Re: oops

Posted in 2005

Andrew Hamm — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:25:48 +1100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Obnoxio The Chav wrote: \\>> >> Who is Gord? A mate of Davo, Milko and Jase presumably? > > I thought it was godzone country? No, you're probably thinking of Boyzone, which I believe is the countryside around the town of Scunthorpe.

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Neil Truby — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 05:08:18 -0000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Andrew Hamm" <ahamm@mail.com> wrote in message news:384s9kF5kf7smU1@individual.net... > Obnoxio The Chav wrote: > \\>> >>> Who is Gord? A mate of Davo, Milko and Jase presumably? >> >> I thought it was godzone country? > > No, you're probably thinking of Boyzone, which I believe is the > countryside around the town of Scunthorpe. You're at it again! Scunthorpe United Football Club is notorious as the bane of football-related message boards, on account of swear-checkers frequently rejecting the proper noun "Scunthorpe" as unacceptable ... But perhaps you knew that already ...?

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Andrew Hamm — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:24:05 +1100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Neil Truby wrote: > > You're at it again! > Scunthorpe United Football Club is notorious as the bane of football- > related message boards, on account of swear-checkers frequently > rejecting the proper noun "Scunthorpe" as unacceptable ... > But perhaps you knew that already ...? Yes indeed. That message probably got rejected by 1/2 the readers out there. As will this one since I'm going to deliberately write words like Approved, Viagra, Human Growth Hormone, and phrases like "DEAR SIR" and "satisfy your girlfriend"