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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 1

Now I know why they call you scary.

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john.arnott SSChampion Points: 11882 More actions · Answer 2

CirquedeSQLeil (12/14/2009)
Alvin Ramard (12/14/2009)
GSquared (12/14/2009)
CirquedeSQLeil (12/11/2009)
By the time the thread hits 10,000 y'all will be flatlined, passed out drunk from all the bear being passed around - bwahahaha 10,000 shall be mine (or anybody else's who doesn't drink)
I've heard of loaded for bear, but never loaded by bear....
(The drink is "beer", the large, furry, with claws and fangs, animal, is "bear".)
I don't think I'd want to hang around people that are passing bears around, especially if they're grizzlies or polar bears.
😛
I just had an epiphony - my spelling gaff made it through the weekend due to all the beer. Beer vision must make bare bear and beer all look the same. No wonder so many men waking up from being stone-cold drunk wonder about their decisions the previous evening.;-)

And, of course, an "epiphony" is the sort of epiphany one has upon waking up from being stone-cold drunk only to find later that it was not true.;-)

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 3

john.arnott (12/16/2009)
CirquedeSQLeil (12/14/2009)
Alvin Ramard (12/14/2009)
GSquared (12/14/2009)
CirquedeSQLeil (12/11/2009)
By the time the thread hits 10,000 y'all will be flatlined, passed out drunk from all the bear being passed around - bwahahaha 10,000 shall be mine (or anybody else's who doesn't drink)
I've heard of loaded for bear, but never loaded by bear....
(The drink is "beer", the large, furry, with claws and fangs, animal, is "bear".)
I don't think I'd want to hang around people that are passing bears around, especially if they're grizzlies or polar bears.
😛
I just had an epiphony - my spelling gaff made it through the weekend due to all the beer. Beer vision must make bare bear and beer all look the same. No wonder so many men waking up from being stone-cold drunk wonder about their decisions the previous evening.;-)
And, of course, an "epiphony" is the sort of epiphany one has upon waking up from being stone-cold drunk only to find later that it was not true.;-)

Ahh, but we are using the urban dictionary where epiphany and epiphony are interchangeable 😉

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 4

CirquedeSQLeil (12/16/2009)
john.arnott (12/16/2009)
CirquedeSQLeil (12/14/2009)
Alvin Ramard (12/14/2009)
GSquared (12/14/2009)
CirquedeSQLeil (12/11/2009)
By the time the thread hits 10,000 y'all will be flatlined, passed out drunk from all the bear being passed around - bwahahaha 10,000 shall be mine (or anybody else's who doesn't drink)
I've heard of loaded for bear, but never loaded by bear....
(The drink is "beer", the large, furry, with claws and fangs, animal, is "bear".)
I don't think I'd want to hang around people that are passing bears around, especially if they're grizzlies or polar bears.
😛
I just had an epiphony - my spelling gaff made it through the weekend due to all the beer. Beer vision must make bare bear and beer all look the same. No wonder so many men waking up from being stone-cold drunk wonder about their decisions the previous evening.;-)
And, of course, an "epiphony" is the sort of epiphany one has upon waking up from being stone-cold drunk only to find later that it was not true.;-)
Ahh, but we are using the urban dictionary where epiphany and epiphony are interchangeable 😉

Well, let's see.... "epi" means "upon", "on top of", "above", "superior to", and "phony" means either "fake" or "having to do with sound", so "epiphony" would mean something that is sounds really, really fake. Sort of an "uber fake sound". Kind of like a lot of pop music.

"Epiphany" comes from the Greek "phanien", meaning "to show", with the same "epi" prefix. So, it really comes down to "to show what's above". Of course, the "phany" part is also a misspelling of a word that means a person's rear-end, so it could be "upon the fanny". Combine the two, and you end up with "upon showing the fanny". Which lots of pop stars do as a major part of their artistic strategy.

So, both have to do with pop music! How cool is that!

(So, I'm both nesting too many quotes and stretching derivations WAY too far. Nothing new in either of those situations!)

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john.arnott SSChampion Points: 11882 More actions · Answer 5

GSquared (12/16/2009)
CirquedeSQLeil (12/16/2009)
john.arnott (12/16/2009)
CirquedeSQLeil (12/14/2009)
Alvin Ramard (12/14/2009)
GSquared (12/14/2009)
CirquedeSQLeil (12/11/2009)
By the time the thread hits 10,000 y'all will be flatlined, passed out drunk from all the bear being passed around - bwahahaha 10,000 shall be mine (or anybody else's who doesn't drink)
I've heard of loaded for bear, but never loaded by bear....
(The drink is "beer", the large, furry, with claws and fangs, animal, is "bear".)
I don't think I'd want to hang around people that are passing bears around, especially if they're grizzlies or polar bears.
😛
I just had an epiphony - my spelling gaff made it through the weekend due to all the beer. Beer vision must make bare bear and beer all look the same. No wonder so many men waking up from being stone-cold drunk wonder about their decisions the previous evening.;-)
And, of course, an "epiphony" is the sort of epiphany one has upon waking up from being stone-cold drunk only to find later that it was not true.;-)
Ahh, but we are using the urban dictionary where epiphany and epiphony are interchangeable 😉
Well, let's see.... "epi" means "upon", "on top of", "above", "superior to", and "phony" means either "fake" or "having to do with sound", so "epiphony" would mean something that is sounds really, really fake. Sort of an "uber fake sound". Kind of like a lot of pop music.
"Epiphany" comes from the Greek "phanien", meaning "to show", with the same "epi" prefix. So, it really comes down to "to show what's above". Of course, the "phany" part is also a misspelling of a word that means a person's rear-end, so it could be "upon the fanny". Combine the two, and you end up with "upon showing the fanny". Which lots of pop stars do as a major part of their artistic strategy.
So, both have to do with pop music! How cool is that!
(So, I'm both nesting too many quotes and stretching derivations WAY too far. Nothing new in either of those situations!)

And now we know why people are so careful about how many English teachers they'll invite to a party. (Personal experience, here. My older son used to be one.)

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004441 More actions · Answer 6

The Dixie Flatline (12/15/2009)
A Jeffy Bear !!! I love it!! 😛

Heh... gonna have to sue that company for using a favorite tag line of mine. 😛

--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.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004441 More actions · Answer 7

CirquedeSQLeil (12/15/2009)
Pic would have been better if that penguin were a porkchop.

BWAA-HAAA!!!! Man, I was just thinking the same thing. Too funny!

--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: 1004441 More actions · Answer 8

GSquared (12/14/2009)
CirquedeSQLeil (12/11/2009)
By the time the thread hits 10,000 y'all will be flatlined, passed out drunk from all the bear being passed around - bwahahaha 10,000 shall be mine (or anybody else's who doesn't drink)
I've heard of loaded for bear, but never loaded by bear....
(The drink is "beer", the large, furry, with claws and fangs, animal, is "bear".)

Heh... I got a bear loaded once. 😉

--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: 1004441 More actions · Answer 9

CirquedeSQLeil (12/15/2009)

Hmmm... hair color is just about right. Need to add a "No RBAR" tatoo, though. 😛

--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)

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150468 More actions · Answer 10

Jeff Moden (12/16/2009)
Hmmm... hair color is just about right. Need to add a "No RBAR" tatoo, though. 😛

It's the no-RBEAR 😀

Paul White
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 11

I'm sure that could be arranged (tattoo).

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 12

Paul White (12/16/2009)
Jeff Moden (12/16/2009)
Hmmm... hair color is just about right. Need to add a "No RBAR" tatoo, though. 😛
It's the no-RBEAR 😀

ROFLMAO

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events

Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 13

I may have to start a new "thread" next year: "Are the poster in The Thread getting worse?"

You guys are NUTS!!!

:w00t:

p.s. It's nice to know I have such good company. :hehe:

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 14

I am having trouble thinking straight on this one, could someone else jump in here and help. It isn't collation, it is the dateformat.

Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 15

Lynn Pettis (12/17/2009)
I am having trouble thinking straight on this one, could someone else jump in here and help. It isn't collation, it is the dateformat.

I jumped in on this one.

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