.37 time larger than any previous [[Nuclear Fizz]]." Each time, the statistic was always 1.37.
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| − | This jest was repeated during the [[Connie Bailout]] when the [[SCIFI]] donation consisted of 100 checks for $13.70 plus a single check for the remaining balance.
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