The Chat Thread

[Brahmsian]

I think it probably is. Reading 10 in binary, this translates to 2/2/2. Three twos are six. And three sixes are 666. Need I say more?

No more need be said, indeed!    It was nice knowing you.   

[Opus106]

I think it probably is. Reading 10 in binary, this translates to 2/2/2. Three twos are six. And three sixes are 666. Need I say more?

I heard the guy with the half-full glass say that it should be converted to decimal from 101010.

[Elgarian]

No more need be said, indeed!    It was nice knowing you.   

By the way, I distinctly remember feeling there was something particularly odd about the universe at 10 past 10 this morning.

[Elgarian]

I heard the guy with the half-full glass say that it should be converted to decimal from 101010.

But of course! Brilliantly observed. Perhaps Douglas Adams is due to return to us!

[Brian]

At 10:10:10 on 10.10.10, I was sitting in bed reading a murder mystery: Last Seen Wearing by Colin Dexter.

[Elgarian]

At 10:10:10 on 10.10.10, I was sitting in bed reading a murder mystery: Last Seen Wearing by Colin Dexter.

Imagine how scary it would have been to be an actor playing one of the dwarves in Snow White, and then find yourself at 10.10.10 on 10/10/10 singing:

IO, IO, IO,
It's off to work we go.

[greg]

Today (in most parts of the world) is 10/10/10  Is this supposed to be the 'new' Apocalypse? 

I wish.

[Benji]

Imagine how scary it would have been to be an actor playing one of the dwarves in Snow White, and then find yourself at 10.10.10 on 10/10/10 singing:

IO, IO, IO,
It's off to work we go.

Whilst assembling three Tent Tent Tents

[DavidRoss]

Whatever happened to

?

[Szykneij]

I purposely waited until yesterday to pay my bills so I could write 10/10/10 on my checks.

[Benji]

Whatever happened to

?

He got rin tin tinitus from listening to amplified jazz organ through headphones every day.

[MN Dave]

Whingers annoy me. Just sayin'.

[karlhenning]

I hears ya.

[Szykneij]

Whingers annoy me. Just sayin'.

I dont know. Debra used to be OK ...




Actually, I never encountered the term before so I had to look it up:

whinge   /ʰwɪndʒ, wɪndʒ/  Show Spelled
[hwinj, winj]  Show IPA

–verb (used without object), whinged, whing·ing.  British  and Australian  Informal .
to complain; whine.
Use Whingers in a Sentence
See images of Whingers
Search Whingers on the Web

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Origin:
bef. 1150; dial. (Scots, N England), earlier Scots quhynge,  OE hwinsian  (not recorded in ME); c. OHG winsōn  (G winseln ); deriv. of Gmc base of whine

—Related forms
whinger, noun

[greg]

Anyone watch any of the new Family Guy episodes lately? The newest one was one of the funniest I've seen...
"no cookie for, Diabeto." 

[Brian]

I just have to share this:

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_Norway

I wrote an Uncyclopedia article one time.

[karlhenning]

Actually, I never encountered the term before so I had to look it up:

whinge   /ʰwɪndʒ, wɪndʒ/  Show Spelled
[hwinj, winj]  Show IPA

–verb (used without object), whinged, whing·ing.  British  and Australian  Informal .
to complain; whine.
Use Whingers in a Sentence
See images of Whingers
Search Whingers on the Web

Man, those are links to GMG pages! ; )

[greg]

I wrote an Uncyclopedia article one time.

Yeah, I remember that one! 

[karlhenning]

She didn't mention mice with human brains in Wednesday's debate. But she said silly things.

Gosh, what have I been missing, paying as little attention to fresh-extruded television as I do?

[DavidW]

fresh-extruded television as I do?

For some reason that formed a mental image for me of tv as meat grinder.  Kind of like Pink Floyd's the Wall when the kids stepped in...