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Sam Jelfs 14 Apr 5:05pm, 14 Apr 2025 1,621 posts	Quote Pin Sam Jelfs The International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology once accepted a paper for publication that just repeated the line "Get me off your fucking mailing list" over and over, after Peter Vamplew, a researched at Federation University Australia, responded to a spam email from them. The paper was rated "excellent" by a peer-reviewer, and would have been published if Vamplew had been willing to pay the fees. en.wikipedia.org
Diogenes 15 Apr 11:19am, 15 Apr 2025 91,462 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes The actor Neil Pearson (Drop The Dead Donkey, Between The Lines, Bridget Jones' Diary) is a collector of rare books and a bibliophilic antiquarian book dealer who specialises in the expatriate literary movement of Paris between the World Wars
NDWDave 16 Apr 3:19pm, 16 Apr 2025 21,030 posts	Quote Pin NDWDave What a “skip level” meeting is
Cerrertonia 16 Apr 5:45pm, 16 Apr 2025 23,011 posts	Quote Pin Cerrertonia Real Madrid FC has a graduate school - universidadeuropea.com
Mushroom 17 Apr 3:53pm, 17 Apr 2025 3,626 posts	Quote Pin Mushroom Tim Robbins (Shawshank Redemption) played 'Merlin' in Top Gun, being Maverick's rear on his first mission, replacing Goose.
Ocelot Spleens 17 Apr 8:44pm, 17 Apr 2025 40,550 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens That a remake of Naked Gun has been made....
Gooner 17 Apr 9:09pm, 17 Apr 2025 23,733 posts	Quote Pin Gooner Not a remake, but a sequel-ish.
Ocelot Spleens 17 Apr 9:19pm, 17 Apr 2025 40,551 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens Either is needless
Cheeky’s Dad 18 Apr 1:59pm, 18 Apr 2025 6,575 posts	Quote Pin Cheeky’s Dad The Pogues were originally called Pogue Mahone, an anglicisation of the Irish phrase póg mo thóin, meaning "kiss my arse"
Night-owl 18 Apr 8:28pm, 18 Apr 2025 47,716 posts	Quote Pin Night-owl Didn't know that about the Poges but knew the translation 😂