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A Brit living in USA. Academic (Forensic, Computer Games, Virtual Worlds). Film buff, juggler, actor, drinker, philosopher- ok, so I'm not really a philosopher
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A Brit living in USA. Academic (Forensic, Computer Games, Virtual Worlds). Film buff, juggler, actor, drinker, philosopher- ok, so I'm not really a philosopher
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» Stupid Colleagues
Turkish Delight
A long time ago I was working in a research unit at a prestigious British university while doing my PhD. We all used to use a single printer which involved saving your work on a floppy disk and walking over to the machine with the printer attached. One weekend I wired every PC in the lab to an automatic switch box and connected it to the printer.
Monday morning I send a print job from my machine at the other side of the room and the printer magically bursts into life. A young Turkish student who was visiting had his desk right next to the printer, he jumped up from his chair and wanted to know what was happening. I told him it worked by infra-red waves and he had to move out of the way so the signal could get through.
For six months everyone in the lab made the guy stand up and move every time anyone wanted to print something. People from all over the university used to come to watch this ...
(Thu 3rd Mar 2011, 20:53, More)
Turkish Delight
A long time ago I was working in a research unit at a prestigious British university while doing my PhD. We all used to use a single printer which involved saving your work on a floppy disk and walking over to the machine with the printer attached. One weekend I wired every PC in the lab to an automatic switch box and connected it to the printer.
Monday morning I send a print job from my machine at the other side of the room and the printer magically bursts into life. A young Turkish student who was visiting had his desk right next to the printer, he jumped up from his chair and wanted to know what was happening. I told him it worked by infra-red waves and he had to move out of the way so the signal could get through.
For six months everyone in the lab made the guy stand up and move every time anyone wanted to print something. People from all over the university used to come to watch this ...
(Thu 3rd Mar 2011, 20:53, More)
» Puns
Bing Sings
I'm loving reading these so thought I would add my fave joke of all time - old but great :
Q: What's the difference between Bing Crosby and Walt Disney ?
A: Bing sings and Walt Dis'nay
Multiple variations possible :
Q: What's the difference between the Royal Mint and Euro Disney ?
A: The Royal Mint makes money and Euro Dis'nay
I could go on ...
(Fri 6th Mar 2009, 14:29, More)
Bing Sings
I'm loving reading these so thought I would add my fave joke of all time - old but great :
Q: What's the difference between Bing Crosby and Walt Disney ?
A: Bing sings and Walt Dis'nay
Multiple variations possible :
Q: What's the difference between the Royal Mint and Euro Disney ?
A: The Royal Mint makes money and Euro Dis'nay
I could go on ...
(Fri 6th Mar 2009, 14:29, More)
» Sex Toys
Hitachi Magic Wand
While I was living in Melbourne, Australia I was working on a research project for the FBI in Washington DC, so had to fly to the USA every couple of months. On one trip I met a young girl called Julie in a bar who was 12 years younger than me - we had a night together and then I went back to Aus. She stalked me online and started sending me emails and ringing me up.
A year later she actually saved up and bought a ticket to Australia to come and visit me. I actually had a girlfriend in Australia at this time but that didn't stop her. So the day Julie arrives, I show her into a bedroom at my house and tell her to get some sleep to recover from the jet lag.
The girlfriend and I are sitting in the dining room when there is an enormous *bang* and all the lights go out and the electricity goes off. Julie emerges sheepishly from the bedroom holding a Hitachi Magic Wand vibrator - after a long flight she had decided to squeeze one out - unfortunately she did not realise that the USA and Aus had different voltage systems and she blew all the fuses in the house.
A month later I married Julie - we were wed in the Graceland chapel in Las Vegas, by Elvis of course - I was dressed as a Roman Catholic priest and she was dressed as a schoolgirl. So Yes, I married my stalker, I now live int eh States, and she still regularly uses the Hitachi she bought to replace the one that exploded (http://www.amazon.com/Hitachi-Magic-Wand/dp/B004M8L8MA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337341501&sr=8-1)
(Fri 18th May 2012, 13:17, More)
Hitachi Magic Wand
While I was living in Melbourne, Australia I was working on a research project for the FBI in Washington DC, so had to fly to the USA every couple of months. On one trip I met a young girl called Julie in a bar who was 12 years younger than me - we had a night together and then I went back to Aus. She stalked me online and started sending me emails and ringing me up.
A year later she actually saved up and bought a ticket to Australia to come and visit me. I actually had a girlfriend in Australia at this time but that didn't stop her. So the day Julie arrives, I show her into a bedroom at my house and tell her to get some sleep to recover from the jet lag.
The girlfriend and I are sitting in the dining room when there is an enormous *bang* and all the lights go out and the electricity goes off. Julie emerges sheepishly from the bedroom holding a Hitachi Magic Wand vibrator - after a long flight she had decided to squeeze one out - unfortunately she did not realise that the USA and Aus had different voltage systems and she blew all the fuses in the house.
A month later I married Julie - we were wed in the Graceland chapel in Las Vegas, by Elvis of course - I was dressed as a Roman Catholic priest and she was dressed as a schoolgirl. So Yes, I married my stalker, I now live int eh States, and she still regularly uses the Hitachi she bought to replace the one that exploded (http://www.amazon.com/Hitachi-Magic-Wand/dp/B004M8L8MA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337341501&sr=8-1)
(Fri 18th May 2012, 13:17, More)