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Monday Links from the Bench vol. CXCIX

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    #11
    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    Its a sliding scale.

    level of Madness ∝ (Cats) + ((knitted items with cats on)/3).

    Note squirrels can be substituted for cats if you are Russian!
    I've cross stitched cats. In my yoof - I've grown out of it now I'm old.

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      #12
      Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
      The Original "Mahna Mahna" - "It's a fair bet that you've heard "Mahna Mahna" from The Muppet Show. If you're of a certain age, just mentioning "Mahna Mahna" starts the tune in your head, and you're off to the races! (Doo-doo-dee-doo-doo, doo-doo-dee-doo!!) But while most of us think of the song as the opening number on the original Muppet Show, its first Muppet rendition came on an early episode of Sesame Street, performed by a trio of then-nameless "anything Muppets" just messing around." Chris Higgins tracks down various manifestations of the classic Muppets song. Turns out Sesame Street wasn't its first appearance...
      And they missed the Sandra Bullock version!
      Originally posted by MaryPoppins
      I hadn't really understood this 'pwned' expression until I read DirtyDog's post.

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        #13
        Originally posted by barrydidit View Post
        Oh, and there's Not on the High Street too, but i think their commission is a bit steep or something
        NOTHS are very picky about who they let in and are a bit of a nightmare to deal with, by all accounts.
        Originally posted by MaryPoppins
        I hadn't really understood this 'pwned' expression until I read DirtyDog's post.

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          #14
          Originally posted by vetran View Post
          Its a sliding scale.

          level of Madness ∝ (Cats) + ((knitted items with cats on)/3).

          Note squirrels can be substituted for cats if you are Russian!
          Plus, there's the concept of crafting with cat hair.
          Originally posted by MaryPoppins
          I hadn't really understood this 'pwned' expression until I read DirtyDog's post.

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            #15
            Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
            Once these are posted, I can go out foraging for bacon:
            [LIST][*]Our Logo Looks Like Underpants: A Case Study in Internationalization - RJMetrics unveiled a new corporate identity, and soon identified a disconcerting trend on social media: "Without exception, every tweet that ever suggested that our logo looks like underpants had come from the United Kingdom."
            Someone just pointed out to me that clientCo's logo is a thong.

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              #16
              Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
              Someone just pointed out to me that clientCo's logo is a thong.


              Yes, I can see that, a whale tail

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                #17
                Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
                I've just read that for the first time, and Facebook is now offering me their sponsored posts in my timeline
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                  #18
                  Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
                  I've just read that for the first time, and Facebook is now offering me their sponsored posts in my timeline
                  If you'd kept up and read it last year, they'd have got bored and gone away by now

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by craig1 View Post
                    A very interesting and sobering article.

                    The bit that made me think was the one suicide victim who said: ‘I’m going to walk to the bridge. If one person smiles at me on the way, I will not jump.’ Obviously no-one smiled at him.
                    Sobering indeed. I try to smile every day, because as Louis Armstrong sang, 'when you're smiling, when you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you...'

                    Maybe that just makes me an irritating coont for some people; I never stopped to think it could save somebody's life though.

                    And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
                      [*]The Original "Mahna Mahna" - "It's a fair bet that you've heard "Mahna Mahna" from The Muppet Show. If you're of a certain age, just mentioning "Mahna Mahna" starts the tune in your head, and you're off to the races! (Doo-doo-dee-doo-doo, doo-doo-dee-doo!!) But while most of us think of the song as the opening number on the original Muppet Show, its first Muppet rendition came on an early episode of Sesame Street, performed by a trio of then-nameless "anything Muppets" just messing around." Chris Higgins tracks down various manifestations of the classic Muppets song. Turns out Sesame Street wasn't its first appearance...
                      I like this version;

                      And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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