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The thread discusses various random thoughts and observations, touching on topics such as media programming, personal anecdotes, language use, and mathematical curiosities. The scope includes informal commentary, humor, and reflections on everyday experiences.

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  • Some participants express frustration with the quality of documentaries on channels like the History Channel and National Geographic, suggesting a decline in factual programming.
  • There is a humorous anecdote about discovering a polythene bag obstructing a kitchen extractor fan, leading to a discussion about the clarity of installation manuals.
  • Participants share thoughts on the nature of prime numbers, particularly regarding the status of the number 2 and its implications for mathematical proofs.
  • There are reflections on language use and the reactions to grammatical errors made by native speakers, with some participants sharing their personal responses to such situations.
  • One participant humorously suggests that if 2 were not considered prime, it would complicate the understanding of prime factors in even numbers.

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The discussion contains multiple competing views, particularly regarding the status of the number 2 as a prime and the quality of media programming. No consensus is reached on these topics.

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Participants express varying degrees of skepticism and humor, with some comments reflecting personal experiences and subjective opinions rather than objective analysis.

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  • #4,501
And then you can extrapolate from pasta.
If you're saying "Past Data" and everyone thinks you're saying pasta, you may not be pronouncing correctly. Slow down ( Or pronounce Data as "Day-ta" , not Da-Ta). Most places have decaf version of usual drinks.
 
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  • #4,502
WWGD said:
Yes, the ones with the pictures of the polar bears surfing on top of melting glaciers.
You should have said this earlier. Mine have this one on it:
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fresh_42 said:
You should have said this earlier. Mine have this one on it:
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That is not what they meant when they said they wanted to see the logs...
 
  • #4,504
WWGD said:
That is not what they meant when they said they wanted to see the logs...
For them, Clyde has the appropriate answer!
 
  • #4,505
fresh_42 said:
For them, Clyde has the appropriate answer!
Are those from the pasta?
 
  • #4,506
WWGD said:
Are those from the pasta?
No, from Clint Westlog.
 
  • #4,507
Travelling for work today and having lunch in a pub. It has a sign saying
Pub sign said:
I only drink on days that start with a T -
Tuesday
Thursday
Today
Tomorrow
Thaturday
Thunday
It's slightly annoying me that the days not being name-checked are Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so "today" and "tomorrow" double count at least one day.

I feel like a pint would make me feel better, but the afternoon is unlikely to go well if I do.
 
  • #4,508
Ibix said:
I feel like a pint would make me feel better, but the afternoon is unlikely to go well if I do.
Not as long as the sun is above the yard!
 
  • #4,509
fresh_42 said:
sun is above the yard!
Yardarm, yer land-lubber.

It's amazing to me that we managed to get an empire if 11am was the time to start drinking. Presumably we did all our looting and plundering early in the mornings, when the hangovers made us extra cranky?

Edit: explains how we lost the empire, though.
 
  • #4,510
Ibix said:
Yardarm, yer land-lubber.
That comes when you rely on Wiki. Would you had understood "Rah"?
It's amazing to me that we managed to get an empire if 11am was the time to start drinking.
Reminds me of the pyramids.
Presumably we did all our looting and plundering early in the mornings, when the hangovers made us extra cranky?
Finally I understood where this song came from: Looting all over the world!
Edit: explains how we lost the empire, though.
Not really. I mean, how could you obtain the skills otherwise? And Ronnie is always better at his evening sessions than in the afternoon!
 
  • #4,511
fresh_42 said:
That comes when you rely on Wiki. Would you had understood "Rah"?
That page actually has a section headed "sun above the yardarm"... The yard is the horizontal beam above the sail. The yardarm is the tip of the yard.

Rah, no, I don't recognise. Unless it's an alternate spelling of the Egyptian sun god?
fresh_42 said:
Not really.
It would. "Drunk in charge of a country" should probably be an offence of some sort.
 
  • #4,512
Upcoming PF Insight: A gang banger is not (just?) a British type sausage.
 
  • #4,513
I have seen bumper stickers that say:
"God is my copilot", and
"Dog is my copilot" (Dog is God spelled backwards), but
now I have seen "Cod is my copilot" (on a pick-up with lots of fishing stickers).
 
  • #4,514
I want to live in Mars, but who will take care of my border collie at home?
 
  • #4,515
mrgrtt123 said:
I want to live in Mars, but who will take care of my border collie at home?
Don't worry, it will be dead long before this is a problem.
 
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  • #4,516
Melon collie will be your main problem!
 
  • #4,517
happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear me-e, happy birthday to me
 
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  • #4,518
Got six bags of groceries at the supermarket but I arrived home with only 4. I thought I had a few more years until senility :(.
 
  • #4,519
nuuskur said:
happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear me-e, happy birthday to me

I hope that it's not just you that remembers it's your hatch day. :nb)
 
  • #4,520
mrgrtt123 said:
I hope that it's not just you that remembers it's your hatch day. :nb)
interesting terminology :oldbiggrin:
my family knows, of course :partytime:
 
  • #4,521
Got the same email this year. Pure poetry, all warmth: "Have a merry Christmas , or whatever it is you celebrate".
 
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  • #4,522
Why do I always forget what I am about to post right before I post it
 
  • #4,523
Stephenk53 said:
Why do I always forget what I am about to post right before I post it
You need to remember what you forgot. Did you forget that?
 
  • #4,524
Stephenk53 said:
Why do I always forget what I am about to post right before I post it
Douglas Adams, of Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy fame, wrote a very short story about a man going to the lost property office and saying he's lost something... he doesn't remember what it was... but it wasn't a very good whatever it was... it was a bit like a sieve...
 
  • #4,525
WWGD said:
You need to remember what you forgot. Did you forget that?

I totally forgot to remember what I forgot
 
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  • #4,526
There is a guy called Juan Garcia in my building. He is the only Juan.(EDIT: Pronounce Juan: Who - Ann )
 
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  • #4,527
Every time I venture out of Math, Physical "Exact" Sciences I feel like puling my hair. Precise definitions seem to disappear. How the #$% do we define a Latent Class? 300 videos in YouBoob on motivating the concept-- nothing wrong with that-- but no actual definition: Aaaaaargh... After 3 days I think I more or less figured it out.
 
  • #4,528
I think 'irregardless' has met it's match ( or at least close): 'unrelentless'.
 
  • #4,529
One of my new favorites: "Please forget everything you have learned at school; because you did not learn it." (E. Landau) or one from Erdös: "You do not learn mathematics, you just get used to it."
 
  • #4,530
fresh_42 said:
One of my new favorites: "Please forget everything you have learned at school; because you did not learn it." (E. Landau)
cc: @Stephenk53
 
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