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There is something else the thing that we do not name 
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256. Only high-rep members are allowed to make unfunny jokes.
256B. Not dead baby jokes though, not even if they are funny.
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256C. "High-rep" can be read to mean "higher than yours".
modified 22-Aug-14 13:01pm.
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The Prime Directive: All members must read Bob's Revelation[^], must carry it with them where e'er they wander, must meditate upon its teachings each day, may choose to print copies to leave around in public spaces in aid of enlightening the masses.
5: I don't want to catch anybody not making Monty Python references.
6: There is no rule 6.
10: Rule numbers should not be expressed in binary.
11: Pedantry is to be encouraged.
12: Don't harm the wildlife, keep off the grass.
13: Don't feed the trolls with low reputations.
modified 22-Aug-14 15:18pm.
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00 00 11 10. Lists should be numbered in binary.
* I did not yet see anything on rules not contradicting each other 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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11 11 00 01. Contradictory rules should have complementary numbers.
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...when the cat woke us up at 04:00 by hurtling round the bedroom with / in pursuit of something squeaky.
Once we get lights on and so forth, and separate teh two, it turns out to be a bat (Pipistrelle[^] in fact - haven't seen any locally for a couple of years).
OK - catch the bat, get it outside and I can go back to bed.
Not that easy - they fly well those things, and never in a direction you want them to - and I don't want to harm it.
Takes about half an hour (and ignoring it completely so it settles) but I finally get it into a pint glass, take outside, and it flies off into the night.
By which stage I am well awake, and can't get back to sleep.
So I'm sleep deprived, grumpy and clearly going to have a bad day.
Until I get a call from a friend: his mother passed away overnight...
Sometimes, the little things that get in your way and make your day nasty pale into insignificance, and you realize that they are trivial and you should look to the positive things in your life instead. Maybe I'll be nice to idiots in QA today instead of being rude after all.
[edit]Link fixed[/edit]
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
modified 22-Aug-14 5:36am.
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I cannot recall you ever being rude, even to the real dunderheads.
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I seem to remember me posting "RTFM" in 200 point red as one of my answers... 
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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Understandable I'm sure...
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OK, not good with your friends mother, I agree. But apart from that, rescuing a bat (even at 4 AM) would make me feel pretty good throughout the day... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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I'm not a big fan of 04:00: I'm pretty sure that there should only be one "four o'clock" in the day... 
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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There is 04:00. What you mean is people should not call 16:00 four o'clock.
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Stupid paste link bug! Catches me out every time...
Out of interest, is there anything odd about the notification email for this?
Whenever I open Lounge emails today Outlook is locking up and crashing...
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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I disabled email notifications on lounge posts so I will not know bud.
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OriginalGriff wrote: pint glass
That small and that breakable ? WOuld not haven been my weapon of choice ! It seems you like challenges ( OK, I reckon we are talking about 04:00AM) 
~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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Trouble is that Pipistrelles are that small and breakable!
(Remember, the whole wing they fly with is just their hand  and that they rely on flight to feed on insects. A single pipistrelle can eat 3,000 gnats in one night - so you want as many as you can get!)
And...they are flying mammals - which means they can carry Rabies. OK, it's unbelievably rare in the UK, but...
Plus, there is the stress to the animal: something my size holding it has got to be pretty terrifying, a glass lets it move around without escaping. You can't use a net, partly because of the risk of broken bones, and partly they fly too damn well! I checked on t'interweb afterwards and the recommended way to catch them is "leave them alone to settle and then get 'em" which is what I ended up doing.
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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They little buggers eat gnats and mozzies that bite me if given a chance. So I'm happy to see them around! 
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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OriginalGriff wrote: (Pipistrelle[^] in fact - haven't seen any locally for a couple of years).
Except for last year[^] when your Cat also caught one. 
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That one was dead, and they aren't as cute like that...
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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OriginalGriff wrote: Once we get lights on and so forth, and separate teh two, it turns out to be a
bat (Pipistrelle[^] in
fact - haven't seen any locally for a couple of years).
Cool.
Mine never wake me up for anything fun.
Last week they woke me up at 3 a.m. to find them playing woith one of these: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/05/07/giant-red-headed-centipede-from-texas/
Eeeeeeeeeee.
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