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Re: [ot] unread

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From: DG
Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 21:43
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Op 3-5-2010 20:48, Rasmus BΓΈg Hansen schreef:
>>>>>> What posts? There haven't been any for a month.
>>>>>
>>>>> I still have close to 100 hundred unread posts, and the number is only
>>>>> increasing rather than decreasing. How can I fix that?
>>>>>
>>>> Invent a new numbering system. One with smaller number as the posts
>>>> mount. You can do it! Any self declared omnipotent dictator can.
>>>
>>> Hex. Less digits and FF unread posts just seems cool.
>>>
>>> Perhaps that's just me liking a danish beer called FF...
>>>
>> Clever marketing. FF is just about the only thing a thoroughly drunk
>> person can say whilst passing out on a barstool...
>
> Yeah, ever tried to say "one more elephant, please?" drunk?
>
> I have managed it too many times to count. Perhaps because I do not
> remember them all.
>

When you're too drunk too say elephant you may just be seeing pink elephants, a 
thing you might want to convey to the people around you. Ironic you can't do so, 
all that comes out is FF. They then promptly serve you the thing that caused the 
problem in the first place...

-- 
Danny.
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