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Article #5588Re: Third attempt to get this "Herc" to pony up
From: |-|ercules
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:10
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:10
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"Michael Gray" <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote ... > On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:57:49 +1000, Peter Bowditch > <myfirstname@ratbags.com> wrote: > >>Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote: >> >>>On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 06:27:42 -0700 (PDT), JTEM <jtem01@gmail.com> >>>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Terrys <merryter...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> No, you don't do maths. Those figures came out of your fat arse. >>>> >>>>Speaking of "odds," do you realize how easy I made it for >>>>him, with him still not so much as attempting to come up >>>>with anything? >>>> >>>>I asked him to tell me what he could about a coin. He could >>>>have easily played the odds by saying something like, "I see >>>>a bird": Which would have been a hit for everything from the >>>>Australian Emo, the Canadian Loon to all those SKADS of >>>>Eagles plaguing coins the world over. >>>> >>>>Or how about: "I... I see... yes... it's a face!" >>>> >>>>They've been minting coins with portraits for thousands of years >>>>already! That would have definitely been playing the odds... >>>> >>>>As for a date, PICK A CENTURY! >>>> >>>>"I see the number... oh... it looks like a 19..." >>>> >>>>There. You've just covered the entire 20th century. If you want >>>>to bet on a new coin, fine, just envision a "20" instead. You've >>>>got yourself an astoundly accurate match for everything minted >>>>from 2000 on to the present.... >>>> >>>>As for amount, again, play the odds... >>>> >>>>"I see a... a... two!" >>>> >>>>It's it's a 2 euro coin then call it a match. If it's 20 Euro cents >>>>call it a match (it does have a "2" in it, does it not?). If it's >>>>a canadian quarter well that's 25 cents, which has a two so >>>>it's a match.... so on and so on. >>>> >>>>One's a bit tougher, but five works okay: 5 cents, 50 cents, >>>>25 cents.... >>>> >>>>The point is, a few vague answers couldn't have helped but >>>>return SOME hits, and this guy couldn't even manage anything >>>>relevant! >>> >>>Emu, not Emo. >> >>Then there's the emo emu, which has black feathers, a fringe covering >>its eyes, looks sad all the time and listens to songs about suicide on >>its iPod. > > Oh, the mental images! > I might just make a T-Shirt with that on it. > Peter: I thought you were supposed to be hard at work doing > accounting? > Tut tut! ;) Put this on a t-shirt SCOTT: MD5 = xyz HERC: <<I like watching oranges>> SCOTT: No! I l i k e w a t c h i n g a p p l e s HERC: 10^10 random quotes won't match! SCOTT: Go see a shrink! Herc
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