MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by longbaugh on
August 11, 2008 1:25 PM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by bifter on
August 11, 2008 7:02 AM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by EndsOfInvention on
August 10, 2008 9:15 PM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by koeselitz on
August 10, 2008 12:46 PM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by you're a kitty! on
August 10, 2008 12:02 AM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by ymgve on
August 9, 2008 6:15 PM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by No-sword on
August 9, 2008 5:22 PM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by grandsham on
August 9, 2008 4:42 PM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by Dormant Gorilla on
August 9, 2008 3:38 PM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by wires on
August 9, 2008 3:21 PM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by scody on
August 9, 2008 12:22 PM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by atropos on
August 9, 2008 10:29 AM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by flibbertigibbet on
August 9, 2008 10:26 AM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by Nice Guy Mike on
August 9, 2008 10:15 AM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by scrump on
August 9, 2008 9:12 AM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by teleri025 on
August 9, 2008 8:54 AM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by arcticwoman on
August 9, 2008 8:52 AM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by bookish on
August 9, 2008 8:52 AM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by schyler523 on
August 9, 2008 7:24 AM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by kid ichorous on
August 9, 2008 6:39 AM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by topynate on
August 9, 2008 5:52 AM
MeFi comment:
"I can imagine the discussion that led up to the ban.
Child: "I want something exciting! And a toy! And some chocolate!".
CPSC [wagging finger sternly]: "But that's three wishes in one... it's just not possible"...." [
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favorited by Auden on
August 9, 2008 2:48 AM
Ask comment:
"You could try reading some works by the emperors themselves - Caesar's Gallic Wars, or Augustus's Res Gestae. If you are interested in more detailed histories of the period then try:
- A World Full of Gods by Keith Hopkins. An experiment in trying..." [
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favorited by mediareport on
June 10, 2008 7:44 PM
MeFi comment:
"I'm assuming that he refused to pay and hence it's going to trial - there was a reference to the case file going to the Crown Prosecution Service, presumably for a charging decision. So he may not end up being prosecuted. There's always the..." [
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favorited by seanyboy on
May 21, 2008 9:44 AM
MeFi comment:
"I see demonstrations about cases like this taking place outside the Home Office most weeks. It is so, so nice to see one where the outcome is positive.
The reason it's 5 years rather than a permanent right to remain is that the rules for claiming..." [
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favorited by By The Grace of God on
May 20, 2008 2:52 PM
MeFi comment:
"Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who translated far and wide." [
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favorited by Jilder on
March 31, 2008 4:30 AM
MeFi comment:
"Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who translated far and wide." [
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favorited by By The Grace of God on
March 30, 2008 11:38 AM
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"This is one I heard Keith from The Office tell at an Edinburgh Festival ghost stories show that took place in a crypt. Stay with me, don't switch off at the mention of Keith (he was brilliant). It has lots of room for embellishment, too.
When I..." [
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favorited by Divine_Wino on
January 10, 2008 1:31 PM
MeFi comment:
"No woman is an Iceland." [
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favorited by bullitt 5 on
December 29, 2007 8:48 AM
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"No woman is an Iceland." [
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favorited by DenOfSizer on
December 29, 2007 8:00 AM
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"A historian and a philosopher go on holiday together after their university's broken up for the summer. They're sitting out on the veranda, sipping a cocktail, and the philosopher asks, "Have you read Marx?", and the historian replies,..." [
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favorited by numinous on
December 13, 2007 1:38 AM
MeFi comment:
"My favorite story about an index entry is in Hugh Trevor-Roper's Catholics, Anglicans and Puritans. He'd recently been elected Master of Peterhouse, a college at Cambridge University, and discovered a group of reactionary fellows who loathed him and..." [
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favorited by Abiezer on
November 21, 2007 3:42 AM
MeFi comment:
"I can't imagine that many American companies would bother to burn files rather than some other type of secure data transfer, but then again, that's me saying this as a non-resident.
Well, the National Audit Office - which is the body that asked..." [
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favorited by blag on
November 20, 2007 5:15 PM
MeFi comment:
"I can't imagine that many American companies would bother to burn files rather than some other type of secure data transfer, but then again, that's me saying this as a non-resident.
Well, the National Audit Office - which is the body that asked..." [
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favorited by wendell on
November 20, 2007 2:43 PM
MeFi comment:
"I can't imagine that many American companies would bother to burn files rather than some other type of secure data transfer, but then again, that's me saying this as a non-resident.
Well, the National Audit Office - which is the body that asked..." [
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favorited by ukdanae on
November 20, 2007 2:35 PM
MeFi comment:
"I wonder if they'd do Crewe rail yards and environs if I begged abjectly?
Your objective would be to wait for 43 minutes in the Lemon Tree cafe for the connecting train to Colwyn Bay...." [
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favorited by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 on
November 6, 2007 3:42 PM
MeFi comment:
"I wonder if they'd do Crewe rail yards and environs if I begged abjectly?
Your objective would be to wait for 43 minutes in the Lemon Tree cafe for the connecting train to Colwyn Bay...." [
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favorited by Abiezer on
November 6, 2007 3:05 PM
MeFi comment:
"I wonder if they'd do Crewe rail yards and environs if I begged abjectly?
Your objective would be to wait for 43 minutes in the Lemon Tree cafe for the connecting train to Colwyn Bay...." [
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favorited by cillit bang on
November 6, 2007 2:46 PM
MeFi comment:
"Skip to the end." [
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favorited by RakDaddy on
October 31, 2007 9:37 AM
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"Skip to the end." [
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favorited by Drowsy Baker on
October 31, 2007 8:44 AM
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"A historian and a philosopher go on holiday together after their university's broken up for the summer. They're sitting out on the veranda, sipping a cocktail, and the philosopher asks, "Have you read Marx?", and the historian replies,..." [
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favorited by urbanwhaleshark on
October 12, 2007 11:23 PM
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"Read this site, which encompasses most of a book called How To Be A Civil Servant by a former senior civil servant at the DTI - it's an excellent places to start for the nuts and bolts of how it works. This guide (PDF) shows you a more satirical side...." [
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favorited by flibbertigibbet on
October 1, 2007 8:59 PM
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"Read this site, which encompasses most of a book called How To Be A Civil Servant by a former senior civil servant at the DTI - it's an excellent places to start for the nuts and bolts of how it works. This guide (PDF) shows you a more satirical side...." [
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favorited by grouse on
October 1, 2007 12:36 PM
MeFi comment:
"It's strange finding out that there are people who don't know about Blackadder. I'm very jealous that you're discovering it for the first time.
I shall return interfrastically...." [
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favorited by brautigan on
September 15, 2007 12:52 PM
MeFi comment:
"they were a typically ill-thought out Labour response geared towards having numbers to point at come election time.
Perhaps - but they do get taken out of context. ASBOs aren't Labour's one-stop, magic bullet solution to crime. They were never..." [
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favorited by tomcooke on
September 6, 2007 10:46 AM
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"I have solved problems like this with team members in the past, but it can take lots of time and lots of effort on your part. First of all, identify what the exact problem is. Is it not meeting a particular in-house style? Inability to construct..." [
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August 9, 2007 11:56 AM
