Re: Monthly News Statistics for demon.local: month of Aug 2007.

"Peter Hucker" <none@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:46:41 +0100, Michael Baldwin, Bruce 
> <mbb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Peter Hucker wrote:
>>> On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:21:31 +0100, Mr Pounder 
>>> <MrPounder@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>> > "Peter Hucker" <none@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> > news:op.typgciv84buhsv@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> >> On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:15:49 +0100, Michael Baldwin, Bruce
>>> >> <mbb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Mr Pounder wrote:
>>> >>>> "Michael Baldwin, Bruce" <mbb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> >>>> news:1189470408.307457.18520@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> >>>> > Mr Pounder wrote:
>>> >>>> >> "Michael Baldwin, Bruce" <mbb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> >>>> >> news:1189385528.090190.118170@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> >>>> >> > Mr Pounder wrote:
>>> >>>> >> >> Mr Hucker is a friend of mine.
>>> >>>> >> >
>>> >>>> >> > Why?
>>> >>>> >>
>>> >>>> >> Because he is radical, self opinionated, bombastic, 
>>> >>>> >> argumentative &
>>> >>>> >> never
>>> >>>> >> gives up.
>>> >>>> >> Because he works hard for a living, has his own home & loves
his
>>> >>>> >> pets.
>>> >>>> >> Because I respect him.
>>> >>>> >
>>> >>>> > He sounds like a kook, now that you mention it.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Define "kook".
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Don't mention it.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> Oh, I forgot to mention that he has been on groups for much
longer 
>>> >>>> than
>>> >>>> you
>>> >>>> or I.
>>> >>>> He will still be here when you are gone.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Since when? I have been reading Usenet since 1984. Since it
started 
>>> >>> in
>>> >>> 1979, he could hardly have been reading it for much longer than
me.
>>> >>
>>> >> 1984?  That makes you an ubergeek.  I always thought you were odd.
>>> >
>>> > Fight!
>>>
>>> Select weapon!
>>
>> Phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range.
>
> FORRRRTY FOR GOODNESS SAKKKKKEEEEE!!!! -- A neighbour of mine after
asking 
> me what speed I was doing down his road.

Why did he ask?

Mr Pounder
>
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> An American, a German and a Japanese guy are golfing one day and, at the

> 3rd hole, they hear a phone ring. The American excuses himself, puts his

> left thumb to his ear, his left baby finger to his mouth and proceeds to

> have a telephone conversation.
> When he is done, he looks at the other two and says "Oh, that's the
latest 
> American technology in cell phones. I have a chip in my thumb and one in

> my baby finger and the antenna is in my hat. Great stuff eh?"
> They continue golfing until the 9th hole when, again, they hear a phone 
> ring. The German tilts his head to one side and proceeds to have a 
> conversation with someone in German. When he finishes, he explains to
the 
> other two that he has the latest in German technology cell phones. "A
chip 
> in my tooth, a chip in my ear and the antenna is inserted in my spine.
Ah 
> the wonders of German knowhow!"
> At the 13th hole, a phone rings again and upon hearing it, the Japanese 
> fellow disappears into some nearby bushes. The German and the American 
> look at each other and then walk over and peer into the bushes. In the 
> middle of the bushes is the Japanese fellow, squatting with his pants
down 
> around his ankles.
> "What on earth are you doing?!" asks the American.
> The Japanese fellow looks up and replies "Waiting for a fax".