The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread
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Yes, original Ben created it first, but it didn't really take off. Then Error made one, and that one had more success. Occasionally they get resurrected at random.
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@tsaukpaetra said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
original Ben
Is there some copycat Ben running around here somewhere?
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@hardwaregeek said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
@tsaukpaetra said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
original Ben
Is there some copycat Ben running around here somewhere?
Yeah, who the hell is that @Ben-L guy who stole my avatar and turned it into a real picture of a cupcake?
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@ben_lubar said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
@hardwaregeek said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
@tsaukpaetra said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
original Ben
Is there some copycat Ben running around here somewhere?
Yeah, who the hell is that @Ben-L guy who stole my avatar and turned it into a real picture of a cupcake?
Dunno, but that smile is rated on the low side of the uncanny Valley.
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@hardwaregeek said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
@tsaukpaetra said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
original Ben
Is there some copycat Ben running around here somewhere?
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@scholrlea You forgot:
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@vault_dweller said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
@scholrlea You forgot:
Don't forget to link to his Twitter:
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@vault_dweller said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
@scholrlea You forgot:
Um actually only the bell is Big Ben the tower is ACTUALLY "Elizabeth Tower"
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@lorne-kates Fun fact: My full name is the same as the Ben after which that bell is named. Makes me very much
unGoogleable.
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@benjamin-hall said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
My full name is the same as the Ben after which that bell is named.
From Wikipedia:
The origin of the bell's nickname is open to question; it may be named after Sir Benjamin Hall, who oversaw its installation, or boxing heavyweight champion Benjamin Caunt.
Which one is it ?
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@benjamin-hall said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
@lorne-kates Fun fact: My full name is the same as the Ben after which that bell is named. Makes me very much
unGoogleable.No, all you have to do is search "Benjamin Hall teacher" and one of them is likely to be you.
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@ben_lubar said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
@vault_dweller said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
@scholrlea You forgot:
Don't forget to link to his Twitter:
My favorite twitter account of all time:
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@djls45 *giant bong bong bong bong bong hit*
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@pie_flavor my (old, untouched) LinkedIn profile appears, but so do thousands of others people's.
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@benjamin-hall said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
@pie_flavor my (old, untouched) LinkedIn profile appears, but so do thousands of others people's.
Are you related to Monty Hall?
If you are, I'll ask you if you want to switch to one of the other two doors.
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@ben_lubar the answer is yes. And no. I'll leave it up to you to decide which is which.
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@benjamin-hall But logically the presence of two answers implies that the answer to the first is yes, given that the presence of the second question is predicated on the first.
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@ben_lubar said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
Yeah, who the hell is that @Ben-L guy who stole my avatar and turned it into a real picture of a cupcake?
He'said the love child of Obi Wan Kenobi and Power Girl.
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@pie_flavor said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
@benjamin-hall But logically the presence of two answers implies that the answer to the first is yes, given that the presence of the second question is predicated on the first.
Sometimes I answer questions that aren't even asked. One of those was the answer to "do you want pecan pie" for example.
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@benjamin-hall said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
@pie_flavor said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
@benjamin-hall But logically the presence of two answers implies that the answer to the first is yes, given that the presence of the second question is predicated on the first.
Sometimes I answer questions that aren't even asked. One of those was the answer to "do you want pecan pie" for example.
Approximately seven and a half.
I don't know what question I just answered, but I'm pretty sure that's the answer to at least one question that exists.
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@ben_lubar said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
Approximately seven and a half.
I don't know what question I just answered, but I'm pretty sure that's the answer to at least one question that exists.
Elementary, dear Watson. It's the percentage of cocaine, in solution.
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@lorne-kates said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
@vault_dweller said in The "The Bad Ideas Thread" Thread:
@scholrlea You forgot:
Um actually only the bell is Big Ben the tower is ACTUALLY "Elizabeth Tower"
Actually the tower is Big Ben's monster
