The Official Funny Stuff Thread™
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@El_Heffe said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
I have 2 computer monitors, 2 televisions, washing machine, and clothes dryer.
All made by Samsung.
I used to have a Frigidaire wall oven and a Hotpoint refrigerator. They really need to think about the implications of their product name when expanding product lines. (Like George Carlin once said, "if Janitor in a Drum made a douche, nobody would buy it".)
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@GOG said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@da-Doctah said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Other early home computers were produced by the Beatles' record company.
I don't recall either Parlophone or EMI producing home computers. Are you talking about Apple Corps.?
The computer company got away with the shared name for years because they weren't a "competing business", until someone decided that they could provide a way to distribute music too, and then the legal shit hit the fan....
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@da-Doctah Yeah, but ended with the judge telling Apple Corps. to stop being twits every single time (as well it should have). I mean: the final settlement ended with Apple Corps. essentially losing the right to its name (to be licensed back to them by Apple Inc.) Wow, that's some real clever lawyerin' you've got there, boys.
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@da-Doctah said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Gąska said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Tsaukpaetra in an alternate universe, Nokia never split and they produced tractor tyres and mobile phones side by side.
Tandy produced early home computers, for Radio Shack, and leathercrafts. Other early home computers were produced by the Beatles' record company.
One company is at the same time a major airline based in Atlanta, a manufacturer of faucets, and a provider of dental insurance.
"Dove bars" could mean chocolate, or soap.
And there's this Swedish place that sells assemble-it-yourself furniture. And meatballs.
Some of these just have the same name
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@hungrier said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@da-Doctah said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Gąska said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Tsaukpaetra in an alternate universe, Nokia never split and they produced tractor tyres and mobile phones side by side.
Tandy produced early home computers, for Radio Shack, and leathercrafts. Other early home computers were produced by the Beatles' record company.
One company is at the same time a major airline based in Atlanta, a manufacturer of faucets, and a provider of dental insurance.
"Dove bars" could mean chocolate, or soap.
And there's this Swedish place that sells assemble-it-yourself furniture. And meatballs.
Some of these just have the same name
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@error Took me a moment to realize what was next to the water bottle holder. It's the handle bar stem with the shifters on it. It's perfect - no brakes.
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@dcon
Should have gone road cyclist click pedals ... have no brake is no fun if you an use your feet
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@El_Heffe
E_NO_CHECKBOX_FOUND
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@BernieTheBernie said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@da-Doctah said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
A Linux nerds orgy?
Spoilers
What's being banned are 'penguin pants':
Full story here: https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/12/04/no-penguins/
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@error Needs to change name to Yerffej.
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@error It means the name is a unique (possibly primary) key, obviously.
It's clear Jeffrey doesn't know anything about databases, so that's why they didn't hire.
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His full name is Jeffrey ;Drop Table "users", surely.
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@GOG said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@da-Doctah Yeah, but ended with the judge telling Apple Corps. to stop being twits every single time (as well it should have). I mean: the final settlement ended with Apple Corps. essentially losing the right to its name (to be licensed back to them by Apple Inc.) Wow, that's some real clever lawyerin' you've got there, boys.
I would interpret the settlement a little bit different, such that Apple Corps. essentially sold the rights to Apple Inc. For a rumoured $ 500 million.
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@xaade explanation for someone who doesn't have American accent?
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@Gąska said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@xaade explanation for someone who doesn't have American accent?
Not so much an accent...
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@dcon I'd never for the life of me figure out anybody would ever pronounce that with "ay" sound.
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@Gąska Yeah, I'd pronounce that with a /æ/ sound (like bat or cat).
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@HardwareGeek more like /ɛ/ to me.
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@Gąska that = /ðæt/
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@Gąska said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@xaade explanation for someone who doesn't have American accent?
I have an american accent and I have no fuckin' clue. Closest I have is "Ok, so..." which I would not say when trying to figure out what next to do. Or what to do next, even.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
"Ok, so..." which I would not say when trying to figure out what next to do
I say it when I don't want to be responsible for what unpleasant or risky thing will have to be done next, so I say this and wait for somebody else to take the dead bait.
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Gąska that = /ðæt/
Oh, you meant the word "that".
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@Gąska Of course. It's a tired old joke, but...
Seriously (), if you were asking about the word queso, apparently in most Spanish dialects, it should be midway between /e/ and /ɛ/, definitely not the (American?) English diphthong /eɪ/ (ay), but Americans are not noted for their ability to correctly pronounce their own language, much less furrin words.
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@HardwareGeek So is this correct?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07t4yjigIOs
I'm going to try figuring out these thongs and es and whatnot because we're not being funny I think...
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@Tsaukpaetra Correct pronunciation (better than mine, no doubt; they all appear to be native Spanish speakers), and correct that we are not being funny.
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I need to wait faster!
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@Applied-Mediocrity said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
"Ok, so..." which I would not say when trying to figure out what next to do
I say it when I don't want to be responsible for what unpleasant or risky thing will have to be done next, so I say this and wait for somebody else to take the dead bait.
And it's usually "OooooooKaaaaaaaaaaaaayy. <pause> Ssssoooooooo..."
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@loopback0 That's gotta be the best description I've ever heard of those bastards.
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@Gąska said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dcon I'd never for the life of me figure out anybody would ever pronounce that with "ay" sound.
Do you say "ock"?
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@hungrier no, but I know someone who does. Totally unrelated to that, she's a village girl from Poland.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@HardwareGeek So is this correct?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07t4yjigIOs
I'm going to try figuring out these thongs and es and whatnot because we're not being funny I think...
Next step: how to correctly spell "pronounce" and how to pronounce "muchas".
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
I need to wait faster!
This is just suggesting you rest more frequently.