Free Association Thread 4

[SamScribble]

That's been the case for a long time! Lazy journalism.

Ah, the good ole days.

'Hi. This is Randy Stone. I cover the night beat for The Chicago Star.'

Am I showing my age?

 

[JKendallDane]

That's been the case for a long time! Lazy journalism.

And yet we brag to the world how we have "freedom of the press."

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[JKendallDane]

Ah, the good ole days.

'Hi. This is Randy Stone. I cover the night beat for The Chicago Star.'

Am I showing my age?

Age is just a number. Although it is getting scary how BIG a number it's turning into!

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[Tio_Narratore]

Age is just a number. Although it is getting scary how BIG a number it's turning into!

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I like to think I'm having twice as much fun as a 34-year old!

 

[JKendallDane]

I like to think I'm having twice as much fun as a 34-year old!

I'll have to take that attitude on Saturday when I hit a new number.

Either that or decide the best way to turn sixty is to enjoy two thirty-year-olds.

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[SamScribble]

I'll have to take that attitude on Saturday when I hit a new number.

Either that or decide the best way to turn sixty is to enjoy two thirty-year-olds.

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Happy birthday, JKD

 

[Handley_Page]

I'll have to take that attitude on Saturday when I hit a new number.

Either that or decide the best way to turn sixty is to enjoy two thirty-year-olds.

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That DOES have it's advantages, especially if you have daughters. However,
back in the dream world, just wait 'till you get to 70.

 

[JKendallDane]

That DOES have it's advantages, especially if you have daughters. However,
back in the dream world, just wait 'till you get to 70.

Don't rush me, HP. Fifty to sixty happened way too quick as it is. And my brother who is 73 says sixty to seventy is like a blink of the eye.

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[Tio_Narratore]

Don't rush me, HP. Fifty to sixty happened way too quick as it is. And my brother who is 73 says sixty to seventy is like a blink of the eye.

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Isn't It Grand, Boys

 

[MichaelinChina]

Isn't It Grand, Boys

Thanks, I needed to know that! (the big 6-Oh no! for me on April 2).

 

[Tio_Narratore]

I'll have to take that attitude on Saturday when I hit a new number.

Either that or decide the best way to turn sixty is to enjoy two thirty-year-olds.

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Thanks, I needed to know that! (the big 6-Oh no! for me on April 2).

Happy birthdays, JK and Michael!

Did you know that if you have a group of about 40 people gathered, the likelihood of at least two sharing a birthday is 19/20. Most people don't expect that since they tend to think of the odds that someone else will share their birthday (1/365), rather than there be any two that match. In my youth I used that to win quite a few drinks in the pubs. In my later years it's been mostly to impress the youngsters with the value of quantitative analysis.

 

[JKendallDane]

Thanks, I needed to know that! (the big 6-Oh no! for me on April 2).

No shit, Micheal? We share the same birthdate and year? I missed being an April Fool baby by just 21 minutes. Course my Mother had gotten pregnant at 43, so it would have been very appropriate.

Happy birthdays, JK and Michael!

Did you know that if you have a group of about 40 people gathered, the likelihood of at least two sharing a birthday is 19/20. Most people don't expect that since they tend to think of the odds that someone else will share their birthday (1/365), rather than there be any two that match. In my youth I used that to win quite a few drinks in the pubs. In my later years it's been mostly to impress the youngsters with the value of quantitative analysis.

Sorry, Tio, but Quant still makes me crazy. The only thing I managed to retain from two courses was the SWAG theorem.

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[Handley_Page]

No shit, Micheal? We share the same birthdate and year? I missed being an April Fool baby by just 21 minutes. Course my Mother had gotten pregnant at 43, so it would have been very appropriate.

Sorry, Tio, but Quant still makes me crazy. The only thing I managed to retain from two courses was the SWAG theorem.

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What? that bag full of ill-gotten gains slung over your back after a nights endeavours ?

 

[SamScribble]

What? that bag full of ill-gotten gains slung over your back after a nights endeavours ?

I assume the apostrophe is in the bag with the rest of the swag, HP.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

I assume the apostrophe is in the bag with the rest of the swag, HP.

Loi 101, the Quebec language law, which made apostrophes illegal in public.

(Store signs have to be in French; the possessive apostrophe, so common in English store names, was banned. Famously, the now-defunct "Eaton's" department store became "Eaton.")

 

[loquere]

Loi 101, the Quebec language law, which made apostrophes illegal in public.

(Store signs have to be in French; the possessive apostrophe, so common in English store names, was banned. Famously, the now-defunct "Eaton's" department store became "Eaton.")

McDonald?

 

[Tio_Narratore]

McDonald?

Mais oui!

But they did try "Chez McDo" for a while.

 

[loquere]

Mais oui!

But they did try "Chez McDo" for a while.

The name is Mai's oui? I call bullshit I've visited Quebec back when I was married.

It's either McDonald or McDonalds or McDonald's.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

The name is Mai's oui? I call bullshit I've visited Quebec back when I was married.

It's either McDonald or McDonalds or McDonald's.

"Mais oui" is French for "but yes;" I was responding that your "McDonald" (no apostrophe) was correct. It is called "McDonald."

They did play around with the name "Chez McDo" (McDo's Place) for a while, but it didn't catch on.

More recently, there has been some pressure to have companies with English proper names come up with French versions. American Eagle, Gap, Old Navy, and the like are considered offensive names by some Francophones.

 

[loquere]

"Mais oui" is French for "but yes;" I was responding that your "McDonald" (no apostrophe) was correct. It is called "McDonald."

They did play around with the name "Chez McDo" (McDo's Place) for a while, but it didn't catch on.

More recently, there has been some pressure to have companies with English proper names come up with French versions. American Eagle, Gap, Old Navy, and the like are considered offensive names by some Francophones.

Thanks for explaining. I'm going to to sleep now.

Goodbye goodnight and good luck!

 

[legerdemer]

McDonald?

Mais oui!

But they did try "Chez McDo" for a while.

The name is Mai's oui? I call bullshit I've visited Quebec back when I was married.

It's either McDonald or McDonalds or McDonald's.

"Mais oui" is French for "but yes;" I was responding that your "McDonald" (no apostrophe) was correct. It is called "McDonald."

They did play around with the name "Chez McDo" (McDo's Place) for a while, but it didn't catch on.

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This sounds like a "Who's on first?" routine.

 

[loquere]

"Mais oui" is French for "but yes;" I was responding that your "McDonald" (no apostrophe) was correct. It is called "McDonald."

They did play around with the name "Chez McDo" (McDo's Place) for a while, but it didn't catch on.

More recently, there has been some pressure to have companies with English proper names come up with French versions. American Eagle, Gap, Old Navy, and the like are considered offensive names by some Francophones.

Thanks for explaining. I'm going to to sleep now.

Goodbye goodnight and good luck!

 

[Tio_Narratore]

This sounds like a "Who's on first?" routine.

Goodnight, Mer. (Good nightmare?)


SCTV (John Candy and others old Toronto Comedy group) had a similar routine about "Who" gets paid when "The Band" plays. Too bad I can't find it on youtube or anywhere else...

 

[legerdemer]

Goodnight, Mer. (Good nightmare?)


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To some, yes indeed.... if you ever do find it...

 

[JKendallDane]

Goodnight, Mer. (Good nightmare?)


SCTV (John Candy and others old Toronto Comedy group) had a similar routine about "Who" gets paid when "The Band" plays. Too bad I can't find it on youtube or anywhere else...

To some, yes indeed.... if you ever do find it...

I didn't find that one, but this one highlights the other great contribution to comedy from our Canuckian neighbors::

Kids In the Hall ~ That's America



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