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36 total messages Started by neppie Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:53
[OT] Echo.
#238591
Author: neppie
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:53
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I'm bored today.
I start work tomorrow.
I have a headache.
What's new with you? (That's plural) 
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238592
Author: Daffy
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:22
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neppie doesn't look like a skull at all:

> (That's plural)

No, "That's" is a contraction.

-- 
Daffy
Re: [OT] Echo.
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Author: DG
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:38
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neppie schreef:
> I'm bored today.
> I start work tomorrow.
> I have a headache.
> What's new with you? (That's plural) 
> 
I trust you can use the skills you've learned here at your job.

Nothing new here, only old, very old even.

-- 
Danny.
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238593
Author: Kasper
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:42
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On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:52:31 +0930, Daffy <daffy@imalga.net> wrote:

>> (That's plural)
>
>No, "That's" is a contraction.

Your mom is a contraction.

-- 
Kasper
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238594
Author: DG
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:47
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Kasper schreef:
>>> (That's plural)
>> No, "That's" is a contraction.
> 
> Your mom is a contraction.
> 
She had a contraction. A bunch of them.

-- 
Danny.
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238612
Author: neppie
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:28
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In other news...
Daffy stated the obvious:
> neppie doesn't look like a skull at all:
>
>> (That's plural)
>
> No, "That's" is a contraction.

I knew you were going to say that. 
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238620
Author: neppie
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:30
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In other news...
DG stated the obvious:
> neppie schreef:
>> I'm bored today.
>> I start work tomorrow.
>> I have a headache.
>> What's new with you? (That's plural)
>>
> I trust you can use the skills you've learned here at your job.

I'd be fired in a day, or committed, take your pick.

>
> Nothing new here, only old, very old even.

Old is not in my vocabulary.  I used the existential non-querty keyboard to 
type "Old". 
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238613
Author: ervaqre
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:26
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neppie is a fearsome pirate:

>> No, "That's" is a contraction.
>
> I knew you were going to say that. 

That's what women always say afterwards. Now try and predict what he's
going to say next then, eh? Let's see if you can do that!!

-- 
ervaqre, the harbinger of your doom
go here: www.aglami.net
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238621
Author: DG
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:57
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neppie schreef:
>>> I'm bored today.
>>> I start work tomorrow.
>>> I have a headache.
>>> What's new with you? (That's plural)
>>>
>> I trust you can use the skills you've learned here at your job.
> 
> I'd be fired in a day, or committed, take your pick.

If you don't see a giant cannon, I'd bet on committed.

>> Nothing new here, only old, very old even.
> 
> Old is not in my vocabulary.  I used the existential non-querty keyboard to 
> type "Old". 
> 
No Old Spice then. Hmmm, I think I like this "no old in my vocab" concept.

-- 
Danny.
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238614
Author: DG
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:35
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ervaqre schreef:
>>> No, "That's" is a contraction.
>> I knew you were going to say that. 
> 
> That's what women always say afterwards. Now try and predict what he's
> going to say next then, eh? Let's see if you can do that!!
> 
You can win a million dollars if you can do something supernatural like 
that. But be quick, you've got less than two years:

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/08/end-of-skeptic-james.html

-- 
Danny.
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238595
Author: Kasper
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:52
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:47:41 +0200, DG
<dammygerritsen@censored.zzn.com> wrote:

>>> No, "That's" is a contraction.
>> 
>> Your mom is a contraction.
>> 
>She had a contraction. A bunch of them.

His mother is a duck!

-- 
Kasper
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238596
Author: ervaqre
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:54
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Kasper is a fearsome pirate:

>>She had a contraction. A bunch of them.
>
> His mother is a duck!

Why do you think so? Just because Daffy is a duck doesn't that mean his
mother is a duck also! For example, my mother is a female!

-- 
ervaqre, the grim pirate reaper
go here: www.aglami.net
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238615
Author: ervaqre
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:02
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DG is a fearsome pirate:

>> That's what women always say afterwards. Now try and predict what he's
>> going to say next then, eh? Let's see if you can do that!!
>> 
> You can win a million dollars if you can do something supernatural like 
> that. But be quick, you've got less than two years:
>
> http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/08/end-of-skeptic-james.html

Daffy would win this hands down. He's a duck who posts to usenet. Isn't
that supernatural? Or is predicting what a duck is going to post to
usenet even more supernatural perhaps? I'm a bit worried about this
though:

"REF will also NOT test claims that are likely to cause injury of any
sort"

Because with Aglami, you just never know.

-- 
ervaqre, ethay onelay enetusay andererway
go here: www.aglami.net
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238598
Author: DG
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:39
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Kasper schreef:
>>>> No, "That's" is a contraction.
>>> Your mom is a contraction.
>>>
>> She had a contraction. A bunch of them.
> 
> His mother is a duck!
> 
So she contracted bird flu?

-- 
Danny.
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238599
Author: neppie
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:03
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In other news...
DG stated the obvious:
> Kasper schreef:
>>>>> No, "That's" is a contraction.
>>>> Your mom is a contraction.
>>>>
>>> She had a contraction. A bunch of them.
>>
>> His mother is a duck!
>>
> So she contracted bird flu?

Chirpies.  A canarial disease - it's untweetable. 
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238622
Author: neppie
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:05
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In other news...
DG stated the obvious:
> neppie schreef:
>>>> I'm bored today.
>>>> I start work tomorrow.
>>>> I have a headache.
>>>> What's new with you? (That's plural)
>>>>
>>> I trust you can use the skills you've learned here at your job.
>>
>> I'd be fired in a day, or committed, take your pick.
>
> If you don't see a giant cannon, I'd bet on committed.

I'll be sure to take my pot with me.
My pasta pot, that is.

>
>>> Nothing new here, only old, very old even.
>>
>> Old is not in my vocabulary.  I used the existential non-querty
>> keyboard to type "Old".
>>
> No Old Spice then. Hmmm, I think I like this "no old in my vocab"
> concept.

*realizes I spelled qwerty phonetically*
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238616
Author: DG
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:07
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ervaqre schreef:
>>> That's what women always say afterwards. Now try and predict what he's
>>> going to say next then, eh? Let's see if you can do that!!
>>>
>> You can win a million dollars if you can do something supernatural like 
>> that. But be quick, you've got less than two years:
>>
>> http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/08/end-of-skeptic-james.html
> 
> Daffy would win this hands down. He's a duck who posts to usenet. Isn't
> that supernatural? Or is predicting what a duck is going to post to
> usenet even more supernatural perhaps? I'm a bit worried about this
> though:
> 
> "REF will also NOT test claims that are likely to cause injury of any
> sort"
> 
> Because with Aglami, you just never know.
> 
Nobody could have predicted testing this claim by Aglami would cause 
such a tragic accident.

-- 
Danny.
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238623
Author: DG
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:12
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neppie schreef:
>>>>> I'm bored today.
>>>>> I start work tomorrow.
>>>>> I have a headache.
>>>>> What's new with you? (That's plural)
>>>>>
>>>> I trust you can use the skills you've learned here at your job.
>>> I'd be fired in a day, or committed, take your pick.
>> If you don't see a giant cannon, I'd bet on committed.
> 
> I'll be sure to take my pot with me.
> My pasta pot, that is.

Too bad they used all the cheese for emmel's cheese cake.

>>>> Nothing new here, only old, very old even.
>>> Old is not in my vocabulary.  I used the existential non-querty
>>> keyboard to type "Old".
>>>
>> No Old Spice then. Hmmm, I think I like this "no old in my vocab"
>> concept.
> 
> *realizes I spelled qwerty phonetically*
> 
> 
You even misspelled that: kjoo-urtee

-- 
Danny.
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238600
Author: DG
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:17
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neppie schreef:
>>>>>> No, "That's" is a contraction.
>>>>> Your mom is a contraction.
>>>>>
>>>> She had a contraction. A bunch of them.
>>> His mother is a duck!
>>>
>> So she contracted bird flu?
> 
> Chirpies.  A canarial disease - it's untweetable. 
> 
> 
Doesn't twat make you twink you saw putty tats?

-- 
Danny.
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238605
Author: Daffy
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:28
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Kasper doesn't look like a skull at all:
>>>> No, "That's" is a contraction.
>>> Your mom is a contraction.
>>>
>> She had a contraction. A bunch of them.
> 
> His mother is a duck!

Where are you getting this information? The RRRRR?

-- 
Daffy
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238617
Author: Daffy
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:37
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ervaqre doesn't look like a skull at all:

>>> That's what women always say afterwards. Now try and predict what he's
>>> going to say next then, eh? Let's see if you can do that!!
>>>
>> You can win a million dollars if you can do something supernatural like 
>> that. But be quick, you've got less than two years:
>>
>> http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/08/end-of-skeptic-james.html
> 
> Daffy would win this hands down. He's a duck who posts to usenet. Isn't
> that supernatural? Or is predicting what a duck is going to post to
> usenet even more supernatural perhaps? I'm a bit worried about this
> though:

Is that still how it works?

> "REF will also NOT test claims that are likely to cause injury of any
> sort"
> 
> Because with Aglami, you just never know.

I'd have thought Aglami was always likely to cause injury.

-- 
Daffy
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238601
Author: neppie
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:59
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In other news...
DG stated the obvious:
> neppie schreef:
>>>>>>> No, "That's" is a contraction.
>>>>>> Your mom is a contraction.
>>>>>>
>>>>> She had a contraction. A bunch of them.
>>>> His mother is a duck!
>>>>
>>> So she contracted bird flu?
>>
>> Chirpies.  A canarial disease - it's untweetable.
>>
>>
> Doesn't twat make you twink you saw putty tats?

It taint the same thing?

*thud* 
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238618
Author: neppie
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:00
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In other news...
Daffy stated the obvious:
> ervaqre doesn't look like a skull at all:
>
>>>> That's what women always say afterwards. Now try and predict what
>>>> he's going to say next then, eh? Let's see if you can do that!!
>>>>
>>> You can win a million dollars if you can do something supernatural
>>> like that. But be quick, you've got less than two years:
>>>
>>> http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/08/end-of-skeptic-james.html
>>
>> Daffy would win this hands down. He's a duck who posts to usenet.
>> Isn't that supernatural? Or is predicting what a duck is going to
>> post to usenet even more supernatural perhaps? I'm a bit worried
>> about this though:
>
> Is that still how it works?
>
>> "REF will also NOT test claims that are likely to cause injury of any
>> sort"
>>
>> Because with Aglami, you just never know.
>
> I'd have thought Aglami was always likely to cause injury.

IAWTP.
I have legal services on retainer just in case. 
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238624
Author: neppie
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:02
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In other news...
DG stated the obvious:

>>> If you don't see a giant cannon, I'd bet on committed.
>>
>> I'll be sure to take my pot with me.
>> My pasta pot, that is.
>
> Too bad they used all the cheese for emmel's cheese cake.

YES! I SAW THAT!!  Coming in and demanding cheesecake...the nerve.

>
>>>>> Nothing new here, only old, very old even.
>>>> Old is not in my vocabulary.  I used the existential non-querty
>>>> keyboard to type "Old".
>>>>
>>> No Old Spice then. Hmmm, I think I like this "no old in my vocab"
>>> concept.
>>
>> *realizes I spelled qwerty phonetically*
>>
>>
> You even misspelled that: kjoo-urtee

You may have cooties, but I don't. 
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238602
Author: DG
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:48
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neppie schreef:
>>>>>>>> No, "That's" is a contraction.
>>>>>>> Your mom is a contraction.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> She had a contraction. A bunch of them.
>>>>> His mother is a duck!
>>>>>
>>>> So she contracted bird flu?
>>> Chirpies.  A canarial disease - it's untweetable.
>>>
>>>
>> Doesn't twat make you twink you saw putty tats?
> 
> It taint the same thing?
> 
> *thud* 
> 
> 
Suffering succotash! Neppie just hit the dirt!

-- 
Danny.
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238625
Author: DG
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:51
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neppie schreef:
>>>> If you don't see a giant cannon, I'd bet on committed.
>>> I'll be sure to take my pot with me.
>>> My pasta pot, that is.
>> Too bad they used all the cheese for emmel's cheese cake.
> 
> YES! I SAW THAT!!  Coming in and demanding cheesecake...the nerve.

You could even say that it just takes the cake!

>>>>>> Nothing new here, only old, very old even.
>>>>> Old is not in my vocabulary.  I used the existential non-querty
>>>>> keyboard to type "Old".
>>>>>
>>>> No Old Spice then. Hmmm, I think I like this "no old in my vocab"
>>>> concept.
>>> *realizes I spelled qwerty phonetically*
>>>
>>>
>> You even misspelled that: kjoo-urtee
> 
> You may have cooties, but I don't. 
> 
> 
They can be treated with Q-tips.

-- 
Danny.
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238597
Author: Kasper
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:47
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On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:54:30 +0000 (UTC), ervaqre <me@privacy.net>
wrote:

>>>She had a contraction. A bunch of them.
>>
>> His mother is a duck!
>
>Why do you think so? Just because Daffy is a duck doesn't that mean his
>mother is a duck also! For example, my mother is a female!

Well, so are you, so the logic still stands.

-- 
Kasper
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238606
Author: Kasper
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:47
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On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:58:23 +0930, Daffy <daffy@imalga.net> wrote:

>>>>> No, "That's" is a contraction.
>>>> Your mom is a contraction.
>>>>
>>> She had a contraction. A bunch of them.
>> 
>> His mother is a duck!
>
>Where are you getting this information? The RRRRR?

Yes. I'm a beta tester on the coming RRRRR. 

-- 
Kasper
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238603
Author: neppie
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:43
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In other news...
DG stated the obvious:

>>>>>> His mother is a duck!
>>>>>>
>>>>> So she contracted bird flu?
>>>> Chirpies.  A canarial disease - it's untweetable.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Doesn't twat make you twink you saw putty tats?
>>
>> It taint the same thing?
>>
>> *thud*
>>
>>
> Suffering succotash! Neppie just hit the dirt!

I feel dirty! 
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238626
Author: neppie
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:55
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In other news...
DG stated the obvious:

>>> Too bad they used all the cheese for emmel's cheese cake.
>>
>> YES! I SAW THAT!!  Coming in and demanding cheesecake...the nerve.
>
> You could even say that it just takes the cake!

*takes emmel's cheesecake and yells ARRRRRR!!!*
I was all ready to "behave" like a pirate today and I couldn't, so gotta do 
it somewhere (i.e., here) and get it outta my system.


>>>> *realizes I spelled qwerty phonetically*
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You even misspelled that: kjoo-urtee
>>
>> You may have cooties, but I don't.
>>
>>
> They can be treated with Q-tips.

I only unlock giant monkey heads with Q-tips. 
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238627
Author: DG
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:43
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neppie schreef:
>>>> Too bad they used all the cheese for emmel's cheese cake.
>>> YES! I SAW THAT!!  Coming in and demanding cheesecake...the nerve.
>> You could even say that it just takes the cake!
> 
> *takes emmel's cheesecake and yells ARRRRRR!!!*
> I was all ready to "behave" like a pirate today and I couldn't, so gotta do 
> it somewhere (i.e., here) and get it outta my system.

Glad to have been of service.

>>>>> *realizes I spelled qwerty phonetically*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> You even misspelled that: kjoo-urtee
>>> You may have cooties, but I don't.
>>>
>>>
>> They can be treated with Q-tips.
> 
> I only unlock giant monkey heads with Q-tips. 
> 
> 
That put a spin on the "collect green/red/blue/yellow/gold/glowing key 
to solve the puzzle" thing.

-- 
Danny.
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238604
Author: DG
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:00
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neppie schreef:
>>>>>> So she contracted bird flu?
>>>>> Chirpies.  A canarial disease - it's untweetable.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Doesn't twat make you twink you saw putty tats?
>>> It taint the same thing?
>>>
>>> *thud*
>>>
>>>
>> Suffering succotash! Neppie just hit the dirt!
> 
> I feel dirty! 
> 
> 
/me hands neppie a bar of soap

-- 
Danny.
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238607
Author: ervaqre
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:22
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Kasper is a fearsome pirate...

>>Where are you getting this information? The RRRRR?
>
> Yes. I'm a beta tester on the coming RRRRR. 

Yeh. It's still an early beta though, it crashes most computers.

-- 
ervaqre, the lone usenet wanderer
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238608
Author: Kasper
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:41
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On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:22:42 +0000 (UTC), ervaqre <me@privacy.net>
wrote:

>>>Where are you getting this information? The RRRRR?
>>
>> Yes. I'm a beta tester on the coming RRRRR. 
>
>Yeh. It's still an early beta though, it crashes most computers.

But it has a nice community.

-- 
Kasper
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238609
Author: Kasper
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:29
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On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:02:08 +0000 (UTC), ervaqre
<ervaqre@aglami.invalid> wrote:

>>>> Yes. I'm a beta tester on the coming RRRRR. 
>>>
>>>Yeh. It's still an early beta though, it crashes most computers.
>>
>> But it has a nice community.
>
>Actually, last night I sat down in front of my computer and opened a 
>document called "RRRRR September 2007". I wrote about two lines and then 
>I closed it again. So far it's 21 pages full of text. Too much work for 
>an old man like me.

Can't you just write an RRRRR-writing algorithm then? 

-- 
Kasper
Re: [OT] Echo.
#238610
Author: ervaqre
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:21
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Kasper is a fearsome pirate...

>>Actually, last night I sat down in front of my computer and opened a 
>>document called "RRRRR September 2007". I wrote about two lines and then 
>>I closed it again. So far it's 21 pages full of text. Too much work for 
>>an old man like me.
>
> Can't you just write an RRRRR-writing algorithm then? 

Will the algorithm be more than two lines? And do keep in mind my lines 
are only 72 characters long.

-- 
ervaqre, the lone usenet wanderer
go here: www.aglami.net
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