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Category Archives: Humour

things that make me laugh

Ship High In Transit

Posted on 25 November, 2004 by Ian — 1 Comment ↓

Via Despicable Horses :Historical information you need to know about shipping Manure: In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship. It was also before commercial fertilizer’s invention, so large shipments of manure were common. It Continue reading Ship High In Transit→

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Memorable Quotes from Life of Brian (1979)

Posted on 24 February, 2004 by Ian — No Comments ↓

Memorable Quotes from Life of Brian (1979), because ” No one expects The Spanish Inquisition!‘”

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I am A Fact Of Life

Posted on 20 February, 2004 by Ian — No Comments ↓

Via Techdirt False Positives Are A Fact Of Life In Spam Filtering. So there!

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Mary Poppins – corrupter of youth

Posted on 3 February, 2004 by Ian — No Comments ↓

Metaphilm – Mary Poppins Mary Poppins Practical Citizenship for Toddlers : How Mary Poppins corrupts the minds of our good capitalist youth. Who knew! Where’s Senator Mccarthy to save the day?

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What they really mean… from Valley of the Geeks …

Posted on 25 August, 2003 by Ian — No Comments ↓

What they really mean… from Valley of the Geeks – NEW: Management Speak (Dilbert would be very proud) The product is going to ship in Q4….we just don’t know what year. No serious bugs have been reported….since we don’t have Continue reading What they really mean… from Valley of the Geeks …→

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Things over heard from Klingon programmers.

Posted on 7 April, 2003 by Ian — No Comments ↓

1. Perhaps it is a good day to die! I say we ship it. 2. Specifications are for the weak and timid! 3. This machine is a piece of GAGH! I need dual Pentium processors if I am to do Continue reading Things over heard from Klingon programmers.→

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The blog was started in April 2003.

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