Archive for September, 2007

Sep30

Elvish lives?

“A high school in England is going to teach a class in Elvish - the language that is spoken in ‘The Lord of The Rings’. Not surprisingly the Elvish language has no words for girl, date or kiss.”
–Conan O’Brien

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Sep29

Cashing out?

“A Romanian man is in the hospital after getting drunk and swallowing 120 coins on a bet. Doctors monitoring his situation say so far, there’s no change.”
–Jay Leno

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Sep28

Man’s best friend?

It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake was barking and I saw a little boy staring in at me.
“Is that a dog you got back there?” he asked.
“It sure is,” I replied.
Puzzled, the boy looked [...]

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Sep28

Red for Burma

If you’ve not been living under a rock (or aren’t a teenager) you probably know about the heroism of the people of Burma at the moment.
Please show your support by wearing a red shirt today.
The guys who organise this Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24957770200&ref=mf) are keeping in touch with the protesters, so add your support there too, [...]

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Sep27

Classic

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road twice?
A: Because it was a double-crosser.

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Sep26

Fair bet

In the early 1930’s, a farmer and his wife went to a fair. The farmer was fascinated by the airplanes and asked a pilot how much a ride would cost.
“$10 for 3 minutes,” replied the pilot.
“That’s too much,” said the farmer.
The pilot thought for a second and then said, “I’ll make you a deal. If [...]

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About

The Hippy (aka Jim Evans) was born in 1973 and has spent most of his life pushing technology as far as it can go, then giving it another shove to make sure.

He works in a bank writing internal software, runs websites for the fun of it, and campaigns for Greenpeace in his spare time.

This is his blog.