sitting and listening and fuming
or tutting vehemently is ok
i have to say that
L
On Mon, September 12, 2011 12:34, Patrick McManus wrote:
> Yes and what about the idiots who sit and listen to these programs???:-)
> P
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> Interview on the today programme on radio 4 today
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> some bloke from a company which is going to spend millions putting a new
> telecom cable under the sea to speed up data transfer
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> i think that was it
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> the interviewer couldnt see the point or affected not to be able to
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> and he asked _how log is a millisecond?_
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> long pause
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> and then the bloke said _one hundred thousandth of a second_
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> It isn't; but the interviewer didn't correct him.
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> Then the bloke said _that's five per cent of a second_ which is not true
> of the answer given or the correct answer; but the interviewer didn't
> correct him
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> So... a pair of onanists broadcasting their view of the world to the
> world; tomorrow, could be an e coli bacterium speaks
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> i am sure it would be an upbeat message -- lots of opportunities for
> growth as order and sanitation breaks down; but it seems likely that we
> are doomed
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> oh yes and the bloke said it was really good because communicators would
> pay the millions it would cost; but the interviewer did not think to say
> _but as you are not producing anything, this is primarily inflationary_
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> nah
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> didnt say nothin apart from thank you
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> toodlepip
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> Dept of Music
> Goldsmiths, University of London
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UNFRAMED GRAPHICS by Lawrence Upton
42 pages; A5 paperback; colour cover
Writers Forum 978 1 84254 277 4
wfuk.org.uk/blog
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Lawrence Upton
Dept of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
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