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These unlucky people have names that break computers
BBC.com ^ | Mach 25, 2016 | Chris Baraniuk

Posted on 03/28/2016 5:52:41 PM PDT by Kaslin

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To: ShadowAce

Ping


61 posted on 03/29/2016 6:10:12 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Likely web application programmers.


62 posted on 03/29/2016 6:12:03 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

You have offended several Habib’s at the Pakistan Center for Programming Excellence1


63 posted on 03/29/2016 6:16:03 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Cruz=VAT tax= No thanks.)
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To: Little Pig

NULL is not a string in SQL Server.


64 posted on 03/29/2016 8:41:25 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it." --Samuel Clemens)
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To: Elsie
In fact; I told about a dozen of them once, just for laughs; and no pun in ten did.

(sound of ICBMs being targeted....)

65 posted on 03/29/2016 5:26:39 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Blue Jays

There is a website full of complaints about United Airlines with the name “untied.com”. ;-)


66 posted on 03/29/2016 5:40:20 PM PDT by r_barton
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To: grey_whiskers

ferdinand feghoot


67 posted on 03/29/2016 7:15:22 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: grey_whiskers

By 2322, all Africa was divided into three Empires, those of the Black Muslims, the Black Mormons, and the Black Masons, all engaged in the most intense cultural rivalry.

Ludwig Bifuwayo, who as Thrice-Exalted Supreme Noble Grand exercised absolute power in the Masonic domain, was especially anxious to outshine the others.

One day, in distress, he called Ferdinand Feghoot. “Mr. Feghoot,” he moaned, “it’s about my son Jack. Eventually he’ll inherit my throne. His education and culture must excel those of all rival rulers. I have imported the greatest of scholars, the rarest of books. I have sought the most eminent witchdoctors, the most costly psychiatrists. I have given the lad every advantage. I have allowed him to keep a pet anteater. I have even flown in an entire theatrical troupe from Kyoto to amuse him.”

His voice broke. “B-but he-he just seems to take less and less interest, to get m-more and more stupid.”

To his utter astonishment, Feghoot grinned cheerfully.

“You m-m-mock me,” wept the ruler.

“Certainly not, Your Magnificence,” declared Ferdinand Feghoot. “It’s just that you yourself gave me the answer.

Take the anteater away! Send the troupe back to Nippon!

Aardvark and Noh Play make Jack a dull boy.”


68 posted on 03/29/2016 7:22:03 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

Ferdinand Feghoot! I have not heard that name in decades.

What a blast from the past - 50+ years ago, his epic puns were in a sci-fi monthly I read.

My current favorite tale of this type(I’ll spare you the setup) has the punchline:

“Bliss is the awning of the Sage of Asparagus.”


69 posted on 03/29/2016 7:34:53 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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To: Billthedrill

lol


70 posted on 03/30/2016 1:21:00 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: headsonpikes

But the setup WAS the deal!

The more convoluted and twisted the better!

ALWAYS much, MUCH better than the simple one-liners:

With friends like this; who needs enemas?


71 posted on 03/30/2016 4:05:12 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: null and void

Of interest?


72 posted on 03/30/2016 5:22:42 AM PDT by Grizzled Bear (Still doesn't play well with others!)
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