Mapraputa: bear my next child.

You heard me. Whaddaya say?

Are you saying that your next child will be a bear? Perhaps a Russian bear?

This is abnoxious

We are all after Map here, however Michael, you have the most chances

In ur dreams

Originally posted by Mula Omar:
We are all after Map here, however Michael, you have the most chances

If you think f*****g is funny ...... then f*** yourself and save your money

Originally posted by Dharmesh cheda:
If you think f*****g is funny ...... then f*** yourself and save your money

falling?

Farming, I'm pretty sure

Well, farming is pretty funny, however, I'm pretty sure he meant farting.

Originally posted by Michael Ernest:
Farming, I'm pretty sure

Are you sure? I was pretty sure it was farting. At first I thought it was fuming, but he is the only one doing that (and fuming didn't have enough letters anyway).
On the other hand I dont think farting on yourself is funny...
Maybe he's talking about whoopy cushions?!?
Dave

Map,
So what is it about you that makes all these men swarm around you like bees to honey?

Michael... You want me to write your next certification guide???

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Mapraputa Is,
co-author of Mike Meyers' Java 2 Certification Passport,
bartender and troublemaker

Originally posted by Justin Pontoriero:
Map,
So what is it about you that makes all these men swarm around you like bees to honey?

She is a Russian biscuit!

Well I certainly would if you hadn't already betrayed me with another publisher, but that's another matter.
This test says I have to have another child, and my wife will have no more than two. She's a fierce monogamist, but I have to keep my date with destiny.
I'd even agree to letting the child learn XML, as long as you promise to teach him to say "moose and squirrel."
[This message has been edited by Michael Ernest (edited December 12, 2001).]

She's a fierce monogamist

Michael,
How does one become a fierce monogamist

? Not that I am interested in that sort of puritan behavior.

That's code for "jealous."

So how do you plan to hide this thread from her?

By the way, according to this test I have to find two more fathers for my kids...
[This message has been edited by Mapraputa Is (edited December 12, 2001).]

Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
So how do you plan to hide this thread from her?

No need to hide that which is not being sought.

By the way, according to this test I have to find two more fathers for my kids...

Eggscellent...
[This message has been edited by Michael Ernest (edited December 12, 2001).]

Eggscellent? Is it a fierce monogamist accent?

Or should I say "eggscent"?

[This message has been edited by Mapraputa Is (edited December 12, 2001).]

Can it be that a resident of Springfield does not recognize Montgomery Burns?

Actualy finding other fathers wouldn't be such a challenge, if some of the smartest guys did not demonstrate their obsession with coin rolling lately... Do not want my kids to inherit addictive behaviour, you know...
[This message has been edited by Mapraputa Is (edited December 12, 2001).]

NO addictive behavior???

I'm out.

I'm sure she meant "any other addictive behaviors", Justin. The kid will already have enough to deal with.

{rimshot}

{rimshot} ???

Yawn ....get a room ...

Originally posted by Michael Ernest:
I'd even agree to letting the child learn XML, as long as you promise to teach him to say "moose and squirrel."

Will you name him "Boris".

Michael, they already discuss how to name our child!

BTW, I would prefer Natasha

Originally posted by Jim Yingst:
I'm sure she meant "any other addictive behaviors", Justin. The kid will already have enough to deal with.

Do you mean rope burning? Sigh... Guilty

[This message has been edited by Mapraputa Is (edited December 13, 2001).]

Seymour: whassamatter, did Mother reduce your allowance?
Natasha, our little komenka. Then it's settled. And you can burn rope anytime you want to, but only along its axis. None of this pitch-and-yawl demon talk that some people try to foist around here.

pics from her vacation ....
now this is my kind of chick

Ok, Michael, I did what I could for you. The kid demostrates some bad heredity in his reading preferences, but it must be your fault.

sure ! it is his fault you r an angel

Well, he's smiling, so that answers one question.

Yeah, fortunately, he has another parent!

When M.E. first arrived at the Ranch, people were falling at his feet - he being one of the Trimurtis of the Certification guide.
But then he walked into MD - and now we know he's human, all too human

[This message has been edited by Nanhesru Ningyake (edited December 15, 2001).]

Eek. Well if no one considered me human/mortal/fallible before, then my work here couldn't be more important. It;s just a book, you know... ;-)

Was the typo inserted to provide further evidence of fallibility?

> {rimshot} ???
A sound made by striking a drum on the rim. Often used as accompaniment to stand-up comedians - a drummer does a rimshot to punctuate a joke just told by the comedian. Doesn't necessarily indicate a good joke, but at least, an attempted joke.

Semi-colons where apostrophes should be, in my writing, are usually a sign that I am not only fallible but also late getting out the door to work or a tai chi lesson. As if the errata sheet for RHE shouldn't have told you something long ago. :P
I confess my original intent was to use the onomatopoetic "badumchish!" in lieu of the correct industry term. However, I anticipated and sought to avoid the excess posting this layer of presentation implied (i.e., "What is 'badumchish'?" "The sound a rimshot makes." "What's a rimshot?"... ). I hoped clearly against all odds to factor this tangential axis out, thereby reducing two egregious rotations to a reasonable one for admittedly orthogonal motives. Needless to say if I had both used "rimshot" and defined it in the same post, it would have killed the moment. Jim does this kind of work so well I could not in good conscience preempt him from it.
(If you're hearing a rimshot in your inner ear right now, thank me later!)
[This message has been edited by Michael Ernest (edited December 15, 2001).]

In one of the other threads, someone asked "do chicks dig guys who write technical books." Clearly, the answer is a resounding "NO!"

Oh Thomas, you haven't been paying attention at all, have you?

It's not a matter of quantity, but quality.