Comments on: Arms Dealers. I Think. http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/ Scattered values and the chance of philosophy. May contain funny. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:58:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Wendy http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37917 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:43:10 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37917 Okay, now I'm tittering again. I know this is the most pointless comment ever, but your 2nd *explanation was possibly even funnier than the first. You rock. Okay, now I’m tittering again.

I know this is the most pointless comment ever, but your 2nd *explanation was possibly even funnier than the first.

You rock.

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37914 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:34:13 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37914 You are fucking* <b>kidding</b> me. It says <i>Protected by 500mA hazardous area fuse</i> I am out of here. *<i>fucking!</i> You are fucking* kidding me.

It says Protected by 500mA hazardous area fuse

I am out of here.

*fucking!

]]> by: Tom http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37900 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:08:04 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37900 A car? Hairdressers? Nonsense. An <a href="http://www.rscomp.com.sg/1/622416672-METRIX-MX57-ATEX-DMM-RC.html" rel="nofollow">MX57</a> is a timer that can be used with exposives. A car? Hairdressers? Nonsense. An MX57 is a timer that can be used with exposives.

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37656 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:58:04 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37656 Thanks Gargoyle - and welcome. Sven? But he was French. The plot thickens. No one drinks orange juice at hotel bars. I'm not buying it. And emom - that's effing* amazing. Your reference was too subtle for me. Not only are paying attention, but you know more about what I'm talking about that I do and you remember it. For everyone else less enthralled by this site (ie, almost everyone), <a href="http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/06/18/coooool/" rel="nofollow">here's the post</a> this relates to. *<em>fucking</em> Thanks Gargoyle - and welcome. Sven? But he was French. The plot thickens. No one drinks orange juice at hotel bars. I’m not buying it.

And emom - that’s effing* amazing. Your reference was too subtle for me. Not only are paying attention, but you know more about what I’m talking about that I do and you remember it. For everyone else less enthralled by this site (ie, almost everyone), here’s the post this relates to.

*fucking

]]> by: Gargoyle http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37615 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:03:54 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37615 Cliff... she was talking cars to that bloke, Sven. The Mazda MX-5. More than likely, in that case they were hairdressers. Terminal Five is probably the name of an upmarket salon somewhere. Run by a chap called Heath Row, or something similar I would think. The guy at the bar drinking orange juice was simply a guy at the bar drinking orange juice. It happens. Either that or they were arms dealers. Of course. Cliff… she was talking cars to that bloke, Sven. The Mazda MX-5.
More than likely, in that case they were hairdressers. Terminal Five is probably the name of an upmarket salon somewhere. Run by a chap called Heath Row, or something similar I would think. The guy at the bar drinking orange juice was simply a guy at the bar drinking orange juice. It happens.

Either that or they were arms dealers. Of course.

]]> by: Emom http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37484 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:42:14 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37484 Emom - never heard of him -any good? I think you have Cliff http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heads-We-Win-Cognitive-Counterinsurgency/dp/0833040219/ref=sr_1_1/026-4658250-6803622?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1187948404&#38;sr=8-1 Emom - never heard of him -any good?

I think you have Cliff
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heads-We-Win-Cognitive-Counterinsurgency/dp/0833040219/ref=sr_1_1/026-4658250-6803622?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187948404&sr=8-1

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37470 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:11:37 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37470 I agree Mike - it does sound a little abrupt, but I know it's not. Also - I didn't know that - thanks alot for the konyechno thing. The French, come to think of it, say "mais oui", which is both emphatic and friendly. "Mais non" is the opposite, which sounds a little forceful. Thanks Kathryn. You'll be pleased to know I'm OK. Ed - of course. I agree Mike - it does sound a little abrupt, but I know it’s not. Also - I didn’t know that - thanks alot for the konyechno thing. The French, come to think of it, say “mais oui”, which is both emphatic and friendly. “Mais non” is the opposite, which sounds a little forceful.

Thanks Kathryn. You’ll be pleased to know I’m OK.

Ed - of course.

]]> by: Kathryn http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37414 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:25:22 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37414 Totally hilarious. Totally hilarious.

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37395 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:39:57 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37395 What are you worried about traffic for? You ride the bus! What are you worried about traffic for? You ride the bus!

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37374 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:34:40 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37374 Ed - I wouldn't do that. I need the traffic. Thanks Wendy :) Emom - never heard of him -any good? Ed - I wouldn’t do that. I need the traffic.

Thanks Wendy :)

Emom - never heard of him -any good?

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37372 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:16:23 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37372 It's cliff's secret life that he can't tell us about because then he'd have to hunt us all down and kill us. It’s cliff’s secret life that he can’t tell us about because then he’d have to hunt us all down and kill us.

]]> by: mike http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37360 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:34:39 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37360 Russians say "of course" more than most. This is because they're translating the word "konyechno", which is used to indicate agreement more emphatically than your standard "yes", rather like the somewhat archaic German "jawohl". However, the trouble with using "of course" instead "yes indeed" or "absolutely" is that it can end up sounding like a mild rebuke, i.e. "any reasonable person would agree with what you've just said/asked, so there was scarcely any point in saying/asking it in the first place". Which can make Russians sound a little abrupt. Russians say “of course” more than most. This is because they’re translating the word “konyechno”, which is used to indicate agreement more emphatically than your standard “yes”, rather like the somewhat archaic German “jawohl”.

However, the trouble with using “of course” instead “yes indeed” or “absolutely” is that it can end up sounding like a mild rebuke, i.e. “any reasonable person would agree with what you’ve just said/asked, so there was scarcely any point in saying/asking it in the first place”.

Which can make Russians sound a little abrupt.

]]> by: Emom http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37353 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:35:34 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37353 It's so not fair, the most interesting conversations I hear in cafe's tend to be about how to split the bill or whether the waitress should get a tip or not because the soup was cold. Then again - you've been reading Gompert again haven't you Cliff? It’s so not fair, the most interesting conversations I hear in cafe’s tend to be about how to split the bill or whether the waitress should get a tip or not because the soup was cold.
Then again - you’ve been reading Gompert again haven’t you Cliff?

]]> by: Wendy http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37340 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:48:51 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2007/08/23/arms-dealers-i-think/#comment-37340 See, this is exactly what I'm talking about. You get all that from a couple of people with funny accents in a restaurant. Were they there this morning? I wish they'd focus their attention on Terminal 1 first (only when there are no people in it, of course). See, this is exactly what I’m talking about. You get all that from a couple of people with funny accents in a restaurant.

Were they there this morning? I wish they’d focus their attention on Terminal 1 first (only when there are no people in it, of course).

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