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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom
    AHEM!

    A little more respect for us young 'uns would be in order, you crusty old bugger.
    About average, plus or minus two standard deviations...
    "Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]

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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeL
    But to be honest, JR, you are exceptional. I presume you went to a private school...?
    Ah... I was actually surprised when I met JR, as I'd thought (from the mature way he wrote) that he was much older than 23...
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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    Quote Originally Posted by SPman
    Would this just happen to be , "the European Civil War", that involved nearly all countries, in all areas of the world, including Europe! (except Spain and Switzerland - maybe its them!)
    Twats!


    Probably the best degree to get, is a BA in Philosophy and History.- on the face of it totally meaningless and useless, but,(unless these subjects have been minimalised as well), it should produce a graduate who can think, reason and analyse, and apply these traits to all areas of life and work - because, lets face it, even once you"ve got your degree, diploma, etc, you've still got to go out into the workforce and learn how to do your job.
    Interesting! Must admit that I studied for a BA in History (with Philosophy and Education papers), and I agree that it's an under rated qualification (and yes I went to a private school for some of my education). It's not geared towards any career but it does show you how to critically analyse information, understand how stats and information can be used and abused, and hopefully leave you with a reasonable amount of cynicism.

    It always amazes me how many people just accept whatever is presented to them in the papers or on the TV. PC is the result of lazy thinking.

    Just remember though that sometimes there isn't a conspiracy, things just happen.

    Hope that you are all maintaining a suitable level of sanity.


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    Quote Originally Posted by firestormer
    Ah... I was actually surprised when I met JR, as I'd thought (from the mature way he wrote) that he was much older than 23...
    I don't look the part, eh? Aha.

    That'd be why you stood at the bar looking at me, the only geared and helmeted-up person in the room, all funny-like out the corner of your eye for five minutes before sidling up and slipping me the Secret KB Handshake as I picked up a newspaper.



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    I reckon I've surprised a few KBers....

    And I have a small goatee too...
    Queiro voya todo Europa con mi moto.... pero no tengo suficiente tiempo o dinero.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeL
    But to be honest, JR, you are exceptional.
    Aw shucks.

    I'll just ignore the potential ambiguity in that remark

    Quote Originally Posted by MikeL
    I presume you went to a private school...?
    Tut tut, Mike, you didn't read the thread, eh? I'm a proper lower-middle-class Kiwi. Mt Albert Primary for the first six years, giving lip to, and getting beaten up in turn by, most of the rest of the school on a regular basis. Balmoral Intermediate for next two years, where I played a lot of AD&D. Then I home-schooled my way through high school instead of fulfilling my destiny and attending Mt Albert Grammar.

    No silver spoons there, I'm afraid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Posh Tourer :P
    I reckon I've surprised a few KBers....

    And I have a small goatee too...
    We can be the Stealth Toffs. We could have our own comic book series! 'Jaffa Splendour', perhaps?

    Our superpower can be hiding in the corner of a bar looking scruffy, emerging only when tipsy, garrulous evildoers need to be defeated by convoluted argument and the cold, harsh light of well-educated opinion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Posh Tourer :P
    And I have a small goatee too...
    There was a young lad from Dundee
    Who molested an ape up a tree
    The result was most horrid
    All bum and no forehead
    Three balls and a purple goatee
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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom
    We can be the Stealth Toffs. We could have our own comic book series! 'Jaffa Splendour', perhaps?

    Our superpower can be hiding in the corner of a bar looking scruffy, emerging only when tipsy, garrulous evildoers need to be defeated by convoluted argument and the cold, harsh light of well-educated opinion.
    Great idea! Need to work on the comic book name though, it sounds like a new variety of cammellia!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hitcher
    There was a young lad from Dundee
    Who molested an ape up a tree
    The result was most horrid
    All bum and no forehead
    Three balls and a purple goatee
    Ummm......

    Thanks.....


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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom
    Tut tut, Mike, you didn't read the thread, eh?
    Well, actually, I did read the thread, but that was quite some time ago, and it's a bit much to expect old buggers like me to remember something that they might have done a couple of weeks ago. Now, if this Alzheimers wasn't such a useful excuse in other areas, I might be tempted to do something about it...

    But at least I was right in assuming that you are not a standardized, homogenized, correctly-labelled but underfilled product of our educational factories.
    Age is too high a price to pay for maturity

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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom
    We can be the Stealth Toffs. We could have our own comic book series! 'Jaffa Splendour', perhaps?

    Our superpower can be hiding in the corner of a bar looking scruffy, emerging only when tipsy, garrulous evildoers need to be defeated by convoluted argument and the cold, harsh light of well-educated opinion.
    Hmmm, Cheiroptera-man and his loyal companion Erithacus sp.?

    And their battle cry: Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!
    "Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hitcher
    Hmmm, Cheiroptera-man and his loyal companion Erithacus sp.?

    And their battle cry: Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!
    I had to Google those, you sod. Well done.

    I do so like that battle cry, too. Rather appropriate to the Scottish Thread, don't you think?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Posh Tourer :P
    Need to work on the comic book name though, it sounds like a new variety of cammellia!
    I was thinking of Harvey Pekar.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeL
    But at least I was right in assuming that you are not a standardized, homogenized...
    I'm not low-fat, either.
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