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The University of Poland 's science students have finally finished the digital clock they have been working on for 4 years. Go to this site to see the results.
http://www.yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html
hehe, no offence to the Pols, just a cute one.
Kevin
"Be excellent to each other, and, party on dudes"!
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wait isnt the time wrong on it lol
Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?
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saben
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Registered: May 2003
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It seems to be based off the time shown on your computer clock, javascript I guess...
Look at this tree. I cannot make it blossom when it suits me nor make it bear fruit before its time [...] No matter what you do, that seed will grow to be a peach tree. You may wish for an apple or an orange, but you will get a peach.
Master Oogway
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Glad to see you posting again...
*hugs!*
"But he that hath the steerage of my course,
direct my sail."
-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act One, Scene IV
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I have been told that Polish and maybe non-Polish persons have been offended by my joke.
To each of you I say "I am soory"
If it is important, make the joke about Iceland (my ancestors country)
then you don't have to be mad at me
Love to all,
Kevin
"Be excellent to each other, and, party on dudes"!
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You were pretty clear that it was a joke in your original post...
I liked it.
Thanks for the giggle!
"Always forgive your enemies...nothing annoys them quite so much." Oscar Wilde
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marc
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Registered: March 2003
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True but some jokes are just plain in bad taste.
As such they are demeaning, cruel, and one would have expected they would be totally out of place here.
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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well, i'm half polish .. but the other half that is russian stands up and fights for the polish half!  i thought it was funny! i like watching the fast-furious hand go, hehe!
my void does not want.
-- 2.13.61.
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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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It keeps good time, is digital, and is inventive.
The whole thing is very clever, and is a double jest. At first one laughs AT the Polish nation. A traditional pursuit, it seems. Then one laughs WITH them at the rest of the world who believes that it is a joke against Poland.
The whole clock is ironic. Extremely well thought out, and worthy of the highest praise. The joke is on us, not on the Poles
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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Additionally the double jest seems capabale of beingmade at any nation. The clock itself appears to have been crafted by a Japanese.
One could say that, by attributing the original jest to the Poles, Kevin has praised them
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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Guest
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On fire! |
Registered: March 2012
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Ethnic jokes are of the lowest form of humor.
They are also the lowest form of bigotry.
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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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I do appreciate the issue with ethnic jokes. Totally.
What I see with this one is that, whoever one makes the joke against, it backfires.
Let's say it was common to say the the Belgians are stupid. The French do this a lot. We do the same about the Irish. The Northern Irish do it about peole who live in Strabane, and so forth. So, we attribute this clock to "the stupid Belgians". A person looking at it on a trivial level says "Yes, the Belgians are indeed stupid", because this digital clock looks like paper and pencil. But, staying and looking at it shows the high degree of functional and innovative technology behind this allegedly paper and pencil clock.
Thus "The Belgians are amazing!" is the result, not "The Belgians are Stupid". And the entire joke backfires on all who thought the Belgians were stupid.
Thus the joke is a multi-ethnic joke against all except the alleged target.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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marc
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Needs to get a life! |
Registered: March 2003
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OK.... Let me clarify my point.
First, I made my feelings known to Kevin privately. Off the board. He then chose to make a grandstand play, on the board.
I therefore see the need to make it known that I believe jokes of this nature are for ignorant people to prey on the unwitting.
They are designed to belittle a group much in the same way as gays are preached about on the pulpit.
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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i can completely see how jokes aimed at nations and such are in poor taste, and i do agree with you there...
but we have laughed at blonde jokes, i think even on this board, for one. that's not the point though because even some of those make *me* cringe.
but the initial responses to the joke on this board were "fascinating" and "i love it" as though it really WERE a real clock! (and i mean, it is--i still keep staring at it like the dork that i am.)
i do not believe any harm was meant. i just wanted to say that i can see both sides of this coin though, as well as the angle that timmy laid down, which is pretty much proven given initial responses to the clock.
my void does not want.
-- 2.13.61.
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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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I am not keen on any jokes against a minority either. I simply noticed that this one fires in all directions except at the minority that appears to be the target
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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Maybe it's better to avoid another fight.
You said when you'd die that you'd walk with me every day
And I'd start to cry and say please don't talk that way
With the blink of an eye the Lord came and asked you to meet
You went to a better place but He stole you away from me
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I made an apology to anyone offended. Why not accept my words the way they are written?
Seems fair to me
Kevin
"Be excellent to each other, and, party on dudes"!
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marc
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Needs to get a life! |
Registered: March 2003
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Fair enough.
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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