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Wow, gee this brings back memories.
I had a mate in high-school that was extremely studious, courteous and generally speaking - wouldn't say "boo" to a mouse. Boy oh boy, how appearances can be deceiving..
For the last lesson of Physics in year 12, he'd planned something with similar devices too. (they're sold as 'party poppers' here - the one's that resemble the shape of a champagne bottle. They contain the devices you show, but also have some streamers in them too)
The blackboards in the classroom were sliding units, 3 one-in-front of the other. You'd pull them all down to the bottom, write on one and then slide it up to the top of the track. He asked me to watch the corridor during recess so he could slip inside the room and "set up a little joke". Knowing John as well as I did, I figured it'd be pretty tame and obliged.
Since we were the next class to use the room, I not only had the pleasure of imagining what shenanigans he got up to, but also of anticipating the result. Remember, I still had absolutely no idea what he'd done..
About 15 minutes into the class the first board was filled-up and our poor teacher thrust it to the top of the rails with a gentle push. *BANG!* 20 startled heads looked up from their desks at the source of the noise, only to discover a falling cloud of streamers and that he'd raided his dad's collection of gentleman's magazines the night before and staring back at us was the centerfold of a Penthouse.
The look of horror on our teacher's face was priceless, as was the fact that the girls were laughing as much if not more than the guys were. I was prime suspect #1 but without any proof nothing further was done about it.
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In later years, I discovered (the hard way ) the fun that can be had by putting sticky-tape over the optical sensor of computer mice. Fun that was only made 'better' by drawing on the black rubber mouse wheel with gel-ink.
"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon
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Well, you could clean your teeth with lager?
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Might cause a few problems with the morning commute...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Only if you breathe out...
Besides, you work from home, so you have no problem there...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous ----- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944 ----- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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You use mint?[^]
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Gotta get me one of those...
Ive tried liquorice and ginger before, but not this one...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous ----- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944 ----- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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Here are some good ideas[^] - But alas, no pizza and no beer...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous ----- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944 ----- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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Try the vending machines in Shinjuko, Tokyo. You might be surprised by what's on offer.
«To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact» Charles Darwin in "Prospero's Precepts"<</font>
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Sushi toothpaste?
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous ----- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944 ----- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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Worse: used underwear...
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You can get meat flavoured toothpaste for dogs.
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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Here in Sweden, you can also get meat flavoured dog beer[^]...
It goes nicely with lasagna, by the way...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous ----- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944 ----- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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Bacon! Bacon air freshener. Strong enough you can taste it.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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Johnny J. wrote: Why doesn't anybody make air freshener that smells of pizza? Such a thing does exist.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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Link or I don't believe you...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous ----- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944 ----- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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Once a week, instead of having it delivered, go pick up the pizza in person. Problem solved.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Two shortcuts to Chrome have just appeared on my desktop when I booted up.
Pretty sure they weren't there yesterday. And the properties show they don't open any "odd" files.
Anyone else see this, or is it just me?
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So it worked!
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile!
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Nah. You will be integrated. Resistors are futile!
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Pampered pooches' palladium: [^].
«To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact» Charles Darwin in "Prospero's Precepts"<</font>
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You'll notice that they haven't made anything similar for cats.
Even Samsung knows that neither his "master's" wishes nor the price tag have any meaning whatsoever to a cat.
Mine will sleep on straw. That's it.
Whether we buy him a cat basket for 50 cents or 50,000,000, he won't sleep in it unless we fill it with straw. In fact, the bed itself is surplus to requirements; we can just throw some straw on the floor, and he's happy.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Do you think there may be something genetic about those Dutch Kitties leading to a proclivity for straw ? Bred for it ?
All the Cats that have ever owned me have wanted to sleep where they wanted to sleep which varied, every day and night, from outdoors to on my bed with their butt up against my nose
cheers, Bill
«To kill an error's as good a service, sometimes better than, establishing new truth or fact.» Charles Darwin in "Prospero's Precepts"
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We got him from a farm. He will sleep in other places (when it's inconvenient to us), but the way he pounces on straw or hay with big, wide, almost psycho eyes, as if to say "It's MINE!!!" is incredibly entertaining.
Here[^] is a basket that he wouldn't even go near until we added some rabbit bedding (which makes less mess than straw).
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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