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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 26 02:09AM -0500 We've all heard about the signs on the London Underground's escalators, which you see (being violated) in these images, that require each user to carry *more than one dog*: http://timesonline.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451586c69e201a3fbb7407c970b-pi http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3653/3332847238_507302d383_o.jpg Well, a few hours ago as I walked past a building-construction site in Toronto, I noticed a professionally printed sign reading: # CAUTION # # PEDESTRIANS MUST # ADHERE TO # TRAFFIC PERSONNEL A sticky requirement! But I did not see anyone complying with it either. -- Mark Brader | "One reason that life is complex is that it has Toronto | a real part and an imaginary part." msb@vex.net | --Andrew Koenig My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 26 02:10AM -0500 Sorry, wrong newsgroup. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "More importantly, Mark is just plain wrong." msb@vex.net -- John Hollingsworth |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: May 26 01:06AM -0500 In article <VPydnTvcEtE1lPzInZ2dnUU7-RGdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > 1. On "Seinfeld" we only ever saw the back of his head. > What real-life New Yorker, voiced by Larry David, was George > Costanza's cantankerous employer? George Steinbrenner > featured prominently for most of the run of the series -- > despite only being seen once, bandaged from head to toe. > Give her first name. Maris > 7. Selina Meyer often asks if the President has called for her, > and the answer is always no. He is usually referred to as POTUS, > and he is never seen. Name the show. VEEP > Phyllis Lindstrom droned on about the many wonderful attributes > of her orthodontist husband. We never saw him. What was his > first name? Lars > 9. On "Will & Grace", Karen Walker's husband was an unbelievably > wealthy whale of a man, who went to jail for tax evasion and > faked his own death. What was his first name? Roger > 10. Cheers regular Norm Peterson did his best to avoid his wife. > She is mentioned often, but in her only on-screen appearance, > her face is covered in pie. What was her first name? Vera > 4. Nice mullet. Doesn't look like a back-to-back Cy Young Award > winner, does he ? > 5. Impressive tummy. C.C. Sabathia > 7. Is he on his way to the high school prom? > 8. He looks like my Grade 11 geography teacher. > 9. Wasn't he in "Revenge of the Nerds"? Tom Brady > like, for fun but for no points, decode the rot13 to see the > 9 names and give the picture number from 11 to 18 for each one. > 11. Chris Andersen. 15 > 12. Muggsy Bogues. 11 > 13. Manute Bol. 11 > 14. John Daly. 12 > 15. Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards. 17 > 16. Prince Fielder. 13 > 17. Miguel Ángel Jiménez. 18 > 18. Phil Mickelson. 14 > 19. David Wells. 16 -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 25 06:40AM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 Barack Obama was born in 1961 in which US state? Hawaii. > 2 In 1982 who succeeded Leonid Brezhnez as General Secretary of the USSR > Communist Party? Either Andropov or Chernenko, but which came first? I'll go with Chernenko. > 3 How many balls are needed to play a standard game of snooker? 23. > 4 The England cricket team's proposed 1968 tour of South Africa was > cancelled after a dispute regarding the selection of which player? Johnson. > 5 Who composed the 1812 Overture? Tchaikovsky. > 6 Which North American city is home to the CN Tower? Toronto. > 7 In 1952 which city became the first (and so far only) national capital > to host the Winter Olympics? Oslo. > 8 What strait separates Chile from Tierra Del Fuego? Magellan. > 9 What branch of mathematics is named for the Latin for pebble or > small stone? Calculus. > 10 Who designed the wedding dress Madonna wore when she married > Guy Ritchie? Wang? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Show that 17x17 = 289. Generalise this result." msb@vex.net | -- Carl E. Linderholm My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 25 06:41AM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > Absolutely no strait at all - the major area of Tierra del Fuego is in > Chile! ... Dang, he's right. I demand to be scored as wrong. -- Mark Brader "It is hard to believe that any Biblical passage, Toronto no matter how powerful, could make an entire msb@vex.net Soviet submarine crew speak English and not even realize they were doing it." --Mark Leeper |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: May 25 09:14AM -0700 On Monday, May 25, 2015 at 4:39:32 AM UTC-4, Calvin wrote: > 1 Barack Obama was born in 1961 in which US state? hawaii > 2 In 1982 who succeeded Leonid BrezhneV as General Secretary of the USSR Communist Party? yuri andropov > 3 How many balls are needed to play a standard game of snooker? 22 > 4 The England cricket team's proposed 1968 tour of South Africa was cancelled after a dispute regarding the selection of which player? mark brader > 5 Who composed the 1812 Overture? tchaikovsky > 6 Which North American city is home to the CN Tower? toronto > 7 In 1952 which city became the first (and so far only) national capital to host the Winter Olympics? oslo > 8 What strait separates Chile from Tierra Del Fuego? none. but beagle channel separates chile from argentina. > 9 What branch of mathematics is named for the Latin for pebble or small stone? calculus > 10 Who designed the wedding dress Madonna wore when she married Guy Ritchie? mccartney swp |
| "Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: May 25 06:05PM Calvin wrote: > 1 Barack Obama was born in 1961 in which US state? Hawaii > 2 In 1982 who succeeded Leonid Brezhnez as General Secretary of the > USSR Communist Party? Andropov (or was it Chernenko?) > 3 How many balls are needed to play a standard game of snooker? 22 > 4 The England cricket team's proposed 1968 tour of South Africa was > cancelled after a dispute regarding the selection of which player? Basil D'Oliveira > 5 Who composed the 1812 Overture? Tchaikovsky > 6 Which North American city is home to the CN Tower? Toronto > 7 In 1952 which city became the first (and so far only) national > capital to host the Winter Olympics? Oslo > 8 What strait separates Chile from Tierra Del Fuego? Magellan > 9 What branch of mathematics is named for the Latin for pebble or > small stone? Geometry > 10 Who designed the wedding dress Madonna wore when she married Guy > Ritchie? Stella McCartney Peter Smyth |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: May 25 02:32PM -0400 On 2015-05-25, Calvin wrote: > 1 Barack Obama was born in 1961 in which US state? Hawaii > 2 In 1982 who succeeded Leonid Brezhnez as General Secretary of the USSR Communist Party? Andropov > 3 How many balls are needed to play a standard game of snooker? 22 > 4 The England cricket team's proposed 1968 tour of South Africa was cancelled after a dispute regarding the selection of which player? > 5 Who composed the 1812 Overture? Tchaikovsky > 6 Which North American city is home to the CN Tower? Toronto (I can see it from my kitchen window) > 7 In 1952 which city became the first (and so far only) national capital to host the Winter Olympics? Moscow > 8 What strait separates Chile from Tierra Del Fuego? Magellan > 9 What branch of mathematics is named for the Latin for pebble or small stone? Calculus -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: May 25 10:01PM +0200 On 2015-05-25 10:39, Calvin wrote: > 1 Barack Obama was born in 1961 in which US state? Hawaii > 2 In 1982 who succeeded Leonid Brezhnez as General Secretary of the USSR Communist Party? Andropov? > 3 How many balls are needed to play a standard game of snooker? 22 + the white = 23 > 4 The England cricket team's proposed 1968 tour of South Africa was cancelled after a dispute regarding the selection of which player? > 5 Who composed the 1812 Overture? Beethoven > 6 Which North American city is home to the CN Tower? Toronto > 7 In 1952 which city became the first (and so far only) national capital to host the Winter Olympics? Tokyo > 8 What strait separates Chile from Tierra Del Fuego? magellans strait -- -- Björn |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 25 11:57PM +0200 >> Absolutely no strait at all - the major area of Tierra del Fuego is in >> Chile! ... > Dang, he's right. I demand to be scored as wrong. Thinking more of it, I think it is a spelling issue. Presumably, Calvin meant to ask what separates Chile from the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuegeo. That is not a strait - it's a *straight* line. (Well almost.) -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 26 03:58AM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 Barack Obama was born in 1961 in which US state? Hawaii > 2 In 1982 who succeeded Leonid Brezhnez as General Secretary of > the USSR Communist Party? Andropov > 3 How many balls are needed to play a standard game of snooker? 15 > 1968 tour of South Africa was cancelled after a dispute regarding the > selection of which player? > 5 Who composed the 1812 Overture? Tchaikovsky > 6 Which North American city is home to the CN Tower? Toronto > 7 In 1952 which city became the first (and so far only) national > capital to host the Winter Olympics? Oslo > 8 What strait separates Chile from Tierra Del Fuego? Straits of Magellan > 9 What branch of mathematics is named for > the Latin for pebble or small stone? Algebra > 10 Who designed the wedding > dress Madonna wore when she married Guy Ritchie? Stella McCartney > cheers, > calvin Pete |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: May 26 01:06AM -0500 In article <9e385a5b-f6dc-4a88-a8b9-7805aa408845@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 Barack Obama was born in 1961 in which US state? Keny^H^H^H^HHawaii > 2 In 1982 who succeeded Leonid Brezhnez as General Secretary of the USSR Communist Party? Andropov > 3 How many balls are needed to play a standard game of snooker? 3 > 4 The England cricket team's proposed 1968 tour of South Africa was cancelled after a dispute regarding the selection of which player? > 5 Who composed the 1812 Overture? Tchaicovsky > 6 Which North American city is home to the CN Tower? Toronto > 7 In 1952 which city became the first (and so far only) national capital to host the Winter Olympics? Oslo > 8 What strait separates Chile from Tierra Del Fuego? Magellan > 9 What branch of mathematics is named for the Latin for pebble or small stone? calculus > 10 Who designed the wedding dress Madonna wore when she married Guy Ritchie? Madonna -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
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