How many stories does it take before you've heard them all?

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Re: How many stories does it take before you've heard them all? by atcroft (Abbot) on Dec 02, 2018 at 01:37 UTC
SSDD (Same Story, Different Day).	[reply]
Re: How many stories does it take before you've heard them all? by dsheroh (Monsignor) on Dec 03, 2018 at 08:37 UTC
42, of course.	[reply]
Re: How many stories does it take before you've heard them all? by BillKSmith (Monsignor) on Dec 17, 2018 at 19:53 UTC
When I was a child, I heard my grandfather retell the same ten stories innumerable times. Now that I am the grandfather, I fear that I do the same thing. I am tempted to vote '10'. Then I read BrowserUK's reasoning. I think I am going to pass on this month's voting. Bill	[reply]
Re: How many stories does it take before you've heard them all? by stevieb (Canon) on Dec 02, 2018 at 00:25 UTC
When Donald Trump speaks, I've heard it all... (at least all I need to hear).	[reply]
Re: How many stories does it take before you've heard them all? by perldigious (Priest) on Dec 03, 2018 at 14:55 UTC
There is only one story, and it is the Source Code of the Universe. Unfortunately, it's written in Ook! with no comments or documentation of any kind. :-) Just another Perl hooker - My clients appreciate that I keep my code clean but my comments dirty.	[reply]
Re: How many stories does it take before you've heard them all? by zentara (Archbishop) on Dec 01, 2018 at 20:37 UTC
Arunbear, quite right to list the Hero's Journey because it's the only one that has eternal meaning. All other stories are temporary illusions. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. ..... an animated JAPH	[reply]
Re: How many stories does it take before you've heard them all? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 03, 2018 at 19:33 UTC
Imagine if you could listen to the life stories of all 100 billion people that have ever lived. How many repeats would there be? How many distinctly unique? With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". The enemy of (IT) success is complexity. In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. Suck that fhit	[reply]
Re^2: How many stories does it take before you've heard them all? by thezip (Vicar) on Dec 04, 2018 at 00:05 UTC
Definitely should use a hash for this solution... My tenacity goes to eleven...	[reply]
Re^2: How many stories does it take before you've heard them all? by shmem (Chancellor) on Dec 13, 2018 at 01:48 UTC
How many distinctly unique? As many as there are unique snowflakes. perl -le'print map{pack c,($-++?1:13)+ord}split//,ESEL'	[reply]
Re: How many stories does it take before you've heard them all? by Aldebaran (Curate) on Dec 12, 2018 at 18:47 UTC
Consider that almost everyone has a different version of the xmas story. Many of us will have had a Santa until we're ten and wise to it. My version has the three magi in the stars, pointing somewhere when Orion, the one and only "hero" of this story, sets during the winter solstice. They also point to Aldebaran, leading the trek over the longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere, with Sirius, the Dog Star, trailing behind. It seems ludicrous to me that stars would be stationary in an east-west way, as if in geosynchronous orbit.	[reply]
Re: How many stories does it take before you've heard them all? by dbuckhal (Chaplain) on Dec 05, 2018 at 04:17 UTC
Voted "Other" just to get a participation award of the non-existent kind...	[reply]
Re: How many stories does it take before you've heard them all? by wjw (Priest) on Dec 29, 2018 at 01:32 UTC
All of them.... ...the majority is always wrong, and always the last to know about it... A solution is nothing more than a clearly stated problem... wjw	[reply]


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