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From: Pd on 9 Jun 2010 04:58 D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > It's pretty disgusting, actually, and shows complete contempt - "this > zwinky toolbar which was like, I dont know, I downloaded it once and > couldn't get rid of it". > > What kind of person can do such awful things to the English language? The Gerald Ratner of online game developers? "Shoddy" is obviously the mission statement of Zynga. Shoddy development - they just cloned Farm Town. Shoddy ethics - they scammed users into signing up for bogus phone services. Shoddy gameplay - "Things will go wrong." Shoddy English - "like, I dont know". Fortunately for Zynga, apparently 1% of the world's population have all the insight of a mouse looking at a mousetrap smeared in peanut butter. Crack! -- Pd
From: Chris Ridd on 9 Jun 2010 05:02 On 2010-06-09 09:58:52 +0100, Pd said: > D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > >> It's pretty disgusting, actually, and shows complete contempt - "this >> zwinky toolbar which was like, I dont know, I downloaded it once and >> couldn't get rid of it". >> >> What kind of person can do such awful things to the English language? > > The Gerald Ratner of online game developers? > > "Shoddy" is obviously the mission statement of Zynga. > > Shoddy development - they just cloned Farm Town. > Shoddy ethics - they scammed users into signing up for bogus phone > services. > Shoddy gameplay - "Things will go wrong." > Shoddy English - "like, I dont know". Like, whatever. > Fortunately for Zynga, apparently 1% of the world's population have all > the insight of a mouse looking at a mousetrap smeared in peanut butter. > Crack! Why would you smear a mouse in peanut butter? -- Chris
From: Jim on 9 Jun 2010 05:07 On 2010-06-09, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> Fortunately for Zynga, apparently 1% of the world's population have all >> the insight of a mouse looking at a mousetrap smeared in peanut butter. >> Crack! > > Why would you smear a mouse in peanut butter? If you have to ask the question then you probably don't want to know the answer. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: Pd on 9 Jun 2010 05:09 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-06-09, Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > >> I -lived- in dBaseII (and then later IV, missing III mostly) for about a > >> decade. I also dabbled in Clipper (dBaseIII compiler). > >> > >> I want those years back. > > > > Is it okay to say I really liked dBaseII? > > No, that's fine. But I had to use it in anger for too many years, and it > gave me a lot of reasons to be angry. I used it extensively for a couple of years, and later FoxBase, and remember that I developed a lot of 'workarounds' to avoid various little peccadilloes and idiosyncracies. But that was 25 years ago, and don't think I can remember how to even list tables any more. -- Pd
From: Woody on 9 Jun 2010 05:10
Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > >> It's pretty disgusting, actually, and shows complete contempt - "this >> zwinky toolbar which was like, I dont know, I downloaded it once and >> couldn't get rid of it". >> >> What kind of person can do such awful things to the English language? > > The Gerald Ratner of online game developers? > > "Shoddy" is obviously the mission statement of Zynga. > > Shoddy development - they just cloned Farm Town. > Shoddy ethics - they scammed users into signing up for bogus phone > services. > Shoddy gameplay - "Things will go wrong." > Shoddy English - "like, I dont know". > > Fortunately for Zynga, apparently 1% of the world's population have > all > the insight of a mouse looking at a mousetrap smeared in peanut > butter. > Crack! Peanut butter crack? They do flavours now? -- Woody |