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SueEllen replied

10 March 2011, 08:41
Originally posted by k2p2 View Post

The one that winds me up is the government's use of "Czars".

EDIT: Czar is a damned useful scrabble word though!

I prefer to spell it Tsar or Tzar

BTW is connect.me some sort of trick being carried out by someone/some university to find the gullible around the world? There are a few universities doing research into social media.
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mudskipper replied

10 March 2011, 07:30
The one that winds me up is the government's use of "Czars".

EDIT: Czar is a damned useful scrabble word though!
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Sysman replied

10 March 2011, 06:42
Originally posted by NickFitz View Post

I don't know where this trend for developers with an inflated sense of their own abilities calling themselves "ninjas" started, but it's always grated on me. Chris Heilmann (who really is an awesome developer) had a good rant about it recently.

For what it's worth I never liked the term "gurus".
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NickFitz replied

10 March 2011, 03:48
Originally posted by AtW View Post

Better edit this nick before our own ninja squirrel moderator is back from pub, otherwise there won't be another monkey links monday...

Nice knowing ya

I'm busy advising him on code-orientated text editors for his lovely new MacBook over on twitter - I think I'm safe for the moment
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Wodewick replied

9 March 2011, 23:58
Originally posted by AtW View Post

Shut up Baldrick.

If only you understood
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AtW replied

9 March 2011, 23:55
Originally posted by Wodewick View Post

That is an incredibly crass and stupid thing to say!! There is nothing entertaining about it!

Shut up Baldrick.
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Wodewick replied

9 March 2011, 23:52
Originally posted by AtW View Post

Morris dancing is the most fatuous, tenth-rate entertainment ever devised by man...

HTH

That is an incredibly crass and stupid thing to say!! There is nothing entertaining about it!
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AtW replied

9 March 2011, 23:49
Originally posted by PRC1964 View Post

Next you'll be telling us you haven't trained in Morris dancing.

Morris dancing is the most fatuous, tenth-rate entertainment ever devised by man...

HTH
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PRC1964 replied

9 March 2011, 23:38
Originally posted by AtW View Post

No, in fact word "merkin" is new to me, had to look it up ...

Bugger, those citizenship tests for immigrants aren't tough enough.

Next you'll be telling us you haven't trained in Morris dancing.
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2BIT replied

9 March 2011, 23:25
Originally posted by doodab View Post

The ones who just get on with it and get it done well time after time tend not to boast. More like good session musicians IMO.

completely agree but whose heard of the funk brothers?
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AtW replied

9 March 2011, 23:06
Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post

AtW. Have you ever thought of a facial merkin?

No, in fact word "merkin" is new to me, had to look it up ...
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MarillionFan replied

9 March 2011, 23:06
Originally posted by AtW View Post

Not liking real men with facial hair then?

AtW. Have you ever thought of a facial merkin?
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AtW replied

9 March 2011, 22:56
Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post

He needs to put the drink down and pick up a razor.

Not liking real men with facial hair then?
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MaryPoppins replied

9 March 2011, 21:57
Originally posted by doodab View Post

It's what this guy drinks.

Joe Johnston | LinkedIn

He needs to put the drink down and pick up a razor.
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doodab replied

9 March 2011, 21:55
Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post

'Context Cocktail'?

It's what this guy drinks.

Joe Johnston | LinkedIn
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