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sing4you SSCrazy Points: 2984 More actions · Answer 1

mstjean (2/17/2010)
Nine apathetic, sympathetic, diabetic old men on roller skates with a marked propensity toward procrastination and sloth

Isn't this from "'Twas the night of the King's . . . "? Or am I merging memories?

Ha Ha. A blast from the past at any rate.

mstjean Hall of Fame Points: 3310 More actions · Answer 2

{hijack with apologies}

sing4you (2/17/2010)
mstjean (2/17/2010)
Nine apathetic, sympathetic, diabetic old men on roller skates with a marked propensity toward procrastination and sloth
Isn't this from "'Twas the night of the King's . . . "? Or am I merging memories?
Ha Ha. A blast from the past at any rate.

That name's not familiar to me... It was introduced to me as part of a memory game about...oogeez...30 years ago. I have NO idea what the original source is/was. The presenter "suckers" the "mark" in, with the first (simple) example phrase to repeat... subsequent phrases get progressively more convoluted. Here, then, is the entire list:

One hen
Two ducks
Three squawking geese
Four Limerick oysters
Five corpulent porpoises
Six pairs of Don Alvarso's tweezers
Seven thousand Macedonians in full battle array
Eight brass monkeys from the ancient sacred crypts of Egypt
Nine apathetic, sympathetic, diabetic old men on roller skates with a marked propensity toward procrastination and sloth
Ten lyrical, spherical, diabolical denizens of the deep, who haul quay around the quo of the quivvy of the quarry, all at the same time

{/hijack with apologies}

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sing4you SSCrazy Points: 2984 More actions · Answer 3

Oh yeah! Now I remember it. It is definitely a different thing from what I referenced. I have no idea where it comes from but I remember us torturing each other with it in college.

Ray K SSC-Dedicated Points: 31163 More actions · Answer 4

I remember something similar to that in college as well. Something about an answer to the question, "are you a turtle?"

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jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 5

complain about the lack of process improvement...until the shoe is on the other foot, then CYA

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crookj SSChampion Points: 14075 More actions · Answer 6

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February 18, 2010 at 7:57 am

#1120935

Brute

John Rowan SSC Guru Points: 56440 More actions · Answer 7

red tape

John Rowan

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 8

duct tape (pronounced duck tape 😀 )

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CirquedeSQLeil (2/18/2010)
duct tape (pronounced duck tape 😀 )

I always thought it was Duct Ape?

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"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."

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jcrawf02 (2/18/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (2/18/2010)
duct tape (pronounced duck tape 😀 )
I always thought it was Duct Ape?

That would be a site - an ape climbing through ductwork.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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crookj SSChampion Points: 14075 More actions · Answer 11

CirquedeSQLeil (2/18/2010)
duct tape (pronounced duck tape 😀 )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape

If you want the history on it. Cool reading!!!

Joe

crookj SSChampion Points: 14075 More actions · Answer 12

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February 19, 2010 at 12:38 pm

#1122066

Tarantula

Joe

John Rowan SSC Guru Points: 56440 More actions · Answer 13

Waiting.....

John Rowan

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 14

corpuscle

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mstjean Hall of Fame Points: 3310 More actions · Answer 15

SuspicionBreedsConfidence**

**An ironic phrase appearing in the background in one of the greatest movies ever made, but in the context of a SQL DBA's life, a truism.

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