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Wayfarer-- I only wish I were crackly Posted Sep 22, 2001
but it's a sham if you think it does all the things it does in the ads.
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Zero Irregardless Posted Sep 26, 2001
The Soviet Union used to celebrate the October Revolution in November, due to adopting the current calendar afterwards.
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Wayfarer-- I only wish I were crackly Posted Sep 26, 2001
October, since oct means 8, and October is the 10th month, also due to the calensdar change.
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Zero Irregardless Posted Sep 29, 2001
A dormouse is not a mouse. It's a small squirrel. They are, of course considered a delicacy in France.
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Future World Dictator (13) Posted Sep 30, 2001
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It wasn't a union, it wasn't socialist, and they weren't republics.
They might have been Soviet, though...
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Phryne- 'Best Suppurating Actress' Posted Sep 30, 2001
Hmmm...
Public opinion,
Organised religion, and...
military intelligence.
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Mister Matty Posted Oct 1, 2001
Er, it was a Union
OK, it wasn't socialist in the equality sense but it was collectivist
they were definitely republics. I don't remember no King of Latvia
Zagreb 
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Dorothy Outta Kansas Posted Oct 1, 2001
Hey Welcome back Mandrake (on your shiny new computer)!
Personal Computers (at work)
Continuing the theme: NT (New Technology)
And things that catch fire easily are both flammable and inflammable!
x x Fenny (still hoping for Zero Intolerance)
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The Jester (P. S. of Village Idiots, Muse of Comedians, Keeper of Jokes, Chef and Seraph of Bad Jokes) LUG @ A458228 Posted Oct 3, 2001
My rebuttal:
What's wrong with "This page is intentionally left blank"?!? (Take a look at my home page)
Reverse engineering - going from the product to try and get the requirements (so it IS the reverse of engineering, even if it's not the reverse of manufacturing)
...Christ was born around 5AD... - I thought it was about 5 BC
And one of my own:
Strong/weak acids - a 0.000000001% solution of hydrochloric acid is strong, but a 10% solution of carbonic acid is weak.
38-J
JOTD: Love means having to say you're sorry every five minutes.
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Researcher 188007 Posted Aug 23, 2002
Battle is 6 miles north-west of Hastings. A well-preserved abbey surrounds the battleground.
Whereas there is of course the normal proportion of avuncular types in the Netherlands, the vast majority of Dutch uncles are, in fact, not Dutch.
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Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese Posted Aug 25, 2002
Re: Woodpigeon in #138:
"Why does the Munich Oktoberfest mainly take place in September?"
I was told it was meant to celebrate the beginning of October. It's always two weeks timed such that the first weekend in October is included and marks the end of the Fest. Only if 3rd October (the National Celebration day of Reunification) happens to be a Monday or Tuesday then the Fest is extended to include it.
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six7s Posted Aug 25, 2002
How about...
Safety barriers: do they bar people from being safe 
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Aug 25, 2002
"Personal shredders" 
"Baby powder" 
"Economic colour inkjet" 
"Children's television" (I think you'll find the majority of people who make it are adults...) 
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- 141: Wayfarer-- I only wish I were crackly (Sep 22, 2001)
- 142: Tamara's another day (Sep 25, 2001)
- 143: Wayfarer-- I only wish I were crackly (Sep 25, 2001)
- 144: Zero Irregardless (Sep 26, 2001)
- 145: Wayfarer-- I only wish I were crackly (Sep 26, 2001)
- 146: Zero Irregardless (Sep 29, 2001)
- 147: Future World Dictator (13) (Sep 30, 2001)
- 148: Phryne- 'Best Suppurating Actress' (Sep 30, 2001)
- 149: Mister Matty (Oct 1, 2001)
- 150: Dorothy Outta Kansas (Oct 1, 2001)
- 151: The Jester (P. S. of Village Idiots, Muse of Comedians, Keeper of Jokes, Chef and Seraph of Bad Jokes) LUG @ A458228 (Oct 3, 2001)
- 152: The Snockerty Friddle (Aug 23, 2002)
- 153: Researcher 188007 (Aug 23, 2002)
- 154: Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese (Aug 25, 2002)
- 155: six7s (Aug 25, 2002)
- 156: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Aug 25, 2002)
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