Comments on: Dropped in http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2005/08/22/dropped-in/ Misunderstood by everyone, everywhere. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:11:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Cliph http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2005/08/22/dropped-in/#comment-590 Cliph Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:54:06 +0000 http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2005/08/22/dropped-in/#comment-590 Having them explained in descriptive language is always good though. Having them explained in descriptive language is always good though.

]]> By: Aidan Kehoe http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2005/08/22/dropped-in/#comment-589 Aidan Kehoe Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:46:58 +0000 http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2005/08/22/dropped-in/#comment-589 (That said, you knew about those motivations already, and if you are honestly scared, my restating them is unlikely to change your mind.) (That said, you knew about those motivations already, and if you are honestly scared, my restating them is unlikely to change your mind.)

]]> By: Aidan Kehoe http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2005/08/22/dropped-in/#comment-588 Aidan Kehoe Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:32:13 +0000 http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2005/08/22/dropped-in/#comment-588 <b>Cliph:</b> Because it's like going to another world compared to Dublin, Toronto or Switzerland. You'll get some insight into the origins of the folks from the subcontinent you meet in Dublin, insight no-one would think to tell you because it's so minor, but that will be fascinating all the same. (An example of the reverse process; before he moved to Chicago, someone I know from Bombay thought that the reason make-up colours were useless was because of a quirk of the manufacturing process, because no-one's skin could naturally be that pasty, could it?) As to the terrorism side of things, I tend to have some faith in the sort of statistics that rate it less likely than being hit by a bus. (Yeah, I know many people don't.) Cliph: Because it’s like going to another world compared to Dublin, Toronto or Switzerland. You’ll get some insight into the origins of the folks from the subcontinent you meet in Dublin, insight no-one would think to tell you because it’s so minor, but that will be fascinating all the same.

(An example of the reverse process; before he moved to Chicago, someone I know from Bombay thought that the reason make-up colours were useless was because of a quirk of the manufacturing process, because no-one’s skin could naturally be that pasty, could it?)

As to the terrorism side of things, I tend to have some faith in the sort of statistics that rate it less likely than being hit by a bus. (Yeah, I know many people don’t.)

]]> By: Cliph http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2005/08/22/dropped-in/#comment-586 Cliph Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:41:54 +0000 http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2005/08/22/dropped-in/#comment-586 <strong>Ed</strong>, <a href="/2005/07/14/ow-my-arm/">yeah I've had a load of injections for everything I was advised to get</a>. <strong>Jo</strong>, London and Dhaka are not at all comparable. <strong>Gwen</strong>, who went where? <strong>Kev</strong>, because it's not as bad as Baghdad, I shouldn't mind going? <strong>Aidan</strong>, Why would you go? Also, Yarr! Ed, yeah I’ve had a load of injections for everything I was advised to get.

Jo, London and Dhaka are not at all comparable.

Gwen, who went where?

Kev, because it’s not as bad as Baghdad, I shouldn’t mind going?

Aidan, Why would you go? Also, Yarr!

]]> By: Aidan Kehoe http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2005/08/22/dropped-in/#comment-585 Aidan Kehoe Mon, 22 Aug 2005 22:11:59 +0000 http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2005/08/22/dropped-in/#comment-585 Wow, pirates! Wow, pirates!

]]> By: Aidan Kehoe http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2005/08/22/dropped-in/#comment-584 Aidan Kehoe Mon, 22 Aug 2005 22:08:46 +0000 http://chicks-dig-unix.net/2005/08/22/dropped-in/#comment-584 I would go, in a second, if work was paying for it. I would go, in a second, if work was paying for it.

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