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  • M Michael P Butler

    KaЯl wrote: Is it the same in UK? Yes. That is its selling point. A mean-spirited bitch asking questions and making fun of you when you get the wrong answer. Takes me back to my old maths lessons. Michael CP Blog [^]

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    Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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    We had it in Geography. Not a pleasant experience... X| Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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    • M Marc Clifton

      And remember, these are the same people that vote! :rolleyes: Marc Microsoft MVP, Visual C# MyXaml MyXaml Blog Hunt The Wumpus RealDevs.Net

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      mystro_AKA_kokie
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      Marc Clifton wrote: And remember, these are the same people that vote! And they're also the people whose opinions are so revered by the media. Politicians are constantly moving up and down based on what these very people think. You should be very scared:). I am sitting in my flame proof buncker, so don't even bother. by the way, perl stinks. "I believe god invented man, because he was disappointed in the monkey" Mark Twain

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      • K KaRl

        It's exactly the same in the french version, it must be part of the business plan worldwide :suss:


        Собой остаться дольше...

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        Colin Angus Mackay
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        I think it is called "Humiliation TV"


        "If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!

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        • M mystro_AKA_kokie

          Marc Clifton wrote: And remember, these are the same people that vote! And they're also the people whose opinions are so revered by the media. Politicians are constantly moving up and down based on what these very people think. You should be very scared:). I am sitting in my flame proof buncker, so don't even bother. by the way, perl stinks. "I believe god invented man, because he was disappointed in the monkey" Mark Twain

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          Colin Angus Mackay
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          mystro_AKA_kokie wrote: Politicians are constantly moving up and down YOU! SOAPBOX! NOW!!!!


          "If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!

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          • C Colin Angus Mackay

            mystro_AKA_kokie wrote: Politicians are constantly moving up and down YOU! SOAPBOX! NOW!!!!


            "If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!

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            mystro_AKA_kokie
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            Colin Angus Mackay wrote: YOU! SOAPBOX! NOW!!!! Yesss!!Sirrrrr!!! I am sitting in my flame proof buncker, so don't even bother. by the way, perl stinks. "I believe god invented man, because he was disappointed in the monkey" Mark Twain

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            • M mystro_AKA_kokie

              Colin Angus Mackay wrote: YOU! SOAPBOX! NOW!!!! Yesss!!Sirrrrr!!! I am sitting in my flame proof buncker, so don't even bother. by the way, perl stinks. "I believe god invented man, because he was disappointed in the monkey" Mark Twain

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              Colin Angus Mackay
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              :-D


              "If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!

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              • C Colin Angus Mackay

                BBC Radio Norfolk

                Stewart White: Who had a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?
                Contestant: I don’t know.
                White: Okay, I’ll give you a couple of clues. What do you call the part of your body between your hand and your elbow?
                Contestant: The arm.
                White: Correct! And if you aren’t weak, you are...?
                Contestant: Strong.
                White: Correct. And a final clue: what was Lord Mountbatten’s first name?
                Contestant: Louis.
                White: Well there we are then. So who did have a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?
                Contestant: Frank Sinatra?

                The Weakest Link, BBC

                Anne Robinson: The cultivation of which fruit is known as viniculture?
                Contestant: Potatoes.


                "If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!

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                Paul Watson
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                I'd rather have a dumbed down culture than a culture which celebrates the derision of people. Sorry, I just detest that show. It is awful, to think people actually came up with the concept and millions watch it every week, enjoying the pain of others. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan wrote: "I always knew that somewhere deep inside that likable, Save the Whales kinda guy there lurked the heart of a troublemaker..." Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                • C Colin Angus Mackay

                  BBC Radio Norfolk

                  Stewart White: Who had a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?
                  Contestant: I don’t know.
                  White: Okay, I’ll give you a couple of clues. What do you call the part of your body between your hand and your elbow?
                  Contestant: The arm.
                  White: Correct! And if you aren’t weak, you are...?
                  Contestant: Strong.
                  White: Correct. And a final clue: what was Lord Mountbatten’s first name?
                  Contestant: Louis.
                  White: Well there we are then. So who did have a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?
                  Contestant: Frank Sinatra?

                  The Weakest Link, BBC

                  Anne Robinson: The cultivation of which fruit is known as viniculture?
                  Contestant: Potatoes.


                  "If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!

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                  Steve Mayfield
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                  Sounds like it should be called "The Weakest Darwinian Link" Steve

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                  • C Colin Angus Mackay

                    KaЯl wrote: Is it the same in UK? Yes, and Anne Robinson, the host, is apparently like that in real life too. My sister worked for a sound studio a while back and AR came in and saw that one of the receptionists had purple streaks through her hair and instead of saying "Hello" or "I'm here to meet..." she said: "Does your mother know you've got purple hair?"


                    "If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!

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                    Diane Capewell
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                    Colin Angus Mackay wrote: Anne Robinson, the host, is apparently like that in real life too... She was a guest on Top Gear once. I'm sure she scared the hell out of Jeremy Clarkson, though he tried very hard not to show it. (She's a fairly aggressive driver too, surprise surprise.) -- Diane C "I think it would be a good idea." (Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of western civilisation)

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                    • C Colin Angus Mackay

                      I think it is called "Humiliation TV"


                      "If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!

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                      KaRl
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                      I guess it's the way these shows get audience. They humiliate the contestants so the people watching these shows have then a feeling of superiority...I don't see any other reason for such a rude behaviour


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