On the basis of this post, I propose a new IM-style abbreviation: COL (Chuckle Out Loud).
As in, I just COL'd (because I just did).
Good form, sir!
...and most of all simple complements.
I agree. As always, attentiveness is key; if you consider all the angles acutely, none of your complements could possibly be obtuse.
Your weight is directly effected by your intake.
Randall, is that you?
An ice bridge linking a shelf of ice the size of Jamaica to two islands in Antarctica has snapped.
Having trouble visualising... Seriously guys, we've already established Libraries of Congress as the arbitrary measure of choice, why introduce the size of Jamaica now?
I bet you were champing at the bit to say that.
But seriously (to remain on-topic), this really is a tail of woe. I can see the PRS riding this poor woman all the way to the bank. If the shoe was on the other foot they'd have to act differently.
I will miss there little maze trivia game whatever it was called. But then again, I guess I haven't used encarta in years, so maybe I won't really miss it.
I think I can confirm your guesstimate...
I kept thinking about derailing a car, before I realized I was on the wrong track.
I was going to reply about mixing metaphors, but then I lost my train of thought.
Changing a name because that's how someone would text it?
Next up: Slashdot changes its name to
Oh, right.
> Geosynchronous orbit is 32,000 miles...
Geosynchronous orbit is 22,236 miles.
Surely the refutation is no more helpful to the reader if it's just your word against GP's...?
The flow chart is a most thoroughly oversold piece of program documentation. -- Frederick Brooks, "The Mythical Man Month"