Worm update
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Thanks Dario :D Oh man, this started off in July 2007, so yeah you are missing something :D Quick summary, I ordered a salad from this "posh" restaurant while at work. There was a worm in it. After a few days they came, apologized, bought me flowers a bag of goodies and an open invitation for two as a way of saying sorry. I used to work in a company with about 100 devs. The pictures started flying all around the Middle East and their business has been damaged very badly (so they say). Other people started adopting the event (as in it happened to them). Next thing you know, they're suing me for slander and threatening them. After a few court sessions it is apparent that their "witnesses" were testifying more in my favor simply because they have no case. I started to counter sue. They ran out of witnesses and according to Jordanian law, they now have to submit their evidence in a proper manner. This was supposed to have happened last 10th of January but it got postponed till today (total amount of time for gathering and submitting evidence 1 month, 3 weeks and 2 days). Today they asked for a postponement and the judge gave them a final date of next Wednesday the 20th of February. After that, its my turn :D :hellishly evil laugh:
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
How many free meals is this going to be worth to you in the end? :-D
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Yes, but I'm hoping (and planning) on hitting them like a freight train.
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
Isn't it ironic that although this discussion seems to be about a worm in some food and clearly has no relevance to ICT. The word worm can also be described as something that you really wouldn't want to affect your computer. Computer terminalogy.. so wide spread
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How many free meals is this going to be worth to you in the end? :-D
------------------------------------ I try to appear cooler, by calling him Euler.
oh, I don't know... 100,000 quid worth :D
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
Let the judge think it was a python.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That wouldn't look out of place in a Thai place though. :doh:
Cheers, Vikram.
"I will put my new found knolage to good use" - Captain See Sharp. "Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed." - Gary Wheeler.
or a chinese one. At least in Hong Kong or in Guangdong province. Some of the stuff that they eat there... I don't like to think about what I might have eaten by mistake :~
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
Let the judge think it was a python.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That wouldn't look out of place in a Thai place though. :doh:
Cheers, Vikram.
"I will put my new found knolage to good use" - Captain See Sharp. "Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed." - Gary Wheeler.
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
The pictures started flying all around the Middle East and their business has been damaged very badly (so they say).
The reason for the nice apologies, flowers, goodies etc. was probably to keep you happy to prevent exactly what happened, you leaking the pictures and rumors. Guess they should have stated exactly what they expected from you when giving you the gifts and the open invitation. But either way Mustafa, there is no way they can win this, it's not as if you deliberately sent out an email with a photo of a worm and the name of the restaurant to 100+ people after they humbly apologized to you, did you? :-D Good Luck!
A treat for all down voters...[^] "you can't forget something you never knew..." M. Du Toit
See, that's exactly it. I didn't. I sent one email to my wife, my sister and my brother, with 2 of the 5 pictures that were taken and the whole thing was blown off as a laugh as in "look! Kinder Surprise has nothing against these guys". The pictures were taken by a friend at the office since he has a proper camera and they were shared to everyone in the company where practically everyone is very computer literate. No need for mass emails, just each one sending an email to 2 or 3 friends. Enough said. What makes it really bad is that they did not respond immediately. When I first called them they said and I quote "Thank you for suggestions". :wtf: It took them 10 days to take action. It was after the 10 days that they contacted me and said, are you the one that sent us the email complaining about the worm in your salad? After 10 days, they acknowledged the complaint email sent to their HQ in Lebanon and this is when they took action.
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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Well, I don't know what to say. I went to court today to attend the delayed court hearing. The original date was set on the 10th of January, but it turned out to be a religious holiday (Islamic New Year[^]) and so was postponed until today, the 12th of February, my birthday. So they've had a month atop of the original 3 weeks that they were assigned by the judge to collect and submit their evidence. Guess what? They asked for a postponement because they "did not have enough time". I laughed so hard when we walked out of the courtroom. To me, it means one of two things. Either they don't have evidence or whatever evidence there is is not in their favor. Pathetic. So the next court hearing date as set by the judge will be on next Wednesday the 20th of February. Seems like the judge is getting fed up. Now, all I want to hear from the lawyer is for what date the counter case has been set along with the name of the judge. Please, hope with me that through some serious twist in fate the counter case gets placed with the same judge.
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
They asked for a postponement because they "did not have enough time".
The worm must have declined the witness protection program. ;P Marc
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They probably don't want to get into a situation where the judge turns round and says... "you are aware that this is YOUR witness" while either trying not to laugh at them or get really ticked off at his/her time being wasted. The very thing happened to this guy who called my mum as a witness in a case. She answered truthfully, as you do under oath, and in no way helped this guy’s case, which he lost. Thing is he was not an un-intelligent man... Cambridge educated! Some people! Good luck mate... Remeber not to laugh out loud in court, may get you in trouble!
TimmyFox
Well, they've run out of witnesses (two people, all from the restaurant, one of which I have never met before nor heard of nor knew of his existence). They have a very shaky case.
TimFoxell wrote:
Cambridge educated
Goes to show you, you might have a great University's education, but you could still be as dumb as a log!
TimFoxell wrote:
Good luck mate... Remeber not to laugh out loud in court, may get you in trouble!
Cheers! I'll be sure to do all my laughing outside the courtroom :D
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
They asked for a postponement because they "did not have enough time".
The worm must have declined the witness protection program. ;P Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
The worm must have declined the witness protection program.
:laugh: They've got nothing but lies and frustration. In fact, the more I think about it, the only reason they even sued was because they figured I'd wimp out and sign an apology or a retraction or something. Boy have they misjudged me. :smiles like a cherub:
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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Well, I don't know what to say. I went to court today to attend the delayed court hearing. The original date was set on the 10th of January, but it turned out to be a religious holiday (Islamic New Year[^]) and so was postponed until today, the 12th of February, my birthday. So they've had a month atop of the original 3 weeks that they were assigned by the judge to collect and submit their evidence. Guess what? They asked for a postponement because they "did not have enough time". I laughed so hard when we walked out of the courtroom. To me, it means one of two things. Either they don't have evidence or whatever evidence there is is not in their favor. Pathetic. So the next court hearing date as set by the judge will be on next Wednesday the 20th of February. Seems like the judge is getting fed up. Now, all I want to hear from the lawyer is for what date the counter case has been set along with the name of the judge. Please, hope with me that through some serious twist in fate the counter case gets placed with the same judge.
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
The original date was set on the 10th of January, but it turned out to be a religious holiday (Islamic New Year[^])
Excuse me Mustafa, but are you saying that a court in Jordan actually scheduled a court date to fall on the Islamic New Year? Doesn't that sound a bit, well, should we say, idiotic? Anyhow, keep us up to date so that we'll have time to bake you a cake with a hacksaw blade inside.
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
The original date was set on the 10th of January, but it turned out to be a religious holiday (Islamic New Year[^])
Excuse me Mustafa, but are you saying that a court in Jordan actually scheduled a court date to fall on the Islamic New Year? Doesn't that sound a bit, well, should we say, idiotic? Anyhow, keep us up to date so that we'll have time to bake you a cake with a hacksaw blade inside.
The Hijri Calender is Lunar based, so you can't tell with precision when the new lunar month begins, you have to witness it (or at least, delegated scholars should), hence this happening. Also, the official calendar is the normal Gregorian calendar and most people [read 99.99%] don't know the exact date in the Hijri Calendar and they wait until they are informed by the government, so the court is not really at fault, at least in this regard.
Abu Mami wrote:
Anyhow, keep us up to date so that we'll have time to bake you a cake with a hacksaw blade inside.
I'll keep you informed, but you don't seem very enthusiastic! :omg:
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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The Hijri Calender is Lunar based, so you can't tell with precision when the new lunar month begins, you have to witness it (or at least, delegated scholars should), hence this happening. Also, the official calendar is the normal Gregorian calendar and most people [read 99.99%] don't know the exact date in the Hijri Calendar and they wait until they are informed by the government, so the court is not really at fault, at least in this regard.
Abu Mami wrote:
Anyhow, keep us up to date so that we'll have time to bake you a cake with a hacksaw blade inside.
I'll keep you informed, but you don't seem very enthusiastic! :omg:
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
you have to witness it (or at least, delegated scholars should),
I knew about this, I just thought that everyone would be anticipating the probable day (plus or minus a couple of days), and refrain from scheduling on the days that *might* be a the New Years.
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
they wait until they are informed by the government, so the court is not really at fault,
Umm, isn't the court in the government?
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
I'll keep you informed, but you don't seem very enthusiastic!
Hey - I'm with you all the way. This whole thing sounds so completely farcical. In fact, are you sure you didn't just make this up for an English composition course, or some sort of writing competition?
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
you have to witness it (or at least, delegated scholars should),
I knew about this, I just thought that everyone would be anticipating the probable day (plus or minus a couple of days), and refrain from scheduling on the days that *might* be a the New Years.
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
they wait until they are informed by the government, so the court is not really at fault,
Umm, isn't the court in the government?
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
I'll keep you informed, but you don't seem very enthusiastic!
Hey - I'm with you all the way. This whole thing sounds so completely farcical. In fact, are you sure you didn't just make this up for an English composition course, or some sort of writing competition?
Abu Mami wrote:
Umm, isn't the court in the government?
Well yes, but they don't receive official memos informing them of this until the last minute. Business and life should (in theory at least continue as normal.
Abu Mami wrote:
Hey - I'm with you all the way. This whole thing sounds so completely farcical. In fact, are you sure you didn't just make this up for an English composition course, or some sort of writing competition?
:laugh::laugh: As imaginative as I can be, this is beyond me! Its good to hear that I've got people supporting me in this :) Rock! :D
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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Thanks Dario :D Oh man, this started off in July 2007, so yeah you are missing something :D Quick summary, I ordered a salad from this "posh" restaurant while at work. There was a worm in it. After a few days they came, apologized, bought me flowers a bag of goodies and an open invitation for two as a way of saying sorry. I used to work in a company with about 100 devs. The pictures started flying all around the Middle East and their business has been damaged very badly (so they say). Other people started adopting the event (as in it happened to them). Next thing you know, they're suing me for slander and threatening them. After a few court sessions it is apparent that their "witnesses" were testifying more in my favor simply because they have no case. I started to counter sue. They ran out of witnesses and according to Jordanian law, they now have to submit their evidence in a proper manner. This was supposed to have happened last 10th of January but it got postponed till today (total amount of time for gathering and submitting evidence 1 month, 3 weeks and 2 days). Today they asked for a postponement and the judge gave them a final date of next Wednesday the 20th of February. After that, its my turn :D :hellishly evil laugh:
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
Wow! That is so nasty. I worked at pizza place once and this salad was returned with what looked like a pubic hair on top. I'm pretty sure the Mexican in the kitchen was disgruntled (rightfully so), he left a couple months later. However, I don't think the owners did anything other than comp the meal for the customer.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
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Abu Mami wrote:
Umm, isn't the court in the government?
Well yes, but they don't receive official memos informing them of this until the last minute. Business and life should (in theory at least continue as normal.
Abu Mami wrote:
Hey - I'm with you all the way. This whole thing sounds so completely farcical. In fact, are you sure you didn't just make this up for an English composition course, or some sort of writing competition?
:laugh::laugh: As imaginative as I can be, this is beyond me! Its good to hear that I've got people supporting me in this :) Rock! :D
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
Mustafa - I've just posted the next regex on my blog.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Wow! That is so nasty. I worked at pizza place once and this salad was returned with what looked like a pubic hair on top. I'm pretty sure the Mexican in the kitchen was disgruntled (rightfully so), he left a couple months later. However, I don't think the owners did anything other than comp the meal for the customer.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
Totally, you haven't seen pictures of the worm either. It was a 2-inch lettuce green worm. It was lounging on the greens. Dead. Some thought it was sipping on lemonade. All in all, horrible.
ToddHileHoffer wrote:
I worked at pizza place once and this salad was returned with what looked like a pubic hair on top
BARF!!! :wtf: ?? So you're saying the kitchen worker did this on purpose because he already was disgruntled or he was disgruntled because he sent out a proper salad that was returned with what seemed like a pube and was thus very concerned that he's going to get into trouble?
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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Mustafa - I've just posted the next regex on my blog.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
You Rock Pete. BTW, check out this guy: Clickety[^]
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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Totally, you haven't seen pictures of the worm either. It was a 2-inch lettuce green worm. It was lounging on the greens. Dead. Some thought it was sipping on lemonade. All in all, horrible.
ToddHileHoffer wrote:
I worked at pizza place once and this salad was returned with what looked like a pubic hair on top
BARF!!! :wtf: ?? So you're saying the kitchen worker did this on purpose because he already was disgruntled or he was disgruntled because he sent out a proper salad that was returned with what seemed like a pube and was thus very concerned that he's going to get into trouble?
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
The cook was a Mexican (probably illegal) without a lot of options. He busted his ass six days per week 12 hours per day for $600 US dollars (under the table, so no benefits). I think he was disgruntled.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
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The cook was a Mexican (probably illegal) without a lot of options. He busted his ass six days per week 12 hours per day for $600 US dollars (under the table, so no benefits). I think he was disgruntled.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
Yeah. Its sick what people might go through to make a living.
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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You Rock Pete. BTW, check out this guy: Clickety[^]
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "The secret to a long and healthy life is simple. Don't get ill and don't die." Pete O'Hanlon, courtesy of Rama "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
I'm guessing that he's not feeling the love. I think he needs a hug.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.