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  • D Dalek Dave

    Yeah, but not so bad. The Meteorolgical Office in the UK has two massive Super Computers (called "The Cray Brothers") that spend all their time telling us what it might be like in three days. Given their track record over the "Barbeque Summer" and the "Mild Winter" I put my money on Punxatawney Phil! :)

    ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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    Nagy Vilmos
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    My Mum's old gardener[^] used to predict the weather based on what the weather was yesterday, a week ago a month ago and a year ago. Therre was some method to his madness and he was invariably right.


    Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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    • B Boro_Bob

      Dan Neely wrote:

      School is allegedly canceled today because everyone spends the entire night before partying.

      I approve! Any excuse for a party :-D

      Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.

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      Nagy Vilmos
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      Boro_Bob wrote:

      Any excuse for a party

      Your dog's dead. Now is there going to be a party?


      Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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      • C CalvinHobbies

        my birthday's today, so I don't mind. better having my birthday with a small lazy rat with paranoia issues than having it on christmas :)

        ///////////////// Groucho Marx Those are my principles, if you don't like them… I have others.

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        OriginalGriff
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        Christmas isn't the worst time to have a birthday - my wife has hers on January 1st. This causes two problems: 1) We always started her birthday with a hangover. (When we were drinking) 2) I have to be thoughtful and imaginative (and generous) twice in very close proximity!

        All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand. My :badger:'s gonna unleash hell on your ass. :badger:tastic!

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        • N Nagy Vilmos

          Boro_Bob wrote:

          Any excuse for a party

          Your dog's dead. Now is there going to be a party?


          Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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          Boro_Bob
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          Sure. We just called it a 'wake' though for propriety. Here's to Rover. Cheers.

          Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.

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          • D Dalek Dave

            How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood?

            ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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            OriginalGriff
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            Dalek Dave wrote:

            How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

            FTFY The amount of wood that woodchucks would chuck on a given day varies greatly with the individual woodchuck. However, using the formula:

            (W + I) * C

            where: W = the constant of wood, which is well known to be 61, as agreed in many scientific circles. I = the variable in this equation, and stands for the word "if" from the original problem. As there are three circumstances, with 0 equaling the chance that the woodchuck cannot chuck wood, 1 being the theory that the woodchuck can chuck wood but chooses not to, and 2 standing for the probability that the woodchuck can and will chuck wood, we clearly must choose 2 for use in this equation. C = the constant of Chuck Norris, whose presence in any problem involving the word chuck must there, is well known to equal 1.1 of any known being, therefore the final part of this calculation is 1.1. As is clear, this appears to give the answer of (61 + 2) * 1.1 = (63) * 1.1 = 69.3. However, Chuck Norris' awesome roundhouse kick declares that all decimal points cannot be used in formulas such as this, and so it must be rounded to the final solution of 69 units of wood. How Chuck Norris got involved: A woodchuck would only chuck as much wood as Chuck Norris would allow it to, because the woodchuck shares Chuck's name. Therefore, Chuck must punish it and make it chuck as much wood as Chuck can. So, a woodchuck would chuck as much wood as Chuck could.

            All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand. My :badger:'s gonna unleash hell on your ass. :badger:tastic!

            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
            "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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            • N Nagy Vilmos

              My Mum's old gardener[^] used to predict the weather based on what the weather was yesterday, a week ago a month ago and a year ago. Therre was some method to his madness and he was invariably right.


              Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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              Dalek Dave
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              "If you can see the hills, it is going to rain. If you can't see the hills, it is raining".

              ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                Sure. We just called it a 'wake' though for propriety. Here's to Rover. Cheers.

                Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.

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                Dalek Dave
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                That's a happy Tail

                ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                • D Dalek Dave

                  That's a happy Tail

                  ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                  merridus
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                  You're barking up the wrong tree if you think you can start a pun war here.

                  - Rob

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                    You're barking up the wrong tree if you think you can start a pun war here.

                    - Rob

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                    Dalek Dave
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                    Don't be so Ruff on me!

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                    • D Dalek Dave

                      Yea. The Movie Rocked.

                      ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                      PIEBALDconsult
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                      I agree; my wife doesn't, but I'll keep her anyway.

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                      • N Nagy Vilmos

                        Boro_Bob wrote:

                        Any excuse for a party

                        Your dog's dead. Now is there going to be a party?


                        Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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                        You wouldn't have a wake [^]for the poor thing?

                        All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand. My :badger:'s gonna unleash hell on your ass. :badger:tastic!

                        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                        • D Dalek Dave

                          Don't be so Ruff on me!

                          ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                          merridus
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                          I'm sorry ***puppy dog **eyes*

                          - Rob****

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                          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                            You wouldn't have a wake [^]for the poor thing?

                            All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand. My :badger:'s gonna unleash hell on your ass. :badger:tastic!

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                            Nagy Vilmos
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                            Ain't my dog that's dead.


                            Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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                            • O Oakman

                              d@nish wrote:

                              But never felt like watching it till end.

                              It's about the redemption of a man, through works rather than faith.

                              Jon "You're the kind of people the import police come asking about later. I don't like talking to the import police. They make me nervous, and my pseudopods sweat." ~ Bog, Factor for the Interstellar Trading Co. Soap Box 1.0: the first, the original, reborn troll-less

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                              Andrew Rissing
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                              I wouldn't call it about redemption. He is changed by his experiences forcing him to look at life in a new perspective. I think whether or not he did good deeds is irrevalent. He changed because he saw his situation as futile and made the best of it.

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                              • I Ian Shlasko

                                Yes, that's right... It's that time again... Time for the dumbest "holiday" ever invented by a human being. This is when thousands of people with far too much free time gather around a small hole in the ground, waiting for a magical rodent to predict the weather. For those of you in countries with better things to do, here's the gist of it. The superstition is that when a groundhog comes out of its hole on the morning of February 2nd... If it sees its shadow (Because it's sunny out), there'll be six more weeks of winter. If not (Cloudy), it'll be an early spring. Now, this moronic superstition has been dressed up over the years, and now we have NAMED groundhogs... The most famous of which is Punxsutawney Phil, unsurprisingly from a town with the inexplicable name of Punxsutawney (Yes, I had to look up the spelling). They have weather reports, news articles, and even pointless forum posts! Err, wait... So it's just nice to know that while we have a global network of weather stations, thousands of satellites in orbit, and probably hundreds of thousands of people whose sole profession it is to predict these things... We still get our weather reports from an over-sized rat. Sure would be funny if that rat had a TV in his hole, and was just watching the Weather Channel. But hey... The movie[^]was funny!

                                Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)

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                                Duncan Edwards Jones
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                                Ian Shlasko wrote:

                                But hey... The movie[^]was funny!

                                My copy had a scratch - it kept skipping back to the start, so i had to retrun it to the store.

                                '--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd

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                                  Dalek Dave wrote:

                                  How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

                                  FTFY The amount of wood that woodchucks would chuck on a given day varies greatly with the individual woodchuck. However, using the formula:

                                  (W + I) * C

                                  where: W = the constant of wood, which is well known to be 61, as agreed in many scientific circles. I = the variable in this equation, and stands for the word "if" from the original problem. As there are three circumstances, with 0 equaling the chance that the woodchuck cannot chuck wood, 1 being the theory that the woodchuck can chuck wood but chooses not to, and 2 standing for the probability that the woodchuck can and will chuck wood, we clearly must choose 2 for use in this equation. C = the constant of Chuck Norris, whose presence in any problem involving the word chuck must there, is well known to equal 1.1 of any known being, therefore the final part of this calculation is 1.1. As is clear, this appears to give the answer of (61 + 2) * 1.1 = (63) * 1.1 = 69.3. However, Chuck Norris' awesome roundhouse kick declares that all decimal points cannot be used in formulas such as this, and so it must be rounded to the final solution of 69 units of wood. How Chuck Norris got involved: A woodchuck would only chuck as much wood as Chuck Norris would allow it to, because the woodchuck shares Chuck's name. Therefore, Chuck must punish it and make it chuck as much wood as Chuck can. So, a woodchuck would chuck as much wood as Chuck could.

                                  All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand. My :badger:'s gonna unleash hell on your ass. :badger:tastic!

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                                  peterchen
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                                  OriginalGriff wrote:

                                  A woodchuck would only chuck as much wood as Chuck Norris would allow it to, because. Chuck must punish it

                                  FTFY

                                  Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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                                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                    You wouldn't have a wake [^]for the poor thing?

                                    All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand. My :badger:'s gonna unleash hell on your ass. :badger:tastic!

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                                    Boro_Bob
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                                    That is what I meant. I'm only joking, obviously. I don't own a dog. I have a cat though, and I probably will celebrate when that mangy animal croaks.

                                    Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.

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                                    • B Boro_Bob

                                      That is what I meant. I'm only joking, obviously. I don't own a dog. I have a cat though, and I probably will celebrate when that mangy animal croaks.

                                      Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.

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                                      Nagy Vilmos
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                                      Boro_Bob wrote:

                                      I probably will celebrate when that mangy animal croaks.

                                      gets my 5. [sorry Elaine]


                                      Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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                                      • D Duncan Edwards Jones

                                        Ian Shlasko wrote:

                                        But hey... The movie[^]was funny!

                                        My copy had a scratch - it kept skipping back to the start, so i had to retrun it to the store.

                                        '--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd

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                                        Andrew Rissing
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                                        No. That was how the movie was. ;-D Seriously though, that is ironic.

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                                        • D Duncan Edwards Jones

                                          Ian Shlasko wrote:

                                          But hey... The movie[^]was funny!

                                          My copy had a scratch - it kept skipping back to the start, so i had to retrun it to the store.

                                          '--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd

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                                          NetDave
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                                          Duncan Edwards Jones wrote:

                                          it kept skipping back to the start

                                          Good one!!! :laugh:

                                          QRZ? de WAØTTN

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