Well, it had to be done, didn't it? And since this is both the first and last post, I have won. Thank you all.
There's another German phrase "Mit der Dummheit kaempfen Goetter selbst vergebens" :Against stupidity the gods themselves battle in vain. It doesn't really have much to do with the topic, but if everyone else is quoting foreign languages .....
And it's no coincidence that "Schadenfreude" is a German word.
Oh, and, Dez:"Jim is always rude to me, Gerben. I can't understand why". Self defence, Dez., Self defence.
I'm feeling too depressed to jab anyone today. You can play among yourselves.
Why's is you depressed young dezzie, tell mikey wots the problem'o
I think I'm just tired. Sorry. I just can't poke your eye out right now. You'll have to play with sharp knives or run with scissors or something and pretend it's me.
It's just not the same, Dez. That feeling of imminent doom is missing.
There's a terrible echo in here.
Do you promise, Dez? Really, really promise?
Stabs Jim in eye with pointy stick. Never break a promise, Jimbo. Never.
Thank you, Dez, thank you. Home at last! If you can just set Mikey off, it'll be just like old times.
He seems to have gone over to the dark side, Jim. We'll have to stage a kidnap and intervention or he will be lost to us forever!
I think he's posting there. I guess the company is better.
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Sounds like it's affected the brain already - that didn't take long, even for one of Dez's efforts. Another good man gone, by the sound of it. Pity.
"Good Man"?? What is this impossible creature of which you speak?
I am personally offended by all the pronouncements on my soup. You should be grateful. Most taste testers lose their ability to criticise.
I said good man, not perfect man.
With respect to your soup, most taste testers lose their ability to rationalise. Some lose their ability to breathe.
Well buy a new tongue at the local butcher. They seem to have tonque there. Dunno if it's attachable though