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Trousers Damnit . Trousers . Pants are traditionally worn under trousers . If the phone is charged by movement in my pants it introduces a whole new set of issues.
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Here, in the U.S., we don't wear trousers.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Well how the heck are you going to charge your phone then ?
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Yes of course, but you have to remember that Microsoft and pants are words that belong together in other senses. 
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This is a different class of football post.
Louis Tomlinson, who apparently is a member of One Direction (you may have heard of them) has taken over Doncaster Rovers (you probably haven't heard of them), the football team he has supported since childhood, and where he used to work selling burgers before he was famous.
It is his third attempt to buy the club, the previous two attempts scuppered by One Direction's management company who claim that ticket & merchandise sales at the small football club will increase now he owns them, and have been demanding a share of any increase in sales under image rights laws.
Shows that you really sell your soul to the devil when you do a deal with Simon Cowell, you're his from then on regardless of what you do that is unrelated to him and music (insert joke about One Direction being unrelated to music anyway).
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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On the subject of Simon Cowel, you might want to see this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOpMoW-2Tjk[^] (NSFW, Frankie Boyle is in it) around 2:54 Lauren Laverne
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Both he & Arwa are doing well, can't believe its been a fortnight already.
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Glad to hear they are all doing well. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
Have you got any significant sleep yet?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: Have you got any significant sleep yet?
Not bad TBH she who must be obeyed has de-camped to the spare room so I'm not missing any at the moment. Problems will start soon though - my MIL is coming to visit so she'll take that room. First-world problems eh?
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Keith Barrow wrote: MIL is coming to visit
And you can't find urgent work on the other side of the country for two weeks? 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Obligatory XKCD OTD: http://xkcd.com/1384/[^] - check the mouseover!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Hey, great news ! Congrats !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Congrats!!! 
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Congratulations!!!
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Guys,
I've noticed a lot of World Cup posts lately, can I just remind everybody this is a programming site and I think we shouldn't discuss Football from now on.
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 I'm going back to cricket ...
It's a better class of losing! 
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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No, no - I may not be a WendyBall fan, but I think it's important to let people talk about these things.
For instance, wasn't there a match last night, that should ensure England go through to the next round?
Presumably it was an easy win for them - only Sunday League Pub teams finish at the bottom of their group, don't they?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Are you sure you're not thinking of teams that have only ever made it to the finals once[^] (and even then, only due to the politics of the Middle East)?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Nah - Wales doesn't really care about sports with a round ball!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I say... Its the lounge, let people discuss what they want to. Le football (pronounced SOCK*er) is the hot topic right now.
I love the energy, passion, and enthusiasm surrounding FIFA. But I also don't get it on a personal level. 
Maybe if they changed the scoring... I propose goals be worth 5 points. Extend the goal side bars up 5 feet, if the ball goes over the cross bar within 5 feet, let that be worth a point. How many shots have we seen go through this area???  And lastly, let penalty shots be worth 3 points.
Make these changes and now you will have same games with scores in the mid teens. That's something to get excited about. Now it's like... Really? You ran around for how long? Only one guy scored. You were victorious, final score was 1 to nothing. 
Disclaimer-  I wrote this for a little humor, just to lighten the mood. Please don't throw things.
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littleGreenDude wrote: ou were victorious, final score was 1 to nothing.
Look at it this way. You don't have to score 15 to win, just 1 will do.
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Maybe you should check out Gaelic football. There they have goals worth 6 and balls over the goal worth 1. Aussie rules has a similar idea as well.
I don't think that high scores necessarily make for good sport though. Basketball is one of the most dull things to watch because it's so easy to score points. A goal in football is exciting because it's rare and difficult.
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Someone once said that with the likes of basketball it is mostly good, we get a go and score, you get a go and score, and games are decided by mistakes.
The beauty of football is that it is mostly terrible, games decided by something good.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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