And while in uffish thought, the manxome foe I seek is

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Re: And while in uffish thought, the manxome foe I seek is by Hue-Bond (Priest) on Jun 25, 2006 at 19:16 UTC
Here's an explanation of this poll for non-native english speakers. I'm hiding it into `<spoiler>` tags since I don't know if it's general knowledge or, on the contrary, everybody is expected to scratch his/her head to get it. If I get some /msg's telling me it's ok to remove the tags, I'll edit this node accordingly. Update: <spoiler> tags removed, since this is now a past poll. For non-native english speakers, like me, this poll won't make any sense at all. Puzzled, I engaged into some googling and finally managed to join enough pieces together to understand it. It's about "Jabberwocky", a nonsense-verse poem written by Lewis Carroll, the author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". You can find out more here [everything2.com] and here [wikipedia.org]. Hope this helps you cast a sensible vote :^). -- David Serrano	[reply]
Re: And while in uffish thought, the manxome foe I seek is by TedPride (Priest) on Jun 25, 2006 at 17:44 UTC
"uffish" isn't defined, so this can only be referring to <Reveal this spoiler or all in this thread> . After that, I'd have to say that I currently using most of my uffish thought on Calculus III, which isn't on the list.	[reply]
Re^2: And while in uffish thought, the manxome foe I seek is by wolfger (Deacon) on Jun 26, 2006 at 02:02 UTC
"uffish" isn't defined, so this can only be referring to <Reveal this spoiler or all spoilers in this node or all in this thread> . <Reveal this spoiler> -- Random Synapse Firing	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: And while in uffish thought, the manxome foe I seek is by davido (Cardinal) on Jun 26, 2006 at 03:11 UTC
<Reveal this spoiler or all in this thread> Dave	[reply]
Re: And while in uffish thought, the manxome foe I seek is by vkon (Curate) on Jun 25, 2006 at 17:43 UTC
I didn't understood anything on this list, and I decided "Vacuum cleaner" but it was not in this list. Thanks god there was "not in this list" item! :)	[reply]
Re^2: And while in uffish thought, the manxome foe I seek is by arden (Curate) on Jun 25, 2006 at 21:53 UTC
vkon, please see <Reveal this spoiler or all in this thread> for more details... ;^) I was forced to choose "absent from this list" as my arch nemesis on the run and in hiding.	[reply]
Re: And while in uffish thought, the manxome foe I seek is by talexb (Chancellor) on Jun 26, 2006 at 03:45 UTC
<Reveal this spoiler or all in this thread> Alex / talexb / Toronto "Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds	[reply]
Re: And while in uffish thought, the manxome foe I seek is by jonadab (Parson) on Jun 28, 2006 at 02:25 UTC
<Reveal this spoiler or all in this thread> Sanity? Oh, yeah, I've got all kinds of sanity. In fact, I've developed whole new kinds of sanity. Why, I've got so much sanity it's driving me crazy.	[reply]
Re: And while in uffish thought, the manxome foe I seek is by Moriarty (Abbot) on Jun 26, 2006 at 04:42 UTC
I don't need to seek my foe because he seeks me, (1 Peter 5:8)	[reply]
Re: And while in uffish thought, the manxome foe I seek is by rdm (Hermit) on Jun 27, 2006 at 03:22 UTC
<Reveal this spoiler or all in this thread> -Reality might not get out of Beta today. (O.Timas, "Bot")	[reply]
Re: And while in uffish thought, the manxome foe I seek is by traveler (Parson) on Jun 28, 2006 at 23:08 UTC
To seek it with thimbles, to seek it with care; To pursue it with forks and hope; To threaten its life with a railway-share; To charm it with smiles and soap! <Reveal this spoiler or all in this thread>	[reply]
Re: And while in uffish thought, the manxome foe I seek is by theorbtwo (Prior) on Jun 26, 2006 at 14:17 UTC
What, no gods?	[reply]
Re: And while in uffish thought, the manxome foe I seek is by petdance (Parson) on Jul 03, 2006 at 06:49 UTC
Clearly it would be Ricardo SIGNES: http://rjbs.manxome.org/ xoxo, Andy	[reply]
Re: And while in uffish thought, the manxome foe I seek is by gregor42 (Parson) on Jun 26, 2006 at 12:31 UTC
So when contemplating the PHB as my answer.... Somehow I'm reminded of the scene in Fight Club where Jack confronts his boss & "picks a fight" with him. Of course, in the book he just blows him up.... Wait! This isn't a Parachute, this is a Backpack!	[reply]
Re: And while in uffish thought, the manxome foe I seek is by blue_cowdawg (Monsignor) on Jun 26, 2006 at 15:09 UTC
Missing from the list and very much a foe of those of us "in the trenches" are the REMFs. Those do nothings sitting in their ivory towers making more work for us "line animals" who actually keep the company running. PHBs are REFMs in training often times! Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional Peter -at- Berghold -dot- Net; AOL IM redcowdawg Yahoo IM: blue_cowdawg	[reply]
Re^2: And while in uffish thought, the manxome foe I seek is by spiritway (Vicar) on Jun 27, 2006 at 00:45 UTC
Hi, blue_cowdawg. I didn't know what a REMF was, so I had to Google it. Unfortunately I chose to copy your second use of it, where you transposed the letters. I got FMTIEWTK about ichthyoplankton... Thanks for a good (but confused) laugh.	[reply]
Re^3: And while in uffish thought, the manxome foe I seek is by blue_cowdawg (Monsignor) on Jun 27, 2006 at 03:21 UTC
I didn't know what a REMF was Actually I spell it out on my Home Node spiritway. Lots of folks haven't heard the term before. Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional Peter -at- Berghold -dot- Net; AOL IM redcowdawg Yahoo IM: blue_cowdawg	[reply]
Re^2: And while in uffish thought, the manxome foe I seek is by belg4mit (Prior) on Jun 30, 2006 at 23:33 UTC
Huh? Ivory Tower refers to academia, and has nothing to do with PHBs and the "Real World". `-- In Bob We Trust, All Others Bring Data.`	[reply]


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