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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    I was going to continue, but it's long enough now.

    The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.

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    loctrice
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    your stretching the truth

    Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine

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      your stretching the truth

      Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine

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      OriginalGriff
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      Pen is mightier than sword!

      The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.

      "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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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        Pen is mightier than sword!

        The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.

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        loctrice
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        that one's a flop

        Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine

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        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

          Pen is mightier than sword!

          The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.

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          piyush_singh
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          Nowadays you can also say that the keyboard is mightier than the Pen!! ;)

          Piyush K Singh

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          • R Rage

            Well, my behaviour towards blonde German girls is quite a different one.

            ~RaGE();

            I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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            Mark_Wallace
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            Didn't they take out an injunction against you? All of 'em?

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

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            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

              Pen is mightier than sword!

              The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.

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              Mark_Wallace
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              We must be reading different dictionaries. AFAIK, pen is a synonym of sword.

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

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              • M Mark_Wallace

                We must be reading different dictionaries. AFAIK, pen is a synonym of sword.

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

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                OriginalGriff
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                Only if you remove spaces, or are pig-product obsessed! :laugh:

                The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.

                "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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                • R Rage

                  Well, my behaviour towards blonde German girls is quite a different one.

                  ~RaGE();

                  I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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                  kalberts
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                  I presume you go an, auf, hinter, in, neben, über,unter, vor und zwischen...

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                  • M Mirza Ghalib

                    Francis Bacon was so wrong when he said "knowledge is power", in today's pc and dumb people friendly workplace, ignorance is power. The less you know, the more people bend over backwards trying to explain things to you. More stress you inflict on other people, the stronger your power over them. I was unaware of this until a few years ago, until my spiritual guru revealed this truth to me and opened the gateway to eternal happiness. This was circa 2003. A new CIO had been appointed. Beefy bloke from Newzealand and blond too. He decided our company was getting stale and needed fresh blood. He brought in a lot of people who had absolutely no background in IT or had any previous experience in our business domain. All of them as project managers and senior business analysts. And the fun started. One day my boss called me in and said "Ghalib you going to help Tiffany with her new project. Show her the ropes. If the project fails I will hold you responsible". Lady in question was a blonde from Germany and a cat lover to boot. I consulted by spiritual guru "Oh wise one! This woman is going to torture me to death. What do I do". The wise one said "Man, play dumb". So I started off saying things like "What's XML?" at meetings. "You haven't heard of XML?" "Nope! never heard of it". Score me = 1, cat lover = 0. Predictably, the project collapsed before much money could be spent on it. But, I was on to a good thing. I perfected this to a fine art. I did so well at it that I was soon promoted. I have often found solutions to perplexing problems in CP, so I love you guys and would like to share this valuable secret with you :- "when nothing works, play dumb" :cool:

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                    Whats "dumb"?

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                    • M Mirza Ghalib

                      Francis Bacon was so wrong when he said "knowledge is power", in today's pc and dumb people friendly workplace, ignorance is power. The less you know, the more people bend over backwards trying to explain things to you. More stress you inflict on other people, the stronger your power over them. I was unaware of this until a few years ago, until my spiritual guru revealed this truth to me and opened the gateway to eternal happiness. This was circa 2003. A new CIO had been appointed. Beefy bloke from Newzealand and blond too. He decided our company was getting stale and needed fresh blood. He brought in a lot of people who had absolutely no background in IT or had any previous experience in our business domain. All of them as project managers and senior business analysts. And the fun started. One day my boss called me in and said "Ghalib you going to help Tiffany with her new project. Show her the ropes. If the project fails I will hold you responsible". Lady in question was a blonde from Germany and a cat lover to boot. I consulted by spiritual guru "Oh wise one! This woman is going to torture me to death. What do I do". The wise one said "Man, play dumb". So I started off saying things like "What's XML?" at meetings. "You haven't heard of XML?" "Nope! never heard of it". Score me = 1, cat lover = 0. Predictably, the project collapsed before much money could be spent on it. But, I was on to a good thing. I perfected this to a fine art. I did so well at it that I was soon promoted. I have often found solutions to perplexing problems in CP, so I love you guys and would like to share this valuable secret with you :- "when nothing works, play dumb" :cool:

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                      Brad Stiles
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                      Mirza Ghalib wrote:

                      But, I was on to a good thing. I perfected this to a fine art. I did so well at it that I was soon promoted.

                      Your real name wouldn't happen to be Peter, would it...?

                      Currently reading: "Dead Beat", by Jim Butcher

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                      • M Mirza Ghalib

                        Francis Bacon was so wrong when he said "knowledge is power", in today's pc and dumb people friendly workplace, ignorance is power. The less you know, the more people bend over backwards trying to explain things to you. More stress you inflict on other people, the stronger your power over them. I was unaware of this until a few years ago, until my spiritual guru revealed this truth to me and opened the gateway to eternal happiness. This was circa 2003. A new CIO had been appointed. Beefy bloke from Newzealand and blond too. He decided our company was getting stale and needed fresh blood. He brought in a lot of people who had absolutely no background in IT or had any previous experience in our business domain. All of them as project managers and senior business analysts. And the fun started. One day my boss called me in and said "Ghalib you going to help Tiffany with her new project. Show her the ropes. If the project fails I will hold you responsible". Lady in question was a blonde from Germany and a cat lover to boot. I consulted by spiritual guru "Oh wise one! This woman is going to torture me to death. What do I do". The wise one said "Man, play dumb". So I started off saying things like "What's XML?" at meetings. "You haven't heard of XML?" "Nope! never heard of it". Score me = 1, cat lover = 0. Predictably, the project collapsed before much money could be spent on it. But, I was on to a good thing. I perfected this to a fine art. I did so well at it that I was soon promoted. I have often found solutions to perplexing problems in CP, so I love you guys and would like to share this valuable secret with you :- "when nothing works, play dumb" :cool:

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                        YSLGuru
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                        @Mirza, With all due respect you're wrong but only technically. Ignorance in itself is not power. It's is the knowledge of ignorance, when and how to use it that is power. Thus the original saying that Knowledge is Power reigns true its just that in this case its the knowledge of how and when to use ignorance that affords power.

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                        • K Kenneth Haugland

                          Perhaps the GOP has several meanings...

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                          BrainiacV
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                          Time to employ the DOD and I don't mean Department of Defense, however it ends in Death.

                          Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.

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                            Time to employ the DOD and I don't mean Department of Defense, however it ends in Death.

                            Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.

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                            Kenneth Haugland
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                            I thought the DOD stood for Department of Drones?

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                            • K Kenneth Haugland

                              I thought the DOD stood for Department of Drones?

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                              BrainiacV
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                              Kenneth Haugland wrote:

                              I thought the DOD stood for Department of Drones?

                              You would think so anymore. I hear they plan to make drones that deploy drones and submarines that deploy drones. But in my case it means Dick of Death.

                              Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.

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                              • Y YSLGuru

                                @Mirza, With all due respect you're wrong but only technically. Ignorance in itself is not power. It's is the knowledge of ignorance, when and how to use it that is power. Thus the original saying that Knowledge is Power reigns true its just that in this case its the knowledge of how and when to use ignorance that affords power.

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                                ExcellentOrg
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                                YSL ====================================================== | Knowledge of Knowledge | No Knowledge of Knowledge | ====================================================== | Knowledge of Ignorance | No Knowledge of Ignorance | ====================================================== There !!! I boxed all your out-of-box thinking. --- Real programmers don't use pointers... ............ they point fingers ...

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                                  Maximilien wrote:

                                  I would have quit at that point.

                                  And yet he turned it into a promotion. You've much to learn, young grasshopper.

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                                  MehGerbil wrote:

                                  And yet he turned it into a promotion.

                                  By intentionally making the project fail no-less! Obviously Blonds DO follow an unfamiliar path in the business world.

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                                    YSL ====================================================== | Knowledge of Knowledge | No Knowledge of Knowledge | ====================================================== | Knowledge of Ignorance | No Knowledge of Ignorance | ====================================================== There !!! I boxed all your out-of-box thinking. --- Real programmers don't use pointers... ............ they point fingers ...

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                                    YSLGuru
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                                    Funny but how is my post "Out of the box" thinking? Is it because my post (unlike trhe rest) was not a dick joke but a serious comment?

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