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Oh FES ...
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It's the KSS version: "For 's Sake"
I was going to go with "F" version, but some snowflake would have got miffed, I'm sure ...
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So,
Are you confirming the position that codeproject.com members cannot post puzzles on UK holidays? I want a clear answer here. Yes or No?
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I refer the honourable gentleman to my earlier reply: The Lounge[^]
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The only date that a puzzle can't be posted is January 29.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I looked the day up, and it happens to be National Puzzle Day.
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So maybe Oct 2, then.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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International day of non-violence (to the English language). Very appropriate!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I was actually going for National Irony Day
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: Or is it in honour of Curmudgeon's Day? Finally a day for me!!! Woo hoo!
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The United Kingdom, you know, is our common... wealth!
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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Rich Leyshon wrote: ... the coverage is now so blanket-like ... Isn't it just!
11 hours standing / walking in a queue that is six miles long*?
I've sat in traffic queues on the M25 that were shorter!
* Estimate from TV news this morning.
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That's up to Pete - I'm easy either way. Looks like Canada might be as well? https://www.officeholidays.com/calendars/2022/09/19[^]
Let's ask him: @petepjksolutionscom
It could be an interesting funeral though - it's also Talk Like a Pirate day, so ...
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OriginalGriff wrote: it's also Talk Like a Pirate day
Should King Charles give his Eulogy in piratical argot, the Queen would likely spin in her grave before she is properly in it!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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It would be even better to have John Cleese do the eulogy.
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The rapid identification of my debts was meticulous. (10)
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Fastidious ?
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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And the solution ....
That was quick, YAUM.
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The rapid identification of my debts was meticulous.
The rapid = fast
identification = id
of my debts = ious
fastidious
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Correct, and full solution but pipped at the post by pkfox without solution.
Adjudication required - did typing the solution delay the reply enough to cost the win?
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Rich Leyshon wrote: did typing the solution delay the reply enough to cost the win? Yup, a few typos too. I should have have known Pete was at my heels.
Edit:
Just to be clear, I make no claim. Time is the determining factor, always.
modified 16-Sep-22 4:40am.
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