Originally posted by Bumner
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Would, wouldn't, it's all the same. You and your high-fallutin fancy word talk.Last edited by Spartacus; 17 January 2006, 14:47.I'm Spartacus. -
caffeined up, Miso'd up... firing on all cylinders.....Comment
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You might be able to fool the others, but I know you...Originally posted by MarillionFan
His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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I refute that!
Anyway someone just sent me an email to say they would pick me up at 6.00 give or take ten minutes. As they are always late I sent back this reply.
"Is that + or - 10 minutes or +10 minutes.
Where 6 would be the miminum and 6.10 the maximum.
So what you actually mean is 6.05 +-5 minutes."
Question? Is that geeky or just being accurate?What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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surely it means between 5:50 and 6:10, other wise they would have said 6pm give 10 mins to mean between 6pm and 6:10pm
or 6pm take 10 mins to say between 5:50pm and 6pm
37% for me at the test btwChico, what time is it?Comment
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I reckon the test is missing some key questions:Originally posted by MarillionFan
Were you in the university tiddly winks team?
Do you own a set of juggling balls?
Is your hair in a pony tail?
Do you bath/shower more than once a week?
Do people give the impression of gagging/choking when standing next to you?
The hairy contractor with no social skills next to me doesn't half pong. I'm grateful he smokes as the stale tobacco largely masks the body stench. Would he notice if I sprayed him with a fumigant? (That lice killer - Zyklon B - used by the Nazis would do the job nicely.)
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No Rebecca. You see I know that the person in question wont turn up early, thus invalidating his +-10 minues. What he means is after six(minimum) give or take 10 minutes. I reckon he will turn up 6.10.
I keep you all posted.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Is that 6.10 give or take 10 minutes?
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Arrived on the money at 6.05. Nuff said.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Well, as far as I can see, he misled you.
He didn't says give or take upto 10 minutes, he said 10 mins, which is an absolute value.
Give or take 10 mins from 6.00pm means either 5.50pm or 6.10 pm.
Give or take upto 10 mins from 6.00pm means between 5.50 pm and 6.10pm.
Since he arrived at 6.05pm, I would suggest that his timekeeping is somewhat lacksadaisical.Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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