Monk was passing through. Some villagers saw him pissing on a statue of Buddha so they grabbed their pitchforks and went to pitchfork him. “Show me where Buddha is not, and I shall piss there.” said the monk.

I’m in my mid-50s and pretty financially successful (enough that I’m thinking about retiring soon). My entire career gameplan has always been ‘seemed like a good idea at the time’ combined with ‘someone I know put in a good word for me’. I’ve never got a job from a cold interview.

Moral of this story - network like your future career depends on it!

I did a lot of clubbing in the '90s. Once, a beautiful girl came up to me and said: “You’re gorgeous” and then ran off. Thing is, though, I was in my early 30s at the time and she looked about 16. So, obviously, I didn’t pursue her. But that’s stuck with me for over 20 years. I can still hear it in my head.

This was absolutely on my 2025 bingo card along with plans for a new face on Mount Rushmore and a mountain, river, or national park being named after him.

If you build it, they will porn.

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And so forth, I’m sure you get the general gist.

Every PC I’ve ever owned has had some version of vi installed on it pretty much on day one of my owning it.

I mean, I don’t disagree with anything you say, but that’s because I have a progressive mindset. Which kind of was the point.

Yes, I agree.

But surely you can acknowledge the possibility that some people believe transgenderism is an affront to god and an existential threat to children, or whatever, then their position is not dissimilar.

That’s the issue. What makes ‘this is offensive’ more valid than ‘this is dangerous’?

This is just another front in the war between religion and reason.

I mean it’s not an easy question to answer is it? How is my ideological position that ‘nigger’ is not acceptable and removing it makes the book suitable for modern readers any different from someone else’s ideological position that, e.g., ‘transgender’ is not acceptable and removing it makes whatever book suitable for modern readers?

A punchier example would be And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - the best selling murder mystery of all time - which was first published as Ten Little Niggers

Company: But you can finish work half an hour earlier this Friday, or stay and enjoy free pizza on us! Half a slice per person, max. No fancy toppings.

I hope you then sent the older guys in to the liquor store to buy you booze, as is tradition.

I’m looking for a really big gun that holds a lot of bullets.

You should have got a gun the same caliber as the ammunition.

What, not even one in the 40-watt range?

Love this format.

And the name of that Albert Einstein…?

WE HAVE SOME LIKE THAT IN ENGLAND, FOR EXAMPLE A FRENCHMAN ONLY EVER CARRIES ONE EGG BECAUSE AN EGG IS UN OEUF