Jokes are an excellent way of dealing with -- and making sense of -- a shared tragedy, whether it's Aberfan, the Challenger Disaster, or 9/11.
This, however, isn't a shared tragedy. You're not making jokes about it because it's how we deal with communal grief. You're making jokes about because you're a dick.
No man is an island, Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As well as if a manner of thine own Or of thine friend's were. Each man's death diminishes me, For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee. -- John Donne
... any of these restorations until I saw the remastered special edition of Warner Bros' "Hare Trigger", which introduced Yosemite Sam for the first time...
Got to the climatic showdown where he Sam confronts Bugs Bunny in a saloon bar in Nevada and... Bugs Shot First!
I've found it to be quite accurate even with old/obscure stuff.
Me too. It's done Noel Coward, obscure Gil Scott Heron, random bits of Miles Davis. In fact the only thing I couldn't get it to do was "It Ain't Easy Being Green" by Van Morrison.
I fear that the only reason why Turkey gave us a point is that they liked our song. That's almost too bizarre to contemplate.
Well, it did have that Middle-Eastern melodic feel to it... Maybe that's what they responded to.
Oh yes, I somehow merged Malta and Cyprus in my head. I'm glad Jordan wasn't involved, people like that should be starved of the oxygen of publicity. (Whereas Peter Andre should merely be starved of oxygen.)
Incidentally, if Britain is "in harmony with Europe", how come we only got points from Ireland and Malta, eh? And we had to give Malta a medal to get those...
Oh, don't get me wrong, there are clearly biases. I enjoyed sitting at home and saying "And 12 points to... Latvia", in sync with the Lithuanian jury. But even that's not as entertaining as watching the Klitchko brothers go 12 brutal rounds with an autocue.
But, to get away from the subject of how sad my Saturday nights are... it's weird that Nature should set aside space for information that Terry Wogan could have told them ten years ago.
And when your latest scientific paper is less relevant than Terry Bastard Wogan, it's time to find a new career.
Incidentally, these automatic qualifiers placed in the four bottom places this year. But you can't necessarily claim bias, because the German song deserved to come last by more than it did.
you must have even less experience working at a university than you do
Ahhh... But I can prove I work at a University.
All I asked him to do was prove that he has, or that he has first hand knowledge of how they're run. Which he hasn't. And I'll wager that that is because he can't.
>blockquote> What else would *YOU* do if they told you that unless you leave, they will fire the whole department along with you? Me?? Well, the first thing I'd do is obtain a formal statement from the university and a copy of my contract of employment.
The next thing I'd do is consult with an employment lawyer. Then, if my lawyer advised to me resign, I probably would. However, if my lawyer pointed out that firing the entire department would a) leave the University short of crucial teaching staff during the exam period b) result in the biggest "unfair dismissal" employment tribunal in recent history... there's a fairly good chance I wouldn't resign.
And if he resigned without having taken legal advice he's either very foolish, or knew he was in the wrong and isn't giving us the full story.
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Jokes are an excellent way of dealing with -- and making sense of -- a shared tragedy, whether it's Aberfan, the Challenger Disaster, or 9/11.
This, however, isn't a shared tragedy. You're not making jokes about it because it's how we deal with communal grief. You're making jokes about because you're a dick.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
-- John Donne
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
-- John Donne
No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manner of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
-- John Donne
People should know that someone going to work as a civilian contractor in Iraq runs the risk of kidnap and decapitation by terrorists.
That does not mean that it is funny when it happens.
From The Currant Bun and The BBC.
NB : Before you make any cheap cracks, the people involved are seriously injured.
... any of these restorations until I saw the remastered special edition of Warner Bros' "Hare Trigger", which introduced Yosemite Sam for the first time...
... Bugs Shot First!
Got to the climatic showdown where he Sam confronts Bugs Bunny in a saloon bar in Nevada and
I feel like my childhood has been ruined.
If you're self employed, you're both an employer and an employee. So suck it up...
What we really need is a law to prevent idiots from using a computer... (or driving a car, buying a gun, voting You forgot "getting elected president"
Oh yes, I somehow merged Malta and Cyprus in my head. I'm glad Jordan wasn't involved, people like that should be starved of the oxygen of publicity. (Whereas Peter Andre should merely be starved of oxygen.)
None of those is enabled by default.
If sendmail were part of the default install, do you really think OpenBSD could claim the security record that it does now.
I have Greek friends who took almost no interest in the Olympics, or Greece's triumph in Euro 2004, but were ecstatic over winning Eurovision....
Incidentally, if Britain is "in harmony with Europe", how come we only got points from Ireland and Malta, eh? And we had to give Malta a medal to get those...
Oh, don't get me wrong, there are clearly biases. I enjoyed sitting at home and saying "And 12 points to ... Latvia", in sync with the Lithuanian jury. But even that's not as entertaining as watching the Klitchko brothers go 12 brutal rounds with an autocue.
... it's weird that Nature should set aside space for information that Terry Wogan could have told them ten years ago.
But, to get away from the subject of how sad my Saturday nights are
And when your latest scientific paper is less relevant than Terry Bastard Wogan, it's time to find a new career.
Oh, I was laughing.
I thought the correction I received was very funny indeed.
Even if it were, it would still constitute relevant experience from which I could make relatively informed judgements about this case.
But no, thanks for asking, it's as a PostDoc researcher and a Teaching Fellow.
Sheesh.
All I asked him to do was prove that he has, or that he has first hand knowledge of how they're run. Which he hasn't. And I'll wager that that is because he can't.
>blockquote> What else would *YOU* do if they told you that unless you leave, they will fire the whole department along with you? Me?? Well, the first thing I'd do is obtain a formal statement from the university and a copy of my contract of employment.
The next thing I'd do is consult with an employment lawyer. Then, if my lawyer advised to me resign, I probably would. However, if my lawyer pointed out that firing the entire department would
a) leave the University short of crucial teaching staff during the exam period
b) result in the biggest "unfair dismissal" employment tribunal in recent history...
there's a fairly good chance I wouldn't resign.
And if he resigned without having taken legal advice he's either very foolish, or knew he was in the wrong and isn't giving us the full story.