Re: Native Code Experts

2001-05-06 Thread Philip Newton 

Piers Cawley wrote:
> I haven't laughed so much since Date::MMDDYY...

Which, incidentally, appears to have disappeared from CPAN. At least,
CPAN.pm doesn't know about it any more. And
http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=Date%3A%3AMMDDYY also says
"No modules found matching Date::MMDDYY". Pity :)

Cheers,
Philip, who was looking forward to v2 of the module, incorporating
london.pm's suggestions
-- 
Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
All opinions are my own, not my employer's.
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

Re: More revolting natives

2001-05-06 Thread Roger Burton West 

On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 08:49:56PM -0500, Mike Jarvis wrote:

>A cow-orker of mine had to be told that Spain was in Europe, not South
>America.

Cue story about Spanish woman being turned away from the "Hispanic"
channel at US Immigration.

Roger

Re: More revolting natives

2001-05-06 Thread Mike Jarvis 

Saturday, May 05, 2001, 5:33:47 AM, Brad Bowman wrote:

BB> An Irish friend once had trouble convincing a Mid-Westerner
BB> that Ireland was a country in Europe not a State near the
BB> Canadian border.

A cow-orker of mine had to be told that Spain was in Europe, not South
America.


-- 
mike

Re: More revolting natives

2001-05-06 Thread Brad Bowman 

> [1] If he weren't such a twit he'll compliment you on your ability with the
> English language once he realises you're not American! (As in the American
> lady who struck a conversation with my mother - after a few minutes the
> American lady said "Gee. You come from Scotland. And you speak English so
> well!"). ;-)
> 

"... did you have an American teacher?"

I got that once.  Austr(al)?ian - they're all the same.

An Irish friend once had trouble convincing a Mid-Westerner
that Ireland was a country in Europe not a State near the
Canadian border.

-- 
Brad Bowman

Spammers dont you just love 'em

2001-05-06 Thread Jonathan Stowe 

I think these people have a problem with spamming customers:

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