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Z Phantom Posted Apr 9, 2002
why is dix...dyx...Dyslexia so hard to spell?
why is lisp so hard to say for thost who have one?
why is phonetically not spelt foneticaly?
Z P
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Bob Gone for good read the jornal Posted Apr 9, 2002
becuse the words where invented by scientists
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Ste Posted Apr 9, 2002
When I used to work at BT 192, directory enquiries, a woman phoned up and asked for the National Dyslexia Society (or something similar). I had to ask her how to spell it after much searching the computer of every combination of the spelling I could imagine, not very convincingly controlling my laughter in the process.
I don't think she was a very satisfied customer...
Ste
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some bloke who tried to think of a short, catchy, pithy name and spent five sleepless nights trying but couldn't think of one Posted Apr 10, 2002
Why is abbreviated so long?
Why is palindromic not?
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Brother Maynard Posted Apr 10, 2002
and why doesn't Onomatopoeia sound anything like its meaning?
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Mauritania Posted Apr 10, 2002
Why is Earth called Earth because not all of it is?
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beanfoto Posted Apr 10, 2002
Why is Sock a Vulcan when his ears aren't made of rubber?
Was Salvador Dali's moustache really a melting clock? (Da-da)
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Apr 10, 2002
Why is surreal a jello cow?
Why isn't irrelevant?
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beanfoto Posted Apr 10, 2002
A fish!
It's hard typing Spock with only fins my old codling!
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Pink Paisley Posted Apr 10, 2002
How hard is rocket science?
Is it harder than brain surgery?
Do donkeys really like strawberries?
These are not useless information, they are useless questions. The answers might be quite useful.
PP
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Apr 10, 2002
"Roses are Red,
Violets are Blue-ish
If it wasn't for Jesus
we might all be Jewish!" 
or
"They don't make Jews like Jesus any more" - Kinky Friedman
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Mauritania Posted Apr 11, 2002
Manga is totally different to Anime in every respect apart from they are both styles of cartoons.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Apr 11, 2002
...and that they were both developed in Japan...
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Tonto BA (Hons) Posted Apr 11, 2002
When my computer is on, I cannot listen to AM radio. It goes all crackly. When I turn my comp off it is fine. My old computer didn't do that.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Apr 12, 2002
I guess you'll find you're running your monitor at a higher resolution... I find the same problem, but only when my monitors are set above 1024 x 768. See if it goes away when you switch the monitor off but leave the computer running...
Oh, sh*t. That could be useful information. Hang on a sec... Er...
"My soldering iron is full of gas, and so am I"
There. That's better. 
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Mauritania Posted Apr 12, 2002
UK worst roads, the nominations are:
M6 Rugby-Carsile
Daily useage - 100,000 vehicles
Problems - Conjestion
Responsibility - Highway agency
A134 Northwood, Nolfolk
Daily useage - 4,500 vehicles
Problems - High accident rate
Responsibility - Nolfolk county council
Which do you think is the worst.
I think its a cross between the M25 and the A69 myself.
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Brother Maynard Posted Apr 12, 2002
At the risk of being useful, a strong candidate must be the A303 Illminster by-pass. Its a single carriageway road, but it appears to be pretty much compulsory to drive two abreast each way as if it were dual. It is almost but not quite wide enough to do this.
And its made of concrete.
Oranges are not the only fruit unless you only have oranges.
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- 1442: Bob Gone for good read the jornal (Apr 9, 2002)
- 1443: Ste (Apr 9, 2002)
- 1444: some bloke who tried to think of a short, catchy, pithy name and spent five sleepless nights trying but couldn't think of one (Apr 10, 2002)
- 1445: Brother Maynard (Apr 10, 2002)
- 1446: Mauritania (Apr 10, 2002)
- 1447: beanfoto (Apr 10, 2002)
- 1448: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Apr 10, 2002)
- 1449: beanfoto (Apr 10, 2002)
- 1450: Pink Paisley (Apr 10, 2002)
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- 1452: Brother Maynard (Apr 10, 2002)
- 1453: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Apr 10, 2002)
- 1454: Mauritania (Apr 11, 2002)
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- 1457: Tonto BA (Hons) (Apr 11, 2002)
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- 1459: Mauritania (Apr 12, 2002)
- 1460: Brother Maynard (Apr 12, 2002)
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