• Sirobin (unregistered)

    frist (do not use)

  • (cs)

    Those are really very little pixies that move golf balls away from the fairway and into the rough or a bunker. They wear all that football gear because frustrated golfers tend to take it out on them and being hit around the place by a giant with a huge club isn't fun without protective armor.

  • Warren (unregistered)

    Looking from the UK, those aren't football players, they're rugby players that aren't tough enough to play without armour.

    </asking for trouble>

  • (cs)

    About the non-use of Belgium. Maybe they read VisitBritain’s Advice On How To Avoid Offending Foreigners:

    http://www.ibtimes.com/visitbritains-advice-how-avoid-offending-foreigners-backfires-1528986

    "Belgians: Don’t try to talk to these visitors about their country’s politics or language divisions."

  • eric76 (unregistered)

    What's the WTF with the weather report? Am I missing something?

  • (cs) in reply to eric76
    eric76:
    What's the WTF with the weather report? Am I missing something?
    Check today's temperature in the extended forecast.
  • RFoxmich (unregistered) in reply to eric76
    eric76:
    What's the WTF with the weather report? Am I missing something?

    Go down and look at the days. The first day has Sally <some-temp in the 20's>

    Of course TRWTF is Fahrenheit.

  • Kristof Provost (unregistered) in reply to ochrist

    Not talking to Belgians about politics is a really good idea. Either they're offended (for one or more of a multitude of reasons) or they'll try to explain it to you. The second is by far the most scary possibility.

    Talk about beer instead.

  • faoileag (unregistered)

    It's not only Belgians Costco seems to be unhappy about becoming members - the same warning also appears next to Poland and Portugal.

    But of course TRWTF are country list dropdowns that are not in alphabetical order.

  • Greg (unregistered) in reply to Kristof Provost
    Kristof Provost:
    Not talking to Belgians about politics is a really good idea. Either they're offended (for one or more of a multitude of reasons) or they'll try to explain it to you. The second is by far the most scary possibility.

    Talk about beer instead.

    +1. (Btw I was born, raised and currently live and work in Belgium).

  • (cs) in reply to Greg
    +1. (Btw I was born, raised and currently live and work in Belgium).
    In short, you're Belgian.
  • Kristof Provost (unregistered) in reply to jimshatt
    In short, you're Belgian.
    That's offensive! Apologize at once.
  • faoileag (unregistered) in reply to ochrist
    ochrist:
    VisitBritain’s Advice On How To Avoid Offending Foreigners:

    http://www.ibtimes.com/visitbritains-advice-how-avoid-offending-foreigners-backfires-1528986

    I love the "Germans/Austrians: Do deal promptly with any complaint from these tourists" in that list - mentioning it specifically means to me that complaints from visitors from other countries can be safely ignored.

    So all the Belgians, Poles and Portuguese feeling tempted to complain about Costco's dropdown list should perhaps reconsider.

  • faoileag (unregistered) in reply to jimshatt
    jimshatt:
    +1. (Btw I was born, raised and currently live and work in Belgium).
    In short, you're Belgian.
    Don't you think you are jumping to conclusions here?
  • faoileag (unregistered) in reply to dkf
    dkf:
    Those are really very little pixies that move golf balls away from the fairway and into the rough or a bunker. They wear all that football gear because frustrated golfers tend to take it out on them and being hit around the place by a giant with a huge club isn't fun without protective armor.
    Their fault for letting themselves getting spotted by the Big Ones.
  • (cs) in reply to faoileag
    faoileag:
    jimshatt:
    +1. (Btw I was born, raised and currently live and work in Belgium).
    In short, you're Belgian.
    Don't you think you are jumping to conclusions here?
    If his parents work in the EU or the diplomatic service, he could be from any country. Or he could be Flemish or Walloon. In that case, his parents don't have to work in the diplomatic service.
  • eric76 (unregistered) in reply to mikeTheLiar
    mikeTheLiar:
    eric76:
    What's the WTF with the weather report? Am I missing something?
    Check today's temperature in the extended forecast.

    Ahhh. I don't know how I missed that. Thanks.

  • Berze (from Brussels) (unregistered) in reply to TGV

    Are.. Are you inconspicuously trying to talk about Belgian politics ?

  • Rat (unregistered)

    Belgium! Someone at Costco read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and made a joke that slipped into production?

  • Torgo (unregistered)

    The Belgian non-option evokes Monty Python's "Prejudice" show skit

    Well now, the result of last week's competition when we asked you to find a derogatory term for the Belgians. Well, the response was enormous and we took quite a long time sorting out the winners. There were some very clever entries. Mrs Hatred of Leicester Said 'let's not call them anything, let's just ignore them' ... (applause starts vigorously, but he holds his hands up for silence) ... and a Mr St John of Huntingdon said he couldn't think of anything more derogatory than Belgians. (cheers and applause; a girl in showgirl costume comes on and holds up placards through next bit) But in the end we settled on three choices: number three ... the Sprouts (placard 'The Sprouts'), sent in by Mrs Vicious of Hastings... very nice ; number two..... the Phlegms (placard) ... from Mrs Childmolester of Worthing; but the winner was undoubtedly from Mrs No-Supper-For-You from Norwood in Lancashire... Miserable Fat Belgian Bastards. (placard; roar of applause) Very good - thank you, Carol. (Carol exits)
  • Aeyor (unregistered)

    A few days ago a newspaper published a satirical article on the 10 most useless inventions. Belgium was mentioned as one of them.

  • (cs)

    There's already three different explanations for the "BELGIUM (DO NOT USE)" one and I have no idea which one is correct. I think it's time to call in an expert.

  • (cs) in reply to Aeyor
    Aeyor:
    A few days ago a newspaper published a satirical article on the 10 most useless inventions. Belgium was mentioned as one of them.
    That makes four.
  • J. Random PMP (unregistered) in reply to Warren
    Warren:
    Looking from the UK, those aren't football players, they're rugby players that aren't tough enough to play without armour.

    </asking for trouble>

    <golf clap>

    Well played, sir.

  • (cs)

    The today-only price is not only a bad figure for three months plus three free at 9.99 a month, but it's also poor value for six months at 9.99 a month (should be 59.94).

    Of course, what it probably means (and we aren't shown anywhere) is that the normal price is 19.99 a month, in which case we are getting it for half-price.

    So I guess that makes TRWTF either the submitter or the editors...

  • QJo (unregistered) in reply to Kristof Provost
    Kristof Provost:
    Not talking to Belgians about politics is a really good idea. Either they're offended (for one or more of a multitude of reasons) or they'll try to explain it to you. The second is by far the most scary possibility.

    Talk about beer instead.

    Or chips. Belgium is famous for its love of chips. (Sorry, that's "french fries" to you cross-ponders, or are you still having to call them "freedom fries"?)

    Captcha: Laoreet, I'll stop poking fun at the Geordie accent, laoreet?

  • Scorpion (unregistered) in reply to faoileag
    faoileag:
    It's not only Belgians Costco seems to be unhappy about becoming members - the same warning also appears next to Poland and Portugal.
    Sigh. There are duplicates of Belgium, Poland, and Portugal. One of each is marked (do not use). How very droll.
  • Phil (unregistered) in reply to QJo
    QJo:
    (Sorry, that's "french fries" to you cross-ponders, or are you still having to call them "freedom fries"?)
    We sold our freedom to pay the troops, so they're just called "fries" now.
  • qazwsx (unregistered)

    They're just trying to stop people from using the rudest word in the Universe.

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to Kristof Provost
    Kristof Provost:
    Not talking to Belgians about politics is a really good idea. Either they're offended (for one or more of a multitude of reasons) or they'll try to explain it to you. The second is by far the most scary possibility.

    Talk about beer instead.

    Just don't tell them you like Swiss Chocolate

  • (cs)

    I always wonder why there's so many PHP sites running under IIS.

  • Andrew (unregistered) in reply to QJo
    QJo:
    Kristof Provost:
    Talk about beer instead.

    Or chips. Belgium is famous for its love of chips. (Sorry, that's "french fries" to you cross-ponders, or are you still having to call them "freedom fries"?)

    Another species of greasy potato stole our "chips" label before yours did.

  • Herr Otto Flick (unregistered) in reply to jimshatt
    jimshatt:
    +1. (Btw I was born, raised and currently live and work in Belgium).
    In short, you're Belgian.

    How do you know how big he is?

    I am of the opinion that there is no such place as Belgium - it is the bits of the Netherlands that they aren't allowed to have combined with the bit of France no-one wants. The two halves have no shared language, political parties, pastimes or geography. It's a bogus country invented to stand between France and Germany.

    As such, I'm happy with someone who is born, raised and lives in Belgium to consider themselves French, Dutch, Walloon or Flemish.

  • (cs) in reply to Phil
    Phil:
    QJo:
    (Sorry, that's "french fries" to you cross-ponders, or are you still having to call them "freedom fries"?)
    We sold our freedom to pay the unions and megacorporations, so they're just called "fries" now.
    FTFY
  • blb (unregistered)

    Do Funky Androids dream in exponential notation? Is sally Much Cooler than yesterday?

  • (cs) in reply to miquelfire
    miquelfire:
    I always wonder why there's so many PHP sites running under IIS.
    The faint hope of someday being allowed to have your web based system live on another OS?

    At least in some small offices, "THE SERVER" is windows based and thou shalt host custom web based apps on "THE SERVER". Puny little app dev hopes to someday get a dedicated server for their app (maybe one that doesn't have 3 GB of ram taken up by Exchange and the accounting app's database). And so they code in PHP and pray for the day when their baggage carousel notifier, their system status page, or their order processing info page is allowed to move to its own home, on its own server, and be free.

  • ¯\(°_o)/¯ I DUNNO LOL (unregistered) in reply to Herr Otto Flick
    Herr Otto Flick:
    It's a bogus country invented to stand between France and Germany.
    Didn't they fail at that twice in the 20th century?
  • Valued Service (unregistered) in reply to ochrist
    ochrist:
    About the non-use of Belgium. Maybe they read VisitBritain’s Advice On How To Avoid Offending Foreigners:

    http://www.ibtimes.com/visitbritains-advice-how-avoid-offending-foreigners-backfires-1528986

    "Belgians: Don’t try to talk to these visitors about their country’s politics or language divisions."

    Omg, I just can't stand the PC crap these days.

    Yes, with orientals, it's best not to say a plain No.

    Typically, don't talk politics with a country you're not familiar with.

    A few of them are ridiculous, but this is getting ridiculous.

    Don't make the ok sign in South America. In several countries there, it's considered a bad hand signal equivalent to flipping people off.

    How are these statements offensive?

    I can just hear the conversation:

    "Don't call a southerner white trash." "I'm offended, that's a stereotype, not all of us are offended by being called white trash."

  • (cs)

    Here is Xcode's main event loop. This should explain everything.

    while (true)
{
    malloc(256);
    sleep(randomInt(10, 20));
    if (clang->IsBusy() && randomInt(0, 4) == 4)
    {
        clang->Abort();
        clang->SetErrorCode("0x00" + randomInt(100000, 999999);
    }

    // Handle mouse/keyboard events to trick user into
    // believing Xcode is a real IDE and does stuff.
    handleUserInputEvent();

    if (randomInt(0, 200) == 200)
    {
        Foo* bar = randomInt(0, 2147483647);
        bar->frob();
    }
    if (randomInt(0, 1000) == 1000 && dayOfWeek() == "Wednesday")
    {
        kernel->Panic();
    }
}
  • Dave (unregistered) in reply to Herr Otto Flick
    Herr Otto Flick:
    As such, I'm happy with someone who is born, raised and lives in Belgium to consider themselves French, Dutch, Walloon or Flemish.
    Very nice of you, I'm sure. But what about the people who actually call themselves Belgien, who live in or near Eupen and speak German (Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft Belgiens)? They live in Belgium too!
  • emaN Your (unregistered) in reply to dkf
    dkf:
    Those are really very little pixies that move golf balls away from the fairway and into the rough or a bunker. They wear all that football gear because frustrated golfers tend to take it out on them and being hit around the place by a giant with a huge club isn't fun without protective armor.
    Are you saying the being hit around the place by a giant with a huge club IS fun with protective armor? I'll have to give it a try!
  • norwalker (unregistered) in reply to J. Random PMP
    J. Random PMP:
    Warren:
    Looking from the UK, those aren't football players, they're rugby players that aren't tough enough to play without armour.

    </asking for trouble>

    <golf clap>

    Well played, sir.

    <TOUCHDOWN>

  • (cs) in reply to Steve The Cynic
    Steve The Cynic:
    The today-only price is not only a bad figure for three months plus three free at 9.99 a month, but it's also poor value for six months at 9.99 a month (should be 59.94).

    Of course, what it probably means (and we aren't shown anywhere) is that the normal price is 19.99 a month, in which case we are getting it for half-price.

    So I guess that makes TRWTF either the submitter or the editors...

    Indeed. It's a minor WTF, in that it's not clear why it's a deal.

  • (cs)

    also, hand egg > futbol

  • faoileag (unregistered) in reply to Scorpion
    Scorpion:
    faoileag:
    It's not only Belgians Costco seems to be unhappy about becoming members - the same warning also appears next to Poland and Portugal.
    Sigh. There are duplicates of Belgium, Poland, and Portugal. One of each is marked (do not use). How very droll.
    As I might have said before: TRWTF is country name dropdowns that are not ordered alphabetically ;-)

    But good of you to mention it, you might actually be the first to have noticed it.

  • (cs) in reply to jimshatt
    jimshatt:
    +1. (Btw I was born, raised and currently live and work in Belgium).
    In short, you're Belgian.
    Please attempt some sensitivity: I had a son who was belgian, and let me assure you: it was Bob!
  • (cs) in reply to no laughing matter
    no laughing matter:
    jimshatt:
    +1. (Btw I was born, raised and currently live and work in Belgium).
    In short, you're Belgian.
    Please attempt some sensitivity: I had a son who was belgian, and let me assure you: it was Bob!

    I thought that Bob's your uncle.

  • faoileag (unregistered) in reply to Herr Otto Flick
    Herr Otto Flick:
    It's a bogus country invented to stand between France and Germany.
    Your knowledge of geography is quite appalling. The common frontier between Germany and France is longer than the one between Germany and Belgium.

    Myself, I prefer the definition given by Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson: "Belgium, ... a country invented so that Britain and Germany would have somewhere to sort out their differences!" (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Top_Gear).

  • Frosty (unregistered)

    Apparently, Sally is something of an ice queen.

  • (cs) in reply to blb
    blb:
    Do Funky Androids dream in exponential notation? Is sally Much Cooler than yesterday?
    Why don't you just visit her?

    Now there is a Subway to Sally!

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