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  • D Douglas Troy

    On behalf of the One Long Ear Defamation Bunch (OLEDB), in pursuant against individuals that would bring shame and harm against those we represent, our organization would like to register a formal public compliant against a Mr. Marc Clifton. Not all Dumb Bunny Associates (DBAs) are actually "dumb". While it often appears that most DBAs are complete idiots and unable to tunnel their way out of a brown paper sack; the reality is that some DBAs, despite their listening handicap, are capable of leading a normal and productive life in the corporate world; while only moderately screwing things up. And while we fully understand and appreciate that 99.99% of a DBAs requirements consume massive amounts of corporate funding, recent studies have shown that DBAs provide a level of security and comfort to most organizations in which they are employed. It is hate filled remarks such as yours, Mr. Clifton, that have forced groups such as ours and others programs, such as the Mad Critters and Dumb Bunnies Association (MCDBA), into taking active rolls in these communities. We hope that any future remarks and/or outbursts against DBAs will be ones of love, compassion and understanding. As we with OLEDB like to say, DBAs aren't stupid, they just don't listen. Thank you for your time and understanding with our concerns, OLEDB OLEDB is a subsidiary of Asses for Dumb Otters (ADO) -- modified at 11:51 Friday 20th April, 2007


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    After getting back into my chair from rolling around laughing I voted a 5.


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    • R R Giskard Reventlov

      On first sight it is funny but why are one-eared rabbits dumberer than 2 eared rabbits? :-) (When I was getting started an elder geek told me that 99% of everyone I'd ever meet in this business would be a know-nothing w*****. He was right.)

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      MoustafaS
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      Because he's not a complete rabbit (yet).


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      • J Jim Crafton

        I'd like to congratulate Marc Clifton for his brilliant quote on the intelligence (or lack thereof) of most consultants:

        Marc Clifton wrote:

        Most consultants I've encountered are dumber than a one-eared rabbit.

        Made my day!

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        If you're not a part of the solution, there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem.

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        • D Douglas Troy

          On behalf of the One Long Ear Defamation Bunch (OLEDB), in pursuant against individuals that would bring shame and harm against those we represent, our organization would like to register a formal public compliant against a Mr. Marc Clifton. Not all Dumb Bunny Associates (DBAs) are actually "dumb". While it often appears that most DBAs are complete idiots and unable to tunnel their way out of a brown paper sack; the reality is that some DBAs, despite their listening handicap, are capable of leading a normal and productive life in the corporate world; while only moderately screwing things up. And while we fully understand and appreciate that 99.99% of a DBAs requirements consume massive amounts of corporate funding, recent studies have shown that DBAs provide a level of security and comfort to most organizations in which they are employed. It is hate filled remarks such as yours, Mr. Clifton, that have forced groups such as ours and others programs, such as the Mad Critters and Dumb Bunnies Association (MCDBA), into taking active rolls in these communities. We hope that any future remarks and/or outbursts against DBAs will be ones of love, compassion and understanding. As we with OLEDB like to say, DBAs aren't stupid, they just don't listen. Thank you for your time and understanding with our concerns, OLEDB OLEDB is a subsidiary of Asses for Dumb Otters (ADO) -- modified at 11:51 Friday 20th April, 2007


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          Marcus J Smith
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          Douglas Troy wrote:

          On behalf of the One Long Ear Defamation Bunch (OLEDB), in pursuant against individuals that would bring shame and harm against those we represent, our organization would like to register a formal public compliant against a Mr. Marc Clifton. Not all Dumb Bunny Associates (DBAs) are actually "dumb". While it often appears that most DBAs are complete idiots and unable to tunnel their way out of a brown paper sack; the reality is that some DBAs, despite their listening handicap, are capable of leading a normal and productive life in the corporate world; while only moderately screwing things up. And while we fully understand and appreciate that 99.99% of a DBAs requirements consume massive amounts of corporate funding, recent studies have shown that DBAs provide a level of security and comfort to most organizations in which they are employed. It is hate filled remarks such as yours, Mr. Clifton, that have forced groups such as ours and others programs, such as the Mad Critters and Dumb Bunnies Association (MCDBA), into taking active rolls in these communities. We hope that any future remarks and/or outbursts against DBAs will be ones of love, compassion and understanding. As we with OLEDB like to say, DBAs aren't stupid, they just don't listen. Thank you for your time and understanding with our concerns, OLEDB OLEDB is a subsidiary of Asses for Dumb Otters (ADO)

          ..."meep"...


          CleaKO

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          • M MoustafaS

            Because he's not a complete rabbit (yet).


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            El Corazon
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            LongHC wrote:

            he's not a complete rabbit (yet).

            he will grow another ear? That's a cool trick. Can I have his DNA for my pancreas? ;P

            _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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              If you're not a part of the solution, there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem.

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              Jim Crafton
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              I love despair.com. So much truth there :)

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              • R R Giskard Reventlov

                On first sight it is funny but why are one-eared rabbits dumberer than 2 eared rabbits? :-) (When I was getting started an elder geek told me that 99% of everyone I'd ever meet in this business would be a know-nothing w*****. He was right.)

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                digital man wrote:

                why are one-eared rabbits dumberer than 2 eared rabbits?

                well... leave it to me to take a perfectly good joke and put an explanation to it. But "dumb" means doesn't speak. Or at least the original definition. Eventually "dumb" became known as lacking intelligence since it was assumed that a person who couldn't speak couldn't do so because their intelligence (or lack thereof) was not capable of speech. We know this is not the case in modern times, still the slang term has been adopted into common speech in many (not all) English variations. Now the rabbit part.... a rabbit doesn't make much noise unless reacting to external stimuli. Rabbits can howl when frightened or injured and it is a horrible sound. They can bark, and that is kind of silly sounding. And well, they make other noises for other stimuli.... so a one-eared rabbit would be more silent than normal because it would only get half the sensory input to react to.... or would quickly be dead because it didn't hear something it should, in which case it would be even more silent still. Thus a very dumb rabbit. :doh: :-D

                _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                • J Jim Crafton

                  I love despair.com. So much truth there :)

                  ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! VCF Blog

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                  El Corazon
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                  Jim Crafton wrote:

                  So much truth there

                  if there was not there would be nothing to despair from. :) However I take comfort in this quote: "You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe."

                  _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                    Jim Crafton wrote:

                    So much truth there

                    if there was not there would be nothing to despair from. :) However I take comfort in this quote: "You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe."

                    _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                    Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:

                    "You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe."

                    I've seen this before, do you know where's originally from?

                    -- CleaKO The sad part about this instance is that none of the users ever said anything [about the problem]. Pete O`Hanlon Doesn't that just tell you everything you need to know about users?

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                    • M Marc Clifton

                      Jim Crafton wrote:

                      Made my day!

                      :cool: :-O I couldn't think of a good metaphor so I pulled that one out of the hat. *groan* Marc

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                      People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
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                      People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                      Marc Clifton wrote:

                      so I pulled that one out of the hat.

                      as much as everyone is passing it around and looking at it, I am glad it came from a hat. :laugh:

                      _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                      • D Dan Neely

                        Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:

                        "You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe."

                        I've seen this before, do you know where's originally from?

                        -- CleaKO The sad part about this instance is that none of the users ever said anything [about the problem]. Pete O`Hanlon Doesn't that just tell you everything you need to know about users?

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                        dan neely wrote:

                        I've seen this before, do you know where's originally from?

                        Babylon 5 TV series: Marcus Cole to Franklin, A Late Delivery from Avalon

                        _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                        • E El Corazon

                          dan neely wrote:

                          I've seen this before, do you know where's originally from?

                          Babylon 5 TV series: Marcus Cole to Franklin, A Late Delivery from Avalon

                          _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                          Alright, a B5 quote! I sure did like that show.

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                          • E El Corazon

                            LongHC wrote:

                            he's not a complete rabbit (yet).

                            he will grow another ear? That's a cool trick. Can I have his DNA for my pancreas? ;P

                            _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                            :laugh:


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                            • B Blake Miller

                              Alright, a B5 quote! I sure did like that show.

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                              El Corazon
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                              Blake Miller wrote:

                              a B5 quote!

                              "The universe puts us in places where we can learn. They are never easy places, but they are right. Wherever you are is the right place, at the right time. Pain sometimes comes. It is part of the proccess of constantly being born... Then I will tell you a great secret Captain, perhaps the greatest of all time. The molecules of your body are the same molecules that make up this station, and the nebula outside, that is born in the stars themselves. We are starstuff, we are the universe made manifest, trying to figure itself out. As we have both learned, sometimes the universe requires a change of perspective." - Delenn :-D

                              _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                              • D Douglas Troy

                                On behalf of the One Long Ear Defamation Bunch (OLEDB), in pursuant against individuals that would bring shame and harm against those we represent, our organization would like to register a formal public compliant against a Mr. Marc Clifton. Not all Dumb Bunny Associates (DBAs) are actually "dumb". While it often appears that most DBAs are complete idiots and unable to tunnel their way out of a brown paper sack; the reality is that some DBAs, despite their listening handicap, are capable of leading a normal and productive life in the corporate world; while only moderately screwing things up. And while we fully understand and appreciate that 99.99% of a DBAs requirements consume massive amounts of corporate funding, recent studies have shown that DBAs provide a level of security and comfort to most organizations in which they are employed. It is hate filled remarks such as yours, Mr. Clifton, that have forced groups such as ours and others programs, such as the Mad Critters and Dumb Bunnies Association (MCDBA), into taking active rolls in these communities. We hope that any future remarks and/or outbursts against DBAs will be ones of love, compassion and understanding. As we with OLEDB like to say, DBAs aren't stupid, they just don't listen. Thank you for your time and understanding with our concerns, OLEDB OLEDB is a subsidiary of Asses for Dumb Otters (ADO) -- modified at 11:51 Friday 20th April, 2007


                                :..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
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                                l a u r e n
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                                :laugh: brilliant! i always wondered what all the db access acronymns meant :laugh:

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                                  Jim Crafton wrote:

                                  Made my day!

                                  :cool: :-O I couldn't think of a good metaphor so I pulled that one out of the hat. *groan* Marc

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                                  Interacx

                                  People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                                  There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                                  People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                                  You pulled a rabbit out of a hat? Brilliant!

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                                    dan neely wrote:

                                    I've seen this before, do you know where's originally from?

                                    Babylon 5 TV series: Marcus Cole to Franklin, A Late Delivery from Avalon

                                    _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                                    Marcus had all the best lines. This one is my all time personal favorite though. Marcus: Yeah. Well they said I was carrying around a lot of repressed anger. Lennier: And? Marcus: I'm not repressed anymore.

                                    -- CleaKO The sad part about this instance is that none of the users ever said anything [about the problem]. Pete O`Hanlon Doesn't that just tell you everything you need to know about users?

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                                    • R R Giskard Reventlov

                                      On first sight it is funny but why are one-eared rabbits dumberer than 2 eared rabbits? :-) (When I was getting started an elder geek told me that 99% of everyone I'd ever meet in this business would be a know-nothing w*****. He was right.)

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                                      digital man wrote:

                                      (When I was getting started an elder geek told me that 99% of everyone I'd ever meet in this business would be a know-nothing w*****. He was right.)

                                      The only thing this tells me is that the "elder geek" was a jerk who thinks he's smarter than everybody else. And such jerkery is commonplace in the IT profession.

                                      -------------------------------- "All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing" -- Edmund Burke

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                                      • E El Corazon

                                        digital man wrote:

                                        why are one-eared rabbits dumberer than 2 eared rabbits?

                                        well... leave it to me to take a perfectly good joke and put an explanation to it. But "dumb" means doesn't speak. Or at least the original definition. Eventually "dumb" became known as lacking intelligence since it was assumed that a person who couldn't speak couldn't do so because their intelligence (or lack thereof) was not capable of speech. We know this is not the case in modern times, still the slang term has been adopted into common speech in many (not all) English variations. Now the rabbit part.... a rabbit doesn't make much noise unless reacting to external stimuli. Rabbits can howl when frightened or injured and it is a horrible sound. They can bark, and that is kind of silly sounding. And well, they make other noises for other stimuli.... so a one-eared rabbit would be more silent than normal because it would only get half the sensory input to react to.... or would quickly be dead because it didn't hear something it should, in which case it would be even more silent still. Thus a very dumb rabbit. :doh: :-D

                                        _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                                        That makes the phrase "I see dumb people" a bit "dumb" :D

                                        Todd Smith

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                                        • D Douglas Troy

                                          On behalf of the One Long Ear Defamation Bunch (OLEDB), in pursuant against individuals that would bring shame and harm against those we represent, our organization would like to register a formal public compliant against a Mr. Marc Clifton. Not all Dumb Bunny Associates (DBAs) are actually "dumb". While it often appears that most DBAs are complete idiots and unable to tunnel their way out of a brown paper sack; the reality is that some DBAs, despite their listening handicap, are capable of leading a normal and productive life in the corporate world; while only moderately screwing things up. And while we fully understand and appreciate that 99.99% of a DBAs requirements consume massive amounts of corporate funding, recent studies have shown that DBAs provide a level of security and comfort to most organizations in which they are employed. It is hate filled remarks such as yours, Mr. Clifton, that have forced groups such as ours and others programs, such as the Mad Critters and Dumb Bunnies Association (MCDBA), into taking active rolls in these communities. We hope that any future remarks and/or outbursts against DBAs will be ones of love, compassion and understanding. As we with OLEDB like to say, DBAs aren't stupid, they just don't listen. Thank you for your time and understanding with our concerns, OLEDB OLEDB is a subsidiary of Asses for Dumb Otters (ADO) -- modified at 11:51 Friday 20th April, 2007


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                                          Todd Smith
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                                          CP needs a "Top posts of all time section" which this should be a proud member of.

                                          Todd Smith

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