• Dargason (unregistered)

    It is gratifying to see that unisex water fountains have finally made their way to Middle Tennessee...

  • DK (unregistered)

    The obsolete computer pic is a stretch of a WTF. If you read the fine print then it clearly says the terms under which you can trade it in for a new PC. Sure, it's a marketer stretching the truth in large font, but you can find that anywhere. Are we going to post Publisher's Clearing House mail next?

  • Zerbs (unregistered) in reply to tomester

    Hey, a Pentium III runs Windows 98 just as fine today as it did when it first came out. So what's obsolete about it?

  • Bears (unregistered) in reply to ve2dmn
    ve2dmn:
    That "Keep warning the children" sign is from somewhere in Quebec... (Where all the sign have to be in French by law and thus must be the only place in the world where the stop sign doesn't say "Stop".)

    You must be kidding. In Russia (biggest country in world) noone will put English words in signs ;)

  • (cs) in reply to Fast Eddie
    Fast Eddie:
    m0ffx:
    Fast Eddie:
    Actually, if the company was based in a Blue State, they probably WOULD want the US flag airbrushed out...

    I'm just trollin'

    Fixed

    Typical liberal... ...I don't agree so it must be a troll. ;-/

    Go back and play at DailyKOS and leave the grownups alone.

    Typical wingnut. Make a comment that serves no purpose but to piss someone off, then act surprised when someone calls you on it.

    Go back to slobbing Limbaugh and leave the grownups alone.

  • (cs) in reply to Zerbs
    Zerbs:
    Hey, a Pentium III runs Windows 98 just as fine today as it did when it first came out. So what's obsolete about it?
    Here's the software developer's manual to accompany it.
  • John Cowan (unregistered) in reply to ve2dmn
    ve2dmn:
    Living there we get much more English to French mistranslations... Things like: "Lamp Oil" translated to "Lamping Petrol"

    Yes, and I darkly suspect at least some of them are done on purpose to flip the bird to anglophones.

    But it must be said that anglophone Canada returns the favor, with interest. There is probably not a French-language sign anywhere in the West (apart from federally printed ones) that does not contain at least one insultingly stupid error in French orthography, syntax, or choice of words.

  • notme (unregistered) in reply to Fast Eddie
    Fast Eddie:
    Actually, if the company was based in a Blue State, they probably WOULD want the US flag airbrushed out...

    I'm just sayin'

    You know, just because someone has a different opinion about how the country should be run, doesn't mean they can't be patriots - especially not in a democracy.

    Besides, the joke would make more sense even if you replaced blue state with southern state. (You know... airbrush the US flag out, replace with a confederate one...)

  • monkeyPushButton (unregistered) in reply to Code Dependent
    Code Dependent:
    Zerbs:
    Hey, a Pentium III runs Windows 98 just as fine today as it did when it first came out. So what's obsolete about it?
    Here's the software developer's manual to accompany it.
    But if this is the only book you'll need on Visual Basic, why are there VB books in the "Customers who bought this book also bought..." section?
  • Anonymous Coward (unregistered) in reply to Bears
    Bears:
    You must be kidding. In Russia (biggest country in world) noone will put English words in signs ;)

    Except on the stop sign.

  • rmz (unregistered) in reply to Bears
    Bears:
    In Russia (biggest country in world) noone will put English words in signs ;)
    No, of course not, because in Soviet Russia, signs put English words on you.
  • Fast Eddie (unregistered) in reply to shadowman
    shadowman:
    Fast Eddie:
    m0ffx:
    Fast Eddie:
    Actually, if the company was based in a Blue State, they probably WOULD want the US flag airbrushed out...

    I'm just trollin'

    Fixed

    Typical liberal... ...I don't agree so it must be a troll. ;-/

    Go back and play at DailyKOS and leave the grownups alone.

    No it's trolling because it's a completely off-topic political flame. No matter what viewpoint it comes from.

    That is a lucid, intelligent, well thought-out objection. ... Overruled.

    I consider it on topic given the photo's quote.

  • justsomedude (unregistered) in reply to Fast Eddie

    It's an illustration of ignorance to argue over which side loves America more.

    Both sides love their country, they just have different opinions on what's best for it. Believing anything to the contrary is short sighted.

  • (cs) in reply to Bears
    Bears:
    ve2dmn:
    That "Keep warning the children" sign is from somewhere in Quebec... (Where all the sign have to be in French by law and thus must be the only place in the world where the stop sign doesn't say "Stop".)

    You must be kidding. In Russia (biggest country in world) noone will put English words in signs ;)

    I agree with you Bears. Can't speak for Russia, but Mexican stop signs say "Alto", aka "Stop" in Spanish (or "tall")

  • (cs)

    Clearly, what e-machines meant to say was:

    This computer will never become obsolete while you own it, because it is already obsolete before you purchase it.
  • (cs) in reply to GalacticCowboy
    GalacticCowboy:
    Clearly, what e-machines *meant* to say was:
    This computer will never become obsolete while you own it, because it is already obsolete before you purchase it.

    Actually, they just use an alternate meaning for "never" which is synonymous with "already".

  • junkpile (unregistered) in reply to sibtrag
    sibtrag:
    According to http://www.ibm.com/investor/pdf/ibm_ir_dividends_2008_v2.pdf, the 1Q09 dividend was $0.50 per share. Thus D.A. owned 0.04 shares of IBM stock which would be valued at around $4 right now.

    Taken out as cash, this would be about 2% return annually.

    Disclaimer: For investment advice, consult someone who knows what they're talking about. I am an IBM employee and may have a biased viewpoint.

    Hmmmm... An IBM employee with a biased viewpoint? Go figure...

  • (cs) in reply to Fast Eddie
    Fast Eddie:
    That is a lucid, intelligent, well thought-out objection. ... Overruled.

    LOL.

  • Zapp Brannigan (unregistered) in reply to notme
    notme:
    Fast Eddie:
    Actually, if the company was based in a Blue State, they probably WOULD want the US flag airbrushed out...

    I'm just sayin'

    You know, just because someone has a different opinion about how the country should be run, doesn't mean they can't be patriots - especially not in a democracy.

    Besides, the joke would make more sense even if you replaced blue state with southern state. (You know... airbrush the US flag out, replace with a confederate one...)

    If you live in the US you should know it's not a democracy, it's a constitutional republic. Prior to the civil war we didn't refer to ourselves as the United States, the union was referred to as "these states united." Some of us still believe in individual and states rights.

  • im not a hater (unregistered) in reply to moogal
    moogal:
    Since when was it a bad thing to be gay anyway?

    since humans came to rely on heterosexual reproduction in order to continue living (sorry if this point was already made)

  • (cs) in reply to Zapp Brannigan
    Zapp Brannigan:
    If you live in the US you should know it's not a democracy, it's a constitutional republic. Prior to the civil war we didn't refer to ourselves as the United States, the union was referred to as "these states united." Some of us still believe in individual and states rights.
    Really? Are you quite sure? 'Cos I once read this document, called "constitution", which starts out with "We the People of the United States," and then goes on blabbering about more perfect onions and stuff.

    Oh, and the fact that the US is a constitutional republic (I'll take it as fact for the sake of argument, but I have my doubts, given your track record), does not mean it is not a democracy. You see, my car is a four-door sedan, and it is a silver car! At the same time! It's incredible!

  • Jeremy Friesner (unregistered) in reply to Fast Eddie
    Fast Eddie:
    Actually, if the company was based in a Blue State, they probably WOULD want the US flag airbrushed out...

    I'm just sayin'

    Isn't it Texas that wants to secede from the union? Last I checked, Texas was a red state...

  • AndyL (unregistered) in reply to Fast Eddie
    Fast Eddie:
    Actually, if the company was based in a Blue State, they probably WOULD want the US flag airbrushed out...

    I'm just sayin'

    And if it was in a red state they'd probably just want to replace the cover with a giant picture of a flag, superimposed with an eagle in one corner, a yellow ribbon in the other corner, and the text "In God We Trust" in script letters across the middle. Ideally it should also play the "God Bless America" when opened.

    So really, this cover can't win regardless of the audience.

  • AndyL (unregistered) in reply to im not a hater
    im not a hater:
    since humans came to rely on heterosexual reproduction in order to continue living (sorry if this point was already made)
    If there weren't' already eight billion of us, I might concede that not reproducing is "bad". You can do that in a lab nowadays anyway. Even straight people!
    Jeremy Friesner:
    Isn't it Texas that wants to secede from the union? Last I checked, Texas was a red state...
    Yea, honestly if you drive down the street in a city like Fort Worth there are Texas flags all over, but you'll see more USA flags when you're driving down the street here in Connecticut.
  • ve2dmn (unregistered) in reply to Erzengel
    Erzengel:
    Bears:
    ve2dmn:
    That "Keep warning the children" sign is from somewhere in Quebec... (Where all the sign have to be in French by law and thus must be the only place in the world where the stop sign doesn't say "Stop".)

    You must be kidding. In Russia (biggest country in world) noone will put English words in signs ;)

    I agree with you Bears. Can't speak for Russia, but Mexican stop signs say "Alto", aka "Stop" in Spanish (or "tall")

    Wikipedia basically confirmed my ignorance and I'm happy to hear that. It's just weird that the Stop sign in France says "Stop" while those in Québec says "Arrêt"... But that is a political topic I don't want to get into...

    John Cowan:
    ve2dmn:
    Living there we get much more English to French mistranslations... Things like: "Lamp Oil" translated to "Lamping Petrol"

    Yes, and I darkly suspect at least some of them are done on purpose to flip the bird to anglophones.

    But it must be said that anglophone Canada returns the favor, with interest. There is probably not a French-language sign anywhere in the West (apart from federally printed ones) that does not contain at least one insultingly stupid error in French orthography, syntax, or choice of words.

    You misunderstood me: the bottle said "Pétrole Lampant" (the closest I could translate back was "Lamping Petrol")

  • AndyL (unregistered)

    The cover of that Australian board meeting notice isn't really a WTF.

    Reading it closely it says

    If you like this photo i will airbrush the US flag out.
    It's really a terrible photo. All I can see is fog.
  • Yo Yo Mama (unregistered) in reply to monkeyPushButton
    monkeyPushButton:
    Code Dependent:
    Zerbs:
    Hey, a Pentium III runs Windows 98 just as fine today as it did when it first came out. So what's obsolete about it?
    Here's the software developer's manual to accompany it.
    But if this is the only book you'll need on Visual Basic, why are there VB books in the "Customers who bought this book also bought..." section?
    I'm going to go with an old saw, here: "A fool and his money are soon parted." Of course, anyone who thought that book would be "the only book you'll need"...

    CAPTCHA: capio =

    1. abbr for cappuccino
    2. head covering worn in the hood
    3. "May I use your public restroom?" as spoken in the hood
  • Patrick (unregistered) in reply to ve2dmn

    Yes, it's from Ascot Corner in Quebec. They took it down this year.

  • (cs)

    Blue state / red state. Let's think about this. Red = we can imprison without charge, torture, deny legal counsel, deny trial, wiretap our own citizens without cause, without judicial approval, all in the name of "protecting our rights and freedoms".

    Blue = we have to live according to our ideals.

    Who wants to erase the flag, again?

  • Anon (unregistered)
    since humans came to rely on heterosexual reproduction in order to continue living (sorry if this point was already made)

    I'm sorry, you're telling me you only fuck when you want to have children?

    Man, that must be a tough life.

  • Zapp Brannigan (unregistered) in reply to Bappi
    Bappi:
    Zapp Brannigan:
    If you live in the US you should know it's not a democracy, it's a constitutional republic. Prior to the civil war we didn't refer to ourselves as the United States, the union was referred to as "these states united." Some of us still believe in individual and states rights.
    Really? Are you quite sure? 'Cos I once read this document, called "constitution", which starts out with "We the People of the United States," and then goes on blabbering about more perfect onions and stuff.

    Oh, and the fact that the US is a constitutional republic (I'll take it as fact for the sake of argument, but I have my doubts, given your track record), does not mean it is not a democracy. You see, my car is a four-door sedan, and it is a silver car! At the same time! It's incredible!

    Actually, I'm not so sure anymore. I don't know why the actor that played John Adams in the HBO special would lie to me, but he must have. The south & Linux forever!

  • (cs) in reply to moogal
    moogal:
    Since when was it a bad thing to be gay anyway?
    Early each day to the steps of TDWTF The little old troll woman comes. In her own special way to the people she calls, "Come, buy my bags full of crumbs. Come feed the little trolls, show them you care And you'll be glad if you do. All it takes is a comment from you. Feed the trolls, tuppence a bag, A comment, a comment, a comment a bag. "Feed the trolls," that's what she cries, While beneath the bridge, her trolls fill the sewers. All around the cathedral the saints and apostles Look down as she sells her wares. Although you can't see it, you know they are smiling Each time someone shows that he cares. Though her words are simple and few, Listen, listen, she's calling to you: "Feed the trolls, she's calling to you: "Feed the trolls, a comment a bag, A comment, a comment, a comment a bag.
    Who said pastiche was difficult?

    Incidentally, I hate Mary Poppins. It's way too gay for me.

  • CynicalTyler (unregistered) in reply to justsomedude
    justsomedude:
    Just because a component has i does not mean the quantity is imaginary, if that were true, Engineers would be in big trouble.
    Your love life contains an imaginary quantity! Zing!
  • justsomedude (unregistered) in reply to Bappi
    Bappi:
    Zapp Brannigan:
    If you live in the US you should know it's not a democracy, it's a constitutional republic. Prior to the civil war we didn't refer to ourselves as the United States, the union was referred to as "these states united." Some of us still believe in individual and states rights.
    Really? Are you quite sure? 'Cos I once read this document, called "constitution", which starts out with "We the People of the United States," and then goes on blabbering about more perfect onions and stuff.

    Oh, and the fact that the US is a constitutional republic (I'll take it as fact for the sake of argument, but I have my doubts, given your track record), does not mean it is not a democracy. You see, my car is a four-door sedan, and it is a silver car! At the same time! It's incredible!

    A pure democracy is majority rule. It's 50.1% get's to tell the other 49.9% what to do and how to do it. Pure democracies are mob rule, which is scary.

    Technically you are both wrong, the proper way to refer to the system of government in the US is "a democratically elected constitutional republic".

    The real battle isn't democracy vs. no democracy, that's just rhetoric distraction. Republic vs. Oligarchy is the real battle to focus on.

  • (cs) in reply to blindman
    blindman:
    Dennis C.:
    I have a female friend named Gay.

    As good name has been dragged through the mud by homosexuals.

    Also, isn't is shameful what the group Dire Straits did to besmirch the heterosexuals? Appalling.
    I have no idea what you're talking about, but at least you've given me the chance to foist my favourite joke on you. (I maintain a personal list of parrot jokes, some of which are quite good. I'm currently trying to copyright the "Rabbit in a Hardware Store" joke. And then there's always the Heisenberg joke, which is quite similar to the Euler joke. But here goes:)

    Latest news: Dire Straits have announced that they will merge with noted singer-songwriter Chris Rea, also from the North-East of England.

    The new band will be called Diarrh<bzzt...crackle...&^*&>

    SIGNAL LOST

  • Fast Eddie (unregistered) in reply to justsomedude
    justsomedude:
    Bappi:
    Zapp Brannigan:
    If you live in the US you should know it's not a democracy, it's a constitutional republic. Prior to the civil war we didn't refer to ourselves as the United States, the union was referred to as "these states united." Some of us still believe in individual and states rights.
    Really? Are you quite sure? 'Cos I once read this document, called "constitution", which starts out with "We the People of the United States," and then goes on blabbering about more perfect onions and stuff.

    Oh, and the fact that the US is a constitutional republic (I'll take it as fact for the sake of argument, but I have my doubts, given your track record), does not mean it is not a democracy. You see, my car is a four-door sedan, and it is a silver car! At the same time! It's incredible!

    A pure democracy is majority rule. It's 50.1% get's to tell the other 49.9% what to do and how to do it. Pure democracies are mob rule, which is scary.

    Technically you are both wrong, the proper way to refer to the system of government in the US is "a democratically elected constitutional republic".

    The real battle isn't democracy vs. no democracy, that's just rhetoric distraction. Republic vs. Oligarchy is the real battle to focus on.

    Actually we are living in a kakistocracy...
  • Right Wing-Nut (unregistered) in reply to AndyL

    Now I REALLY wanted to stay out of this, but...

    A few years back, I was block walking for the primary. I had a list of people who had voted in the Republican primary. I really didn't need it. They were the houses, and the ONLY houses that had American flags flying. The only exception was a Democrat who always voted in our primary to cause trouble. (In the business, we call this "mischief making". It is a well established practice for people who in the minority party for the elections that matter to them.) This was in Austin, which is a liberal city in the middle of a conservative state. I know there are a lot of patriotic D's in the more rural areas.

    Furthermore, it has been Ds, and only Ds, who have made statements on public television disparaging our flag (and country) by saying all the evil things that they say they see when they look at the flag.

    You lie with dogs, don't be surprised if folks assume you got fleas.

  • (cs) in reply to John Cowan
    John Cowan:
    ve2dmn:
    Living there we get much more English to French mistranslations... Things like: "Lamp Oil" translated to "Lamping Petrol"

    Yes, and I darkly suspect at least some of them are done on purpose to flip the bird to anglophones.

    But it must be said that anglophone Canada returns the favor, with interest. There is probably not a French-language sign anywhere in the West (apart from federally printed ones) that does not contain at least one insultingly stupid error in French orthography, syntax, or choice of words.

    Orthography? I love you, man! (Not, obviously, a la mode effeminee.)

    No, seriously, orthographical insurgency. What a great concept. Do you keep a collection of these things? If Alex asks you nicely, and there's some tenuous connection to the next Sponsor-U-Ignore fest, can we see the "best of"? Pretty please?

    I'm aware that the current crop of ignoramuses on this thread will misconstrue "pretty please" in this context, but it's worth it. I'd fly out to my cousins in Saskatchewan right now, but I'm open to a short cut.

  • (cs) in reply to Right Wing-Nut
    Right Wing-Nut:
    You lie with dogs, don't be surprised if folks assume you got fleas.
    You vomit shit, don't be surprised if folks assume you eat it.

    I'm left of liberal. Come by my house on any national holiday, and you'll see Old Glory waving proud.

    And free... let's not forget free. Be sure to imprison some suspected enemies without legal counsel and without charge and without trial in order to protect our precious freedom.

  • (cs) in reply to pink_fairy
    pink_fairy:
    blindman:
    Also, isn't is shameful what the group Dire Straits did to besmirch the heterosexuals? Appalling.
    I have no idea what you're talking about, but at least you've given me the chance to foist my favourite joke on you.
    Cute, with the diarh-etc. Nevertheless, I assume he's referring to the 1980's song "Les Boys".
  • (cs) in reply to Fast Eddie
    Fast Eddie:
    justsomedude:
    Bappi:
    Zapp Brannigan:
    If you live in the US you should know it's not a democracy, it's a constitutional republic.
    Really? Are you quite sure?
    A pure democracy is majority rule. It's 50.1% get's to tell the other 49.9% what to do and how to do it. Pure democracies are mob rule, which is scary.

    Technically you are both wrong, the proper way to refer to the system of government in the US is "a democratically elected constitutional republic".

    Actually we are living in a kakistocracy...
    Well, as an impartial observer who happens to hold a BA in History from Oxford and has experienced more Constitutional Law than the average bile-duct can contain, permit me to observe the following.

    (1) Who cares about theory? Unless you're up in front of Da Beak. He Cares. (2) This drivel concerning a distinction between "democracy" and "constitutional republic" is of no possible consequence in real life. (3) Only a complete and unreformed idiot (Church of the Second Unreformed Baptised Idiot,, with Special Reference to James Buchanan) is even vaguely interested in this sort of argument. It's generally a smokescreen behind which said idiots ... no, wait, did I say "idiots?" I'm going to promote them to "standard-bearers for the Flag of the Confederacy" ... suddenly reveal a strong and, quite frankly, irresponsibly maudlin attachment to States Rights.

    I think you can see where this is going. (Well, probably you can't. Sane people do not delve into the details of the Constitution. Insane people read the damn thing with their tin-foil hats on.)

    This is basically a drunken bar-room argument in the South. It's no fun. It makes no sense. Nobody even thinks while they're parrotting this rubbish, and eventually someone screams, at the top of their voice, Hey! Nigger over there! Where's the nearest tall pine?.

    I've been there. (Holcomb County, which is thankfully three counties removed from Franklyn County. But still pretty damn worrying.)

    You people need to stop arguing about your own internal definitions for things that don't matter, and maybe actually read the Constitution. And the Bill of Rights. And maybe Case Law.

    Or otherwise leave it to people who care about the practical workings of democracy, rather than your pseudo-religous constructs thereof.

    A "kakistocracy," incidentally, only really applies in particular circumstances. Godwinically so, it applies to Germany in 1932 -- but that's a rare example. Canonically, it applies to the various Athenian oligarchs who took power after 411BC; and specifically to the Thirty Tyrants.

    In modern terms, a "kakisocracy" would involve giving supreme power to the bloke down your street who has sex with his internet connection because the dog just isn't interested and his thirteen-year-old niece has already married an orangutan in a civil ceremony performed, for tax reasons, in the Turks and Caicos Islands. That's an edge case, I think. I'm sure we can all agree that the conditions of Attican Greece in 411BC no longer apply. If only because of the appalling expense of flying to the T&C.

    I will at this point sign off, and change my blog moniker once more, because I'm not sure I can stand dealing with your sort of degraded and cretinised human beings any more.

    "No more Pink Fairy Soup for you!"

  • m0ffx (unregistered) in reply to Fast Eddie
    Fast Eddie:
    m0ffx:
    Fast Eddie:
    Actually, if the company was based in a Blue State, they probably WOULD want the US flag airbrushed out...

    I'm just trollin'

    Fixed

    Typical liberal... ...I don't agree so it must be a troll. ;-/

    Go back and play at DailyKOS and leave the grownups alone.

    'Fast Eddie' is implicitly accusing Democrats of being anti-American. On a technology forum. If that's not trolling then what is?

  • Silverhill (unregistered) in reply to pink_fairy
    pink_fairy:
    Incidentally, I hate Mary Poppins. It's way too gay for me.
    It's too light-heartedly happy, you say? Fine -- go watch gloom-and-doom stories instead. Or do you mean that you perceive some element of homosexuality therein? Quite wrong, old chap. Or do you mean to disparage it (for whatever other reason) by (mis)applying the slur "gay"? "The more fool you."
  • CynicalTyler (unregistered) in reply to Fast Eddie
    Fast Eddie:
    justsomedude:
    Bappi:
    Zapp Brannigan:
    If you live in the US you should know it's not a democracy, it's a constitutional republic. Prior to the civil war we didn't refer to ourselves as the United States, the union was referred to as "these states united." Some of us still believe in individual and states rights.
    Really? Are you quite sure? 'Cos I once read this document, called "constitution", which starts out with "We the People of the United States," and then goes on blabbering about more perfect onions and stuff.

    Oh, and the fact that the US is a constitutional republic (I'll take it as fact for the sake of argument, but I have my doubts, given your track record), does not mean it is not a democracy. You see, my car is a four-door sedan, and it is a silver car! At the same time! It's incredible!

    A pure democracy is majority rule. It's 50.1% get's to tell the other 49.9% what to do and how to do it. Pure democracies are mob rule, which is scary.

    Technically you are both wrong, the proper way to refer to the system of government in the US is "a democratically elected constitutional republic".

    The real battle isn't democracy vs. no democracy, that's just rhetoric distraction. Republic vs. Oligarchy is the real battle to focus on.

    Actually we are living in a kakistocracy...
    I thought we were an autonomous collective.
  • (cs) in reply to Zapp Brannigan
    Zapp Brannigan:
    The South & Linux forever!
    Linux is just one of those things. It's a nice home-brew project, but just like something from Albuquerque in 1980, with similar intentions: it'll break your heart, my man.

    Basically, it's shit. Fanatically tightly coded shit. Not, in my opinion, a real operating system. Just one we're stuck with at the moment.

    Oh yeah, the South.

    Nice talkin' t' y'all.

  • (cs) in reply to pink_fairy
    pink_fairy:
    oligarchs
    Cheerleader: "Gimmie an oligarch!" Crowd: "Oligarch!" Cheerleader: "Gimmie an e!" Crowd: "e!" Cheerleader: "Gimmie an s!" Crowd: "s!" Cheerleader: "What's that spell?"

    Oh, and dude (or so I assume, anyway)... ease off on the uppers.

  • (cs) in reply to Code Dependent
    Code Dependent:
    Right Wing-Nut:
    You lie with dogs, don't be surprised if folks assume you got fleas.
    You vomit shit, don't be surprised if folks assume you eat it.

    I'm left of liberal. Come by my house on any national holiday, and you'll see Old Glory waving proud.

    And free... let's not forget free. Be sure to imprison some suspected enemies without legal counsel and without charge and without trial in order to protect our precious freedom.

    You guys should come to the U.K. for a bit and try our system of political apathy. The rules are:

    Both major political parties are pretty much the same bunch of selfish swindlers who couldn't give a rat's ass about the people they're supposed to be representing, just as long as the expense claims get signed off (check out our current string of corruption stories on this topic).

    Meanwhile over at Joe Public's house, nobody gives a rat's ass who's in power but instead complains about the government-du-jour, in private so nobody hears them voicing opinions, and when election time comes round they either can't be bothered voting because it "won't make any difference" or votes one of the above bunch back in.

    /2p

  • (cs) in reply to Code Dependent
    Code Dependent:
    pink_fairy:
    oligarchs
    Cheerleader: "Gimmie an oligarch!" Crowd: "Oligarch!" Cheerleader: "Gimmie an e!" Crowd: "e!" Cheerleader: "Gimmie an s!" Crowd: "s!" Cheerleader: "What's that spell?"

    Oh, and dude (or so I assume, anyway)... ease off on the uppers.

    Not sure that a chilean cab-sauve at the end of a rotten week is actually an upper.

    Now, you're obviously a thoughtful man. Well, you might not be thoughtful as such, but:

    You're obviously an observant man. There. We're getting closer to it.

    You have form -- I mean, serious form, although I can't be bothered to dig that form up and quote it here -- in making a point of fairly quoting the thing you're replying to. (Gwynhyfaer was even better at this. I miss Gwynhyfaer.)

    And what sort of a quote can you manage? One word. No photo of your wankel rotary engine, either.

    Newspapers die; it was a fact before the Internet Ague.

    Fanzines die. I don't know the average lifespan of a fanzine, but I'd guess around four to eight years. ( I was put on the spot once when they built a radio station around me and asked me how long the Sunday Correspondent would last. "Ooh, if it's like a fanzine," I opined blurrily, "it's got about thirty-eight issues left."

    I believe the Sunday Correspondent died at issue 39.

    But you can do your bit for The Daily WTF!

    No more One Word Quotes!

    Are you a Man, or are you a Mormon?

    Soyez sage, mon ami. D'autre meures, il se trouve les inimicales, les doloreux ... tous qu'un vrai ami ne peut accepter.

    Donc il faut que je quitte cet etage pitiable, qui presente ni d'amuses gueles, ni de ravissement, ni d'imortance ce qui peut proposer a Catherine Deneuve l'image de ... en Anglais, contre la Francais bien mangle ...

    And for those of you who speak French, I apologise. That was rubbish French. It's no more rubbish French than 35% of the comments on this site are rubbish English.

    Ca ... Bien. C'est obvieuse ... venez du couer.

    I'm sick of this. This site is degenerate. I give it two years. Then death.

    I'm not Cassandra, but I know whereof I speak.

    Bye!

  • CynicalTyler (unregistered) in reply to pink_fairy
    pink_fairy:
    Bye!
    What was her problem?
  • Charles (unregistered) in reply to ve2dmn

    Actually not all signs in Quebec must be ONLY in French, especially close to the US border where you can see a lot bilangual signs. BTW, try France... they too write their signs in French, now that's weird!! Because Quebec is a French province lost in the English North America, most signs don't have any text and use pictograms. It has several advantages, even people that can't read (10-15% of people) can drive correctly, where in the US, you can see a lot of people driving reverse in a one-way road or being surprised when a lane merges. Moreover, in the US, they just make so many mistakes in their signs, I mean, your primary language is English... there's not excuses for Xing instead crossing :P

    If you ever try to complain about mistranslations from French to English, please remember that the other way around has a lot more funny samples, and some dangerous too. Made in Turkey was often translated to Fait en dinde (Make of Turkey meet), and trust me if I tell that nobody speaking French would write such an idiocy.

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