Biographies of The Internet Oracle Priesthood
Tenure: February 1998-Present
Ross Clement was born in New Zealand, and took 23 years to figure out
that there were other countries in the world. Deciding that he needed some
'adventure', he left New Zealand for Japan. Having extensively prepared
for this by watching Shogun on television, he immediately was able to
fit right into the culture and only needed half an hour to explain to a
supermarket worker that he wanted to buy some plastic bags (try explaining
*that* with sign language). Four years later, he returned to New Zealand,
having spoken rapidly decreasing amounts of English in the meantime, and
gained an accent which proved impossible for New Zealanders to identify
(the visual cues may have been part of it).
Ross now lives in England, and considers himself 'international',
a claim not supported by his recent trip to France where he expected
that Parisians people would be happy to speak English with him.
Unique among the priesthood, Ross offers the opportunity for
disgruntled supplicants or incarnations to beat him up, but attending the
same Karate class as him, from 7:30pm, Mondays and Thursdays, University
of Westminster Gym, Regent Street, London.
Ross is a Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Westminster.
Ross enjoys veggie food, and singing along very loudly but not
tunefully at concerts of expatriate New Zealand bands in London.
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