Re: IBM-Sun takeover talks 'collapse'
Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > > > From: theharlequin36@hotmail.com > > Subject: Re: IBM-Sun takeover talks 'collapse' > > Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 09:53:21 +0100 > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > > >> > Apparently sweet fanny adam > > >> > > >> Sorry, that expression went way over my head. > > > > > > "Sweet Fuck All" -- is that any clearer? > > > > > >> Do you speak English? ;-) > > > > > > At least he doesn't speak that dialect known as "Shite". > > > > Talking "Shite" is not usually a characteristic of a particular regional > > group (except people from Manchester of course), so it would more > likely to > > be classified as a pidgin, or more generally a creole, than a dialect. > > > > Aw c'mon guys, he's just mad at me because I told him that his hero was > a wimp! > > Hey Mark! Just FYI: > http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2009/jw-03-if-ibm-owns-java.html > ;-) > > One thing that I always wondered about those Aussies.... > > As British Colonies, both America and Australia had opened frontiers. > Historians have long since held the opinion that it was the frontier > that helped to define the 'American culture'. I would imagine that it > would be the same for Australia too. > > But the biggest difference is that when England tried to 'rape' the > American colonialists, we revolted and became independent. Australians > for the most part just bent over and took it up the arse. > > But hey! What do I know? > Maybe its because Aussies were the dregs from England's prisons and > rather enjoyed being buggered? At least the "Australian" has a sense of irony. It has apparently passed you by completely. -- Cheers, Obnoxio The Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com The following is a disclaimer and a protest at the collection, retention and sharing of my personal mail by the morally bankrupt state. By adding a string of key words, it will guarantee that each and every mail that I send will now need to be manually viewed as it is picked up by the auto scan software. If every person in the UK does exactly the same, then the entire system will quickly become so unmanageable, so unwieldy that it will become unworkable. Key words: bomb, assassinate, president, brown, Osama, Obama, Sarkozy, Merkel, government, target, location, rocket, grenade, al-Qaeda, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, UK, America, guns, jets, bombs, machine-gun, terrorists, MP's, pigs, troughs, France, Germany, Italy, nuclear, Korea. PPS If you are reading this because you've picked up the above keywords: I hope your parents are proud of what you have become. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.
> > At least the "Australian" has a sense of irony. It has apparently passed > you by completely. > Knows SFA about geography as well. Here's a clue Gumby - the Australians have a much better class of neighbor. However, they would also universally agree that you're a flaming drongo.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/08/sun_bonuses_ibm/ So, I'm guessing Schwartz won't be heading up IBM, then. :o> -- Cheers, Obnoxio The Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com The following is a disclaimer and a protest at the collection, retention and sharing of my personal mail by the morally bankrupt state. By adding a string of key words, it will guarantee that each and every mail that I send will now need to be manually viewed as it is picked up by the auto scan software. If every person in the UK does exactly the same, then the entire system will quickly become so unmanageable, so unwieldy that it will become unworkable. Key words: bomb, assassinate, president, brown, Osama, Obama, Sarkozy, Merkel, government, target, location, rocket, grenade, al-Qaeda, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, UK, America, guns, jets, bombs, machine-gun, terrorists, MP's, pigs, troughs, France, Germany, Italy, nuclear, Korea. PPS If you are reading this because you've picked up the above keywords: I hope your parents are proud of what you have become. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.