8th October 2003, 10:24 AM
Half a loaf? That's a new expression that's never once been said in the history of mankind! Explain the etymology of it!
There's ACTUALLY someone named McClintock? That's hilarious!
"Welcome to the offices of McClintock and McClintock. If you would like to speak to McClintock, press 1. If you would like to speak with the other McClintock, press 2. If you do not wish to speak with either of them, please go into your back yard and hit yourself in the head with a hammer now. If you do not have a hammer, press 3. If you do not have a back yard, press 4. If you do not have a head, press 5. If you are just calling to annoy us, please hang up and try again."
There's ACTUALLY someone named McClintock? That's hilarious!
"Welcome to the offices of McClintock and McClintock. If you would like to speak to McClintock, press 1. If you would like to speak with the other McClintock, press 2. If you do not wish to speak with either of them, please go into your back yard and hit yourself in the head with a hammer now. If you do not have a hammer, press 3. If you do not have a back yard, press 4. If you do not have a head, press 5. If you are just calling to annoy us, please hang up and try again."
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)