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- Grand Pooh-Bah
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I give De Beers 50/50 odds on maneuvering their way out of a tight spot using marketing. Otherwise, I want windows made of diamond!
I give De Beers 50/50 odds on maneuvering their way out of a tight spot using marketing. Otherwise, I want windows made of diamond!
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NSFW. Er, probably. I haven't guts enough to actually click on it while at work. Uses the word "fluff" in a non-marshmellow context.
NSFW. Er, probably. I haven't guts enough to actually click on it while at work. Uses the word "fluff" in a non-marshmellow context.
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- Grand Pooh-Bah
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So is the number of new students entering CS.
So is the number of new students entering CS.
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Man, I never realized just how often Samuel L. Jackson dies.
Man, I never realized just how often Samuel L. Jackson dies.
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- Grand Pooh-Bah
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Have you ever secretly fantasized about dressing your dog up in the metal bikini Princess Leia wore in Return of the Jedi?
Me neither.
Have you ever secretly fantasized about dressing your dog up in the metal bikini Princess Leia wore in Return of the Jedi?
Me neither.
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I challenge the ambitious or bored to find the number of bits shifted by Usenet versus BitTorrent.
I challenge the ambitious or bored to find the number of bits shifted by Usenet versus BitTorrent.
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Ah. I'll be replacing my Hiptop pretty soon, thank you.
Hiptop (original color, not Sidekick 2): 116 x 65 x 29 mm
Nokia 770: 141 x 79 x 19 mm
Ah. I'll be replacing my Hiptop pretty soon, thank you.
Hiptop (original color, not Sidekick 2): 116 x 65 x 29 mm
Nokia 770: 141 x 79 x 19 mm
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College vs. University a la Urbandictionary
1. college
A magical place where it is rumored that learning takes place, although to those who enter it is often described differently afterward, as a beatiful land in which beer flows in amber currents next to a golden pasture, where virgins lie naked with gentle smiles upon their calm, inviting faces; but more precisely, a Shangri-La rite of passage into adulthood which involves rampant consumption of alcoholic beverages, flagrant and promiscuous sexual behavior, and a general and fundamental disregard for any form of responsibility by its habitants.
Thank you sir, may I have another?
Source: Phlagellum, Sep 23, 2003
1. university
Once a mechanism whereby smart people could raise themselves above humble beginnings and obtain a worthwhile qualification indicating a high probability of being employable. Now a complete con to get kids with high hopes into insurmountable amounts of debt before they even think about buying a house.. then they discover that the job they trained for was entirely fictitious, and they'll have to take any job they can get. At this point, they realise they should have gone into benefit fraud and drug dealing like all their "stupid" friends, who now have houses, cars and big screen TVs.
John always did well in his school classes, and did three A-Levels and got good grades. He went to uni for three years which put him about £30,000 in debt. When he finished his course he found that his degree counted for very little, since he had no experience and the other 400 job applicants also had degrees. He took a job as a sales rep with Coca-Cola, but got fired when he went to an interview for a better job. Meanwhile the cost of living rose exponentially, and by the age of 24, John's debts stood at around £45,000. This was before he even got a mortgage. A couple of years afterwards he divorced his wife on the grounds of infidelity, but she got custody of the kids, and now he doesn't even get to see them despite paying atrocious amounts of child support. Welcome to Blair's Britain.
Source: believe me it happens, Feb 28, 2004