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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398886 More actions · Answer 1

Seems a little extreme... two words, Guy Fawkes.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt

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RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 2

Grant Fritchey (1/13/2009)
Seems a little extreme... two words, Guy Fawkes.

Hey! That's my birthday!

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004361 More actions · Answer 3

Bob Hovious (1/13/2009)
A modest proposal... :w00t:

DUDE! Those are the best groomed pork chops on a stick that I've ever seen!

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
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Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736255 More actions · Answer 4

And here I was thinking pork chops were pork chops, not developers' heads.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004361 More actions · Answer 5

Steve Jones - Editor (1/13/2009)
Well, I offered him a refund. We'll see if he follows up.

I think he's just a friggin' troll... I've seen ID-TEN-TEE's like that before. I challenged him to actually do something useful with hidden pork chops (ie. dripping sarcasm that can certainly be taken straight).

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004361 More actions · Answer 6

Steve Jones - Editor (1/13/2009)
And here I was thinking pork chops were pork chops, not developers' heads.

Oooohhhh.... I might be in trouble... I've got buckets full of things that look like that. 😛

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Greg Edwards-268690 SSC-Insane Points: 20680 More actions · Answer 7

Heads on a stick. Looks like something at the State Fair.

Just hope one isn't my head.:w00t:

Greg E

RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 8

Greg Edwards (1/13/2009)
Heads on a stick. Looks like something at the State Fair.
Just hope one isn't my head.:w00t:
Greg E

What's that? Come closer so my light saber can hear you...

😀

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004361 More actions · Answer 9

Greg Edwards (1/13/2009)
Heads on a stick. Looks like something at the State Fair.
Just hope one isn't my head.:w00t:
Greg E

BWAAA-HAAA! I knew I'd seen those before! Michigan State fair, pretty close to "Detroit... where the weak are killed and eaten". :hehe:

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Greg Edwards-268690 SSC-Insane Points: 20680 More actions · Answer 10

Minnesota State Fair, rumored you can get anything on a stick

Think they even had chocolate covered dill pickles one year.

What else can we do here - our brains freeze in the -20F weather this time of year.

Of course I'll have to consume some antifreeze of the alcohol variety to just keep it slushy. Fully frozen, I'm sure that last brain cell would surely die. Then I'd be in trouble.;)

Greg E

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 11

Jeff,

If I start slipping toward the dark side let me know. I really don't want to end up on the other end of your rapid fire pork thrower! 😛

The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 12

Think they even had chocolate covered dill pickles one year.

HERESY!!! :w00t:

Everybody down South knows you should deep-fry those suckers and serve 'em with come-back sauce. (They'd go well with pork chops.)

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398886 More actions · Answer 13

Bob Hovious (1/13/2009)
Think they even had chocolate covered dill pickles one year.
HERESY!!! :w00t:
Everybody down South knows you should deep-fry those suckers and serve 'em with come-back sauce. (They'd go well with pork chops.)

Hmmmm deep fried pork... Damn I miss the South. If it weren't for all those Southerners, it'd be a great place.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 14

Jeff Moden (1/13/2009)
Steve Jones - Editor (1/13/2009)
And here I was thinking pork chops were pork chops, not developers' heads.
Oooohhhh.... I might be in trouble... I've got buckets full of things that look like that. 😛

Have you got a well in your living room and moths flying around?

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Michael Earl-395764 SSC Guru Points: 53873 More actions · Answer 15

Chris Morris (1/14/2009)
Jeff Moden (1/13/2009)
Steve Jones - Editor (1/13/2009)
And here I was thinking pork chops were pork chops, not developers' heads.
Oooohhhh.... I might be in trouble... I've got buckets full of things that look like that. 😛
Have you got a well in your living room and moths flying around?

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