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Hello again, Member 9082365. It seems you have much invested in this. Methinks you may be Blair Hanley Frank (the original author of that piece at ComputerWorld). 
Well, Blair, I think you should've just went the whole nine yards and lied like all the other headlines do. Just flat out say,
Microsoft Hands Over the Reins of Its Advertising to AOL
Then, as other headlines -- generally from scientific "papers" such as LiveScience.com -- if the person reads the article you can set the lie straight or not. It really doesn't matter, because you've already given them more than they'll ever read anyway.
Good luck with your future headlines, Blair.
Am I funny yet? 
No one else thinks so either. Well, except me, of course.
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Sorry, but I am not he nor he me! A quick check through my previous posts will quickly prove that I reside in the county of Devon, England a mere 5287 miles from Mr Frank's home in San Francisco should you be in any doubt. I am merely an interested observer in English as she is used across the globe and inclined to doubt the word of those who say you can't say (or, more specifically, write) something when clearly someone just did in a way that may not please the pedants but conveys its meaning perfectly adequately.
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You can give some of the steering wheel without any problems. You just need a big hammer.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Agreed.
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Time to get some kip. So looks like I'm up again tomorrow. I try and think of a more traditional one for it
So the solution is...
Tuesday.
Now work out where from
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I'm really hoping it's not badly pronounced "You stay", or an anagram of the Greek interest payment: "Stay Due" 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Looks like he has gone to bed. Any ideas at all?
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Tuesday - Choose Day, not choosing the dark side?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Only ones involving Seven Of Nine and a large bath full of strawberry jello.
Not sure they are really relevant to the CCC though...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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From Yodas Quote - anagram and Now being today which was Tuesday..
Today I'll have to think of something less weird
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"Yodas quote" isn't an anagram of "Tuesday" - too many letters, all of them 'o's 
It's not as easy as it looks to create them, is it? I've come up with a few I really liked, and either they go in seconds, or nobody gets 'em at all...: sigh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Yep you're definitely right. Have just thought up for tonight, but I suspect its going to be too easy. sigh
And if I try to make it harder I'll just break some unwritten cryptic crossword rules 
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RossMW wrote: some unwritten cryptic crossword rules
Like "anagrams should be anagrams" or something? 
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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OriginalGriff wrote: all of them 'o's
Except for the ones that are 'Q's?
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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'Q' is just an 'O' that smokes cigarettes...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I thought it was having its temperature taken...
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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No I think you are going to need to provide the solution too.
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I would suspect that, when you posted the original CCC, it was just after midnight, your time, hence, Tuesday or 'now'
modified 30-Jun-15 7:30am.
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You were on the right track, but it was posted Tuesday night for me. (now Wednesday morning) About the only parts of the world that it would have been Monday was maybe west USA to the date line. But was for 30 June.
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Yes... my head hurts... too much staring at data today...
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I'm putting together a fake Spanish wedding, however I know nothing about Spanish weddings.
The UK last year implemented an almost complete blanket ban on taking your kids out of school during term times. Some schools will allow you to do so for extraordinary reasons, such as a wedding, if you can provide a wedding invitation.
I know someone who makes such things and is prepared to create whatever I ask for.
The back story I have so far for my fake Spanish wedding, and my attendance at it, is as follows.
A old mate of mine from university is getting married to a Spanish lady, she wants to get married back in the bosom of her family.
So, fill out the story for me, I need a location somewhere around the Costa Del Sol, I need a name for the señorita, what day is the wedding likely to be on, is there any specific information that is likely to be on the invite, are there any particular customs about Spanish weddings, before / during / after, that I could be made aware of, any other detail you want to suggest to pad out my story.
Obviously I don't need to go to so much trouble, but if you're going to invent something, might as well flesh it out as much as possible, otherwise I'm going to have to concentrate on work instead.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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 Thanks for the idea, I'll probably do the same at the end of the year.
Let us know if it works.
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Younger's school has said off the record that they're expecting a lot of children to 'call in sick' on the last two days; Monday and Tuesday.
veni bibi saltavi
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A friend told the School that they and the kids were going on Holiday in the half-term, in fact they had actually booked it for the week before half-term. They then phoned in sick for the week before, went on Holiday and when the kids went back to School they were free to talk about it as the Teachers wouldn't know which week they actually went.
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