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I'm not a genius.

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  • M Mark_Wallace

    OriginalGriff wrote:

    I certainly am

    You know he said "genius", not "genus", yes?

    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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    OriginalGriff
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    I was referring to where he said "stupid", but I could be dumb enough to have got it wrong. I lie about my height a lot.

    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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    • G glennPattonWork3

      From the description why did the Police get them out, Darwin Award potential! :rolleyes:

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      SoMad
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      :thumbsup: :laugh: good one. On the plus side, the police don't have to bother locking their cell door :-D BTW, who gets a neck tattoo like that?

      "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

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      • M Mark_Wallace

        PhilLenoir wrote:

        such an eloquently worded attack

        It's hardly eloquent. The excessive elision not only makes it ineloquent (by crunching two clauses into what looks like one), but leaves it open for misinterpretation, because "just almost" looks like a weird ESL-induced tautology. I know that F-grade, arrogant style guides written by academics who don't have a clue what they're talking about say that you should use as few words as possible*, but you should never omit any word that is necessary for the reader's comprehension of the meaning. "It's just that almost all of you..." * A genuinely useful rule would be "Use the right number of words"

        I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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        PhilLenoir
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        Mark, I apologise if my sarcasm eluded you! :)

        Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

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        • J Joe Woodbury

          Damn, you found us out. The real trick of being a senior anything, let alone engineer, isn't being a genius or even being brilliant, it's having the experience to know what not to do.

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          Pete OHanlon
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          Well, that and having a steady supply of underlings to blame.

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          • P Pete OHanlon

            We're not stupid enough to post our email address in a high traffic website.

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            Lost User
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            I have hundreds of emails :) And this email was not used. So I decided to adapt it here. And there is nothing very wrong with publishing the email on website. It's not a password for email, it' just a email. Do you happen to suffer from paranoia? :)

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            • S SoMad

              :thumbsup: :laugh: good one. On the plus side, the police don't have to bother locking their cell door :-D BTW, who gets a neck tattoo like that?

              "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

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              glennPattonWork3
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              I know I should laugh but a friend of mine awoke the morning after his stag night in tattooist chair (a friend of one his friends) with a dashed line with 'cut here' on his neck (done in indelible ink) tattooist friend always kept his keys safe after that :laugh:

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              • L Lost User

                I have hundreds of emails :) And this email was not used. So I decided to adapt it here. And there is nothing very wrong with publishing the email on website. It's not a password for email, it' just a email. Do you happen to suffer from paranoia? :)

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                Pete OHanlon
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                Some of us are clever enough to not invite spam.

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                • P PhilLenoir

                  Mark, I apologise if my sarcasm eluded you! :)

                  Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

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                  Mark_Wallace
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                  Sarcasm? I've no idea what that is. I had to look it up.

                  I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                  • M Mark_Wallace

                    Sarcasm? I've no idea what that is. I had to look it up.

                    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                    PhilLenoir
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                    Must be because we aren't geniuses!

                    Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

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                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                      I was referring to where he said "stupid", but I could be dumb enough to have got it wrong. I lie about my height a lot.

                      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                      Mark_Wallace
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                      OriginalGriff wrote:

                      I lie about my height a lot.

                      I've found, by using basic geometrical calculations, that I tend to be not so high when I'm lying.

                      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                      • P PhilLenoir

                        Must be because we aren't geniuses!

                        Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

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                        Mark_Wallace
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                        It appears, however, that we're smart enough to use sarcasm and thunder-stealing techniques.

                        I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                        • S SoMad

                          Still not as bad as this lovely couple[^] :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: (sorry if that is a repost) Soren Madsen

                          "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

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                          Mark_Wallace
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                          SoMad wrote:

                          Still not as bad as this lovely couple[^]

                          They say you can't tell a book by its cover, but sometimes it's just not true.

                          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                          • L Lost User

                            No, I can't cancel my account here! You're stupid! I must enlighten you! I have to do what you can't do!

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                            Mark_Wallace
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                            Emiliarge wrote:

                            I must enlighten you!

                            Nah. It's easier to just lie about my weight.

                            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                            • L Lost User

                              Just almost all of you are stupid.

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                              kmoorevs
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                              Hey genius, don't forget to use the Joke icon next time! ;P

                              "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

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                              • L Lost User

                                No you're right the 'g' should be a 'p' and you don't need the 'u'.

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                                Mark_Wallace
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                                P0mpey3 wrote:

                                you don't need the 'u'

                                Or is it we who don't need the 'he'?

                                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                • L Lost User

                                  Just almost all of you are stupid.

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                                  Eric Goedhart
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                                  [The "I'm Not A Genius" Syndrome ^] :-D

                                  With friendly greetings,:) Eric Goedhart

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                                  • L Lost User

                                    Just almost all of you are stupid.

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                                    Simon ORiordan from UK
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                                    I am a genius actually. Which is nice.

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                                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                      Nah, if you buy a whole new switch you have to get an electrician to inspect your work and issue a certificate... :sigh:

                                      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                      Member 10707677
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                                      If you were in New Zealand, you would be protected by the home maintenance code provisions. The only conditions are like for like.

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                                        If you were in New Zealand, you would be protected by the home maintenance code provisions. The only conditions are like for like.

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                                        OriginalGriff
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                                        The Nanny State in the UK doesn't trust people as much as the rather-less-Nanny State you live under! :laugh:

                                        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

                                        "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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                                        • S Simon ORiordan from UK

                                          I am a genius actually. Which is nice.

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                                          BillWoodruff
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                                          But, is that as nice for us as it is for you ?

                                          «A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards ... as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push»  Wittgenstein

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