Another JOTD
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After having dug to a depth of 10 meters last year, Scottish scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago. Not to be outdone by the Scots, in the weeks that followed, British scientists dug to a depth of 20 meters, and shortly after, headlines in the UK newspapers read: "British archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the Scots". One week later, a redneck hillbilly in a Kentucky newsletter reported the following, “After digging as deep as 30 meters in a tobacco field near Possum Creek, Ole Zeke, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Ole Zeke has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Kentucky had already gone wireless.”
Best wishes, Hans
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After having dug to a depth of 10 meters last year, Scottish scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago. Not to be outdone by the Scots, in the weeks that followed, British scientists dug to a depth of 20 meters, and shortly after, headlines in the UK newspapers read: "British archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the Scots". One week later, a redneck hillbilly in a Kentucky newsletter reported the following, “After digging as deep as 30 meters in a tobacco field near Possum Creek, Ole Zeke, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Ole Zeke has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Kentucky had already gone wireless.”
Best wishes, Hans
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I heard this about the Soviets finding copper wire; the Americans, optical fibres; and us Indians, nothing.
Cheers, Vikram.
Zeppelin's law: In any Soapbox discussion involving Stan Shannon, the probability of the term "leftist" or "Marxist" appearing approaches 1 monotonically. Harris' addendum: I think you meant "monotonously". Martin's second addendum: Jeffersonian... I think that should at least get a mention.
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I heard this about the Soviets finding copper wire; the Americans, optical fibres; and us Indians, nothing.
Cheers, Vikram.
Zeppelin's law: In any Soapbox discussion involving Stan Shannon, the probability of the term "leftist" or "Marxist" appearing approaches 1 monotonically. Harris' addendum: I think you meant "monotonously". Martin's second addendum: Jeffersonian... I think that should at least get a mention.
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:-D ;P
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Ach noo, I think you wouldn't mind being British, it's when they insult us by calling us English, that's the problem. On a side note, apparently the shooting internationals are interesting, no-one cares who wins as long as it's not the English. After all they are the invaders, everyone else is Celtic.
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:-D ;P
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If I remember correctly, being a resident of York (UK for non-Brits), I am allowed to shoot Scotsmen if they are carrying a bow and arrow within the city walls. However, when checking on the worldwideinterweb thing the exact conditions appear confusing so I probably won't put it to the test.
I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
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Ach noo, I think you wouldn't mind being British, it's when they insult us by calling us English, that's the problem. On a side note, apparently the shooting internationals are interesting, no-one cares who wins as long as it's not the English. After all they are the invaders, everyone else is Celtic.
Ed.Poore wrote:
no-one cares who wins as long as it's not the English
This reminded me of the following: Open google and type the following string into the search field "french military victories" then press the "I'm feeling lucky" button.
You always pass failure on the way to success.
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Ed.Poore wrote:
no-one cares who wins as long as it's not the English
This reminded me of the following: Open google and type the following string into the search field "french military victories" then press the "I'm feeling lucky" button.
You always pass failure on the way to success.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
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Ed.Poore wrote:
no-one cares who wins as long as it's not the English
This reminded me of the following: Open google and type the following string into the search field "french military victories" then press the "I'm feeling lucky" button.
You always pass failure on the way to success.
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Ed.Poore wrote:
no-one cares who wins as long as it's not the English
This reminded me of the following: Open google and type the following string into the search field "french military victories" then press the "I'm feeling lucky" button.
You always pass failure on the way to success.
GuyThiebaut wrote:
"french military victories"
hilarious! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Ed.Poore wrote:
no-one cares who wins as long as it's not the English
This reminded me of the following: Open google and type the following string into the search field "french military victories" then press the "I'm feeling lucky" button.
You always pass failure on the way to success.
GuyThiebaut wrote:
Open google and type the following string into the search field "french military victories" then press the "I'm feeling lucky" button.
Have you tried typing "Find Chuck Norris" in Google and pressing the I'm feeling lucky button? :suss:
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP
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GuyThiebaut wrote:
Open google and type the following string into the search field "french military victories" then press the "I'm feeling lucky" button.
Have you tried typing "Find Chuck Norris" in Google and pressing the I'm feeling lucky button? :suss:
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: nice one.
You always pass failure on the way to success.
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Ach noo, I think you wouldn't mind being British, it's when they insult us by calling us English, that's the problem. On a side note, apparently the shooting internationals are interesting, no-one cares who wins as long as it's not the English. After all they are the invaders, everyone else is Celtic.
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Member 4085226 wrote:
Would you rather be called french???
For many years, prior to the union with England, all Scots were automatically dual nationals Scots and French.
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Ed.Poore wrote:
no-one cares who wins as long as it's not the English
This reminded me of the following: Open google and type the following string into the search field "french military victories" then press the "I'm feeling lucky" button.
You always pass failure on the way to success.
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After having dug to a depth of 10 meters last year, Scottish scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago. Not to be outdone by the Scots, in the weeks that followed, British scientists dug to a depth of 20 meters, and shortly after, headlines in the UK newspapers read: "British archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the Scots". One week later, a redneck hillbilly in a Kentucky newsletter reported the following, “After digging as deep as 30 meters in a tobacco field near Possum Creek, Ole Zeke, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Ole Zeke has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Kentucky had already gone wireless.”
Best wishes, Hans
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Hans Dietrich wrote:
Scottish scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years
I was expecting the "two Scotsmen fighting over a penny" joke. :sigh: