Monday, January 1, 2007

The Harvey-Smith Family


During Debate Day 1 one delegate was heard to comment on "how close" Neil and Jess were, and "how well they get along". They followed that up by asking "how much older is Neil?" I wasn't sure but the next comment was more troubling: "They're like you and Julia"

Now Julia is my younger sister - she has debated for her school a few times, and won one of the Irish School's Mace competitions. Obviously, I get a lot of stick from everyone on the Irish circuit - "how do you feel about your sister being taller than you?"; "how do you feel about your sister being a better debater than you?"; etc - but I've never been accused of marrying her!

I've heard about people who have been together a long time, starting to look alike (see above - maybe this is what the Harvey-Smith's will look like in a few years) but I just don't see the resemblance between Neil and Jess.

Of course it also begs the question: what sort of relationship does that delegate have with their sisters?

2 comments:

Érik le Rouge said...

Wow, you must be really bored. Go to Whistler or something. Or better yet, give us some of the drama from round 9. How did Yale A get knocked out?

Unknown said...

Read somewhere that Yale A just got one point for rounds 7 and 8.

They met Helsinki A in round 9, where they were both at 15.

It's easy to figure out the rest.