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How About Some Ritalin While You’re At It
via Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes by admin on May 07, 2008
(Our insurance transmitter was experiencing problems, so we were unable to transmit to any insurance companies when filling prescriptions. I explained this to one customer, who decided to sit and wait for a while to see if the transmitter would come back up. Meanwhile another customer came in with a prescription.)New Customer: “Hi, I’d like this filled please.”Me:*explains transmitter...
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Fully Armed And Operational Feminine Wiles
via Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes by admin on May 07, 2008
(A very attractive woman gets out of a Mercedes. She is wearing a mini skirt and halter top. Her outfit leaves nothing to the imagination.)Attractive Customer: “I need 20 on 3.”Me: “Okay.” *I ring her up and she pays*Attractive Customer: “So is someone else working or do you pump the gas?”Me: “This is a self-service station; we don’t pump the gas for you.”Attractive Customer:...
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OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta Released
via Slashdot by timothy on May 07, 2008
Sean0michael writes "OpenOffice.org has announced their 3.0 Beta is ready for testing. The new version includes some great enhancements, including MS Office 2007 import filters, an improved notes feature, a built-in Solver component, and an Aqua interface for Macs. The site has a complete list of Beta features. Download your beta release from their site."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Puns [Mixing Memory]
via ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed by Chris none@example.com on May 07, 2008
I'll get back to substantive posting in a bit, but as the semester wraps up, I wanted to ask for your help. Over the years, punning has become a more and more integral part of our lab meetings. It's reached the point, in fact, that our P.I. can barely utter a single non-pun sentence, even outside of the lab. On a recent plane trip, he tempted fate by punning with airport security when the...
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Platypus Genome Sequenced
via Science Blog - Send lawyers, guns and money by kb on May 07, 2008
The always-confusing avian-reptile-mammal playtpus has had its genome sequenced, according to a report by the BBC.read more
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Vegetarian myths, debunked. - By Taylor Clark - Slate Magazine
via www.slate.com by (author unknown) on May 07, 2008
Shared by cephyn Bacon - vegetarian's worst nightmare.Every vegetarian remembers his first time. Not the unremarkable event of his first meal without meat, mind you. No, I mean the first time he casually lets slip that he's turned herbivore, prompting everyone in earshot to stare at him as if he just revealed
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Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City [Living the Scientific
via ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed by (author unknown) on May 07, 2008
... wildlife? Most people don't. Many people, especially visitors, are unaware of the wealth of green spaces and parks in NYC, along with their resident and migratory wildlife. However, the recently published book, Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City by Leslie Day, will forever change this erroneous impression. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
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What do you get when you put Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson together? [Laelaps]
via ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed by Brian Switek none@example.com on May 07, 2008
A commercial about global climate change;And there's one with Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich, too;I haven't had much time to poke around the site as yet, but wecansolveit.org is the homepage of the We campaign, an extension of the Alliance for Climate Protection that Al Gore started in 2006. The campaign is primarily hoping to cause a sea change in public understanding about global...
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Economic sociology of baseball OR Why DID the Dodgers pay that much for Juan Pierre?
via Statistically Speaking by Pizza Cutter on May 07, 2008
... a .300 hitter. Plenty of pixels have been lit up discussing why this was a bad idea both before and after the signing, but Mr. Pierre is currently cashing his (rather large) checks. Sabermetrics has done a good job pointing out where some of the inefficiencies are in talent evaluation, the marketplace, and game strategy. In doing so, we’ve explained what people are doing that they s...
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Ask the Expert - Money Magazine Savers: Beware of falling interest rates «
via asktheexpert.blogs.money.cnn.com by (author unknown) on May 07, 2008
Money magazine's Walter Updegrave provides expert answers to users' personal finance questions.
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