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  • Bloody rules

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    I've had a think about this. I went to Durham, and the term Merchant banker did indeed apply to most of the undergrads (ironically, many became actual Merchant Bankers). However: 1. According to "The Diary of a Teenage Health Freak" average male produces 5ml of ejactulate IIRC. 2. These are fit young men, and the university had some really fit young women when I was there. So let us assume something more like 10ml for safety. 3. There were never more than 9 people sharing one shower. Assuming that each male took a shower every day and they relax in a gentleman's way, that is only 90ml of ejaculate per day. I doubt that would block the drain as, presumably, each time there was already a much greater amount of water flowing. Additionally there will be relatively little hair as these people will all be under 21 and therefore mostly not going bald. It might of course block the drain if the 9 gentlemen involved took turns firing directly into the plughole without the water running, but I doubt they'd have the organisational capability. Even so, this isn't beyond the realms of possibility, if some of the rumours I heard whilst I was there were true. I suspect this is probably an intercollegiate prank (the colour of the door fits my old college, University, so I'm prepared to guess the pranksters were Hatfield College) . In typical Durham undergrad fashion they have also aped one of the proper, old universities. The real givaway is the fact that the Estates and Buildings department managed to spell Masturbation properly, they certainly wouldn't have managed this in the old days, though spell-checkers have improved greatly since 1880. Hope this helps. Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^] -Or- A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]
  • Jesus Toast?

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    :thumbsup: :)
  • Bend over fairy...

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    "Bend over genie, a wish is a wish" would clarify the 'joke'. The use of 'fairy', with its connotation, renders unclear [whose] wish is being granted. Edit: :sigh: Be dogmatic, not thoughtful. It's easier, and you get bumper stickers.- Anon.
  • Muslims Against Crusades banned by Theresa May

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    Religion's stupid. Political ideology is also getting pretty close to religious faith. Personality cults and anything faith based is usually a recipe for stupid and bad stuff will follow. Well, who doesn't release stuff like that ? Microsoft software is just as bad. Christian Graus That's called seagull management (or sometimes pigeon management)... Fly in, flap your arms and squawk a lot, crap all over everything and fly out again... by _Damian S_
  • Dead Baby Jokes

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    And then the baby farts, rolls over and gurgles at you - heart fits right back in there and you feel like an idiot. Where the frig did the dead baby theme come from, bunch of morbid bastards! Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
  • Little Johnny...once more

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    gavindon wrote: and do the nasty themselves and you wonder why they are so het up. Even you, while ranting about their fetishes, display the same attitude to sex. Just changing nasty to something positive would have made all the difference. Me I like a good bible thumper, once you get them to answering that you have to have "faith" just walk away, you've won the argument. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
  • For Nagy – urgent!

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    Because it is based on self-reported data, that would mean the Irish are one of the most honest groups in Europe, and the French one of the "cockiest" I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
  • A little game

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  • Making puppies

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  • So I was out drinking with a buddy...

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    Or he will soon.
  • Marine Corps JOTD

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    Your gonna have to come across with a little more mango if you want me to stay. Sects Therapy
  • Insert Credit to Play Again

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    Well their memories (and a lot of logic) must be failing them if they think it's inflation that leads to crisis, instead of the opposite. Preventing inflation by killing economy isn't gonna help anyone (except the bankers, for a time). 'As programmers go, I'm fairly social. Which still means I'm a borderline sociopath by normal standards.' Jeff Atwood 'I'm French! Why do you think I've got this outrrrrageous accent?' Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  • being helpful

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    Dennis E White wrote: That reminds me that I we have some code I we need to write an article for. FTFY. Just be sure to put my name in the written by field and we are all good :laugh: Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
  • im hot for teacher

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    4 seconds after this photo was taken, her head exploded. So I rounded up my camel Just to ask him for a smoke He handed me a Lucky, I said "Hey, you missed the joke." My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.
  • BJOD

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  • Is it better to fear or respect your parents?

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    Michael Martin wrote: But wouldn't you one day like to to be able to use complete sentences? not a chance in hell. I love being an ignoramus and I love being an American; I take great pride in that. Just along for the ride. "the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011) "No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
  • [Video]Guys are always guys!

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    Sorry to disappoint you, but... I'm a veggie :) It's an OO world. public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{ public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); } }
  • Bent back...

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  • Classic

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    :laugh: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.” — Rita Mae Brown
  • Little Susie

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    Good one. The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. ~Edward Phelps Man's wisest mistake: Marriage. ~ Suresh Suthar