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Greg Utas wrote: I prefer to fart upwind.
Why doesn't that surprise me?
Here's further information for you to enhance your English prose:
Definition:
funt (n): A person who farts in a bathtub and eats the bubbles.
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and this is where the thread just gets gross, and derails. 
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Not sure how Allen[^] would have felt about that, but at least it's better than UD's definition.
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Let's vote on it! 
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Why...is something going on?
TTFN - Kent
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I see what you did there. Not gonna fall for that one.
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... oops nearly fell off my chair 
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OK I'll take the bait.
What has Justin Trudeau been up to or is it Scott Morrison?
A Fine is a Tax for doing something wrong
A Tax is a Fine for doing something good.
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Justin Trudeau - Our hot PM[^]
I can't find one of ScoMo, but I could probably find you one of Abbot in a pair of budgie smugglers.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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The democratic process in the republic dictates that anarchy and tyranny remain low so that the community can participate in a federal election rather than be totally controlled by the oligarchy so as to elect a new monarch for the next 4 years, or so we all hope and pray for.
There - I referenced all 10.
Government Types[^]
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Hand this man a beer.
...before he opens his mouth again and gets really dangerous
cheers
Chris Maunder
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You get the government you deserve.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Yes, and please include your home phone number in the "forum rules" section 
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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In the same vein as "false-economy", but in regards to progress -- "false-progress".
Such as, "We haven't written the code, but we created a branch for it!"
My boss is just so intent on "showing progress" even when none exists.
He: We need to develop a faster-than-light ship by the end of the year.
Me: That's impossible.
He: We just have to show progress.
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If there isn't, might I suggest "faux-gress"?
Edit: Damnit, someone beat me to it! 
Urban Dictionary: Fauxgress[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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That isn't quite this, but I hadn't heard it. 
I'm also trying to avoid things which inhibit actual progress, such as "My pants are still in the dryer, but I put my shoes on!"
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We don't know what it is, but we know a lot of things that it isn't.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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False economy means cutting costs now but causing it to eventually cost more.
Potemkin village[^] might be closer to what you're looking for, but it doesn't quite seem to hit the mark.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: In the same vein as "false-economy", but in regards to progress -- "false-progress".
Usually replaced by "We've appointed a committee"
Also, "meeting notes", q.v. *
If copious, please forward to Richard MacCutchan . . .
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"We've assembled a Tiger Team to review the requirements..."
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Fake Progress, or Show-off Progress, or Pseudo Progress.
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Doesn't "imaginary gains" come close?
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Oh there's tons of things you can indicate as progress:
1. meetings
2. phone calls
3. architecture diagrams (all done on a whiteboard conveniently erased by the next meeting room attendee)
4. planning - this is a great one. Planning documentation, planning unit tests, planning integration tests, planning UAT, planning planning.
5. requirements gathering
6. requirements review
7. Gantt charting
8. resource scheduling
9. tooling
10. database setup
11. test environment configuration
None of those things actually needs to have been done!
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: My boss is just so intent on "showing progress" even when none exists.
How about making it a simple portmanteau word: showgress.
(I had thought about 'congress' as in pros and cons)
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