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Author: The JinxThe Jinx Date: Jan 2, 2007 05:37
JNugent wrote:
> Mike Cawood, HND BIT wrote:
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> Some of the "daft" questions are not so daft.
No just bloody stupid.
--
Nathan <><
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Author: Colin RosenstielColin Rosenstiel Date: Jan 2, 2007 16:19
> In message <4vvohcF1e37jmU1@ mid.individual.net>, Tim Roll-Pickering
> qmul.ac.uk> writes
> >>Jonathan Morton wrote:
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>>> The one about the May Day demonstration is permissible. After
>>> all, so-called "May Day" isn't usually on the first of the month -
>>> and at the Universities May Week is in June.
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>>Is it? I've never noticed a "May Week" at any of the universities
>>I've been at.
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> AFAIR, only Cambridge has a "May Week" - originally in May, before
> the exams, but now in June after exams. Even there, some colleges
> prefer "June event" to the more traditional "May ball". The Oxford
> equivalent is the Commem. ball.
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Author: Colin RosenstielColin Rosenstiel Date: Jan 2, 2007 16:19
>> They're north of Watford aren't they?
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> I believe so. They're a bit like Inverness, some way south of
> Kirkwall.
My favourite road sign for challenging people's assumptions is the one in
Thurso for "Inverness and the South". :-)
--
Colin Rosenstiel
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Author: Arthur FiggisArthur Figgis Date: Jan 3, 2007 16:29
Mike Cawood, HND BIT wrote:
"Are there any lakes in the Lake District?" might seem silly, but "how
many lakes are there?" is a fairly common trick question.
[one, Bassenthwaite]
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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK
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Author: Mark GoodgeMark Goodge Date: Jan 5, 2007 00:12
On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:31:46 +0000, James Farrar put finger to
keyboard and typed:
>On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 04:44:13 -0000, "John Rowland"
> journeyflow.spamspam.demon.co.uk> wrote:>>
>>Which reminds me... everyone knows how many Roads are in the City Of London,
>>but how many Roads are in the W1 postcode?
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>I can think of four: Edgware Road, TCR and the south side of
>Marylebone and Euston Roads.
But how many of them must a man walk down?....
Mark
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Author: Ian F.Ian F. Date: Jan 2, 2007 03:26
"Mike Cawood, HND BIT" privacy.net> wrote in message
news:4vutkuF1dh7j6U1@mid.individual.net...
It's the silly season when PRs make up stuff like this to interest editors
who are struggling to fill papers but are devoid of any real hard content.
Don't treat it too seriously.
Ian
(a PR!)
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Author: Jonathan MortonJonathan Morton Date: Jan 2, 2007 07:02
Mark Goodge wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 13:41:02 -0000, Brimstone put finger to keyboard
> and typed:
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>> The Jinx wrote:
>>> JNugent wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mike Cawood, HND BIT wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Some of the "daft" questions are not so daft.
>>> No just bloody stupid.
>> Only if you know the answer.
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Author: JerryJerry Date: Jan 2, 2007 07:08
"Mark Goodge" listmail.good-stuff.co.uk> wrote in message
news:94qkp2pk075654flppugs0m6b7gpj3athr@news.markshouse.net...> On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 13:41:02 -0000, Brimstone put finger to keyboard
> and typed:
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>>The Jinx wrote:
>>> JNugent wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mike Cawood, HND BIT wrote:
>>>>
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>>>> Some of the "daft" questions are not so daft.
>>>
>>> No just bloody stupid.
>>
>>Only if you know the answer.
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Author: allan tracyallan tracy Date: Jan 2, 2007 07:09
Mike Cawood, HND BIT wrote:
Yeah, I lose count of hopeless tourists getting off the London train at
International and asking which way to the Marriot Five Ways.
Stupid irriots!
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