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11:00 PM
Ha. Just a few years ago I would have thought, "He was born in 1978? He is that young?" Nowadays, I think, "He was born in 1978? I am that old?"
 
:-)
There isn't a Wiki page about Gerard Killesreiter.
 
Then I don't know who he is.
You not on Wikipedia, you might as well not exist.
 
He is the infrastructure manager for Drupal Association.
 
Association.
I think I've reached the point in life where I can call my stuff "Association", too.
Respect my association.
Yeah, a nice ring to it.
 
There is also a Michael Meyers, in the general assembly.
 
11:05 PM
Whoa, easy buddy. Assembly?
 
I wonder if it is the same Michael Meyers who is here in SE.
 
Why don't you just ask him. @MichaelMyers.
Though I can tell you what the answer will be. He is this Michael Myers:
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A: Are rumors of a film true? I hope so by golly!

jjnguyMike Myers as mmyers. This one should be obvious.

 
Yep. Drupal Association has a board of directors, and a general assembly.
 
Now all they need is an army and navy, then they can call Drupal a language.
 
It's not the same person. :-)
 
11:10 PM
You mean Michael?
 
Yeah, they are two different Michael.
 
I think the photo is enough evidence that they are one and the same.
 
It's a different Michael. :-)
 
Looks similar enough to me. You have to squint a little.
 
Does that mean I have to close both my eyes?
Before you ask me, I just have two eyes.
You are right! If I close my eyes, they are both the same person!
 
11:16 PM
That might be a good idea, actually. I should go to bed.
 
"Should" is a big word.
 
Yeah, still catching up in the Teachers' Lounge. Could take a few minutes.
 
OK, it's a letter less, as you don't spell the "l."
 
Heh. You follow American quoting conventions now?
 
When I say "I should" that means that I am not going to do what I am talking of.
I have to decide from which side I must be.
Chatting with an American, my English is closer to American English than British.
 
11:21 PM
Hm. Your English doesn't seem to be too close to Russian right now though.
Perhaps it will in a few months time.
 
We must find an explanation.
 
But not today, I'm afraid.
I can't promise that I will fall asleep and not return, but I will try my very best at finding the general location of my bed.
 
It could be explained from the fact I chat with my girlfriend (or most significant one?).
 
Oh, and shouldn't you be sleeping?
 
Isn't Friday, today?
 
11:23 PM
More like Sunday.
 
Actually, it should be Saturday.
Sunday?
 
14 secs ago, by RegDwight
More like Sunday.
Watch your watch.
 
See? This is a case of attention deficit.
 
Feb 17 at 19:34, by RegDwight
I never know what time of the year it is.
 
My watch shows me the NY time.
 
11:25 PM
That's a very useful watch if you're in NY.
 
Whoops. Windows says it's Sunday.
 
Then it must be Sunday.
Windows can do no wrong.
 
I keep it on NY time, even when they pass to Summer time.
Can it can tomatoes too?
 
I so hope this summer-time nonsense gets killed with fire. Globally.
 
Ah yes. How could I forget the genitive case.
 
11:27 PM
It's not so much the case. It's the pronoun IIRC.
Yup. The pronoun. Or any other word in that position, really.
 
Once I thought that too. Now I find this summer time stuff useful.
It's the only way to reduce the time difference with the East coast.
 
• an attempt to drive a ball into a goal; an attempt to score : he took a shot that the goalie stopped.
My wife is reading The Flanders Panel now. She will let us know what we think of it.
 
@Robusto You talking about kibo or what?
 
@RegDwight — No. I'm talking about Sgt. Bilko.
 
Well, that looks very similar to kibo. I'm still squinting, you know.
 
11:31 PM
Not the Steve Martin version though.
The Phil Silvers Show (originally titled You'll Never Get Rich) is a comedy television series which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 for a total of 143 episodes (including a 1959 special). The series starred Phil Silvers as Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko of the United States Army, service number RA 15042699. His service number indicated that he had enlisted in the Regular Army sometime after 1940 from Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio or West Virginia. The series was created and largely written by Nat Hiken, and won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series. The show is sometimes titled ...
 
Well, that dates you, doesn't it.
 
I knew you'd say that.
 
I knew you'd say that.
 
FWIW, I never saw the show. My parents told me about it.
44 secs ago, by Robusto
I knew you'd say that.
 
Apr 13 at 13:19, by RegDwight
Lots of echo in here.
 
11:33 PM
I mean, Jesus, how old do you think I am?
 
My copypasta is broken.
This is inexcusable, how am I supposed to live on?
@Robusto Um, on a scale from 1 to 100, awfully.
But I do plan to be just as old in a few decades time.
 
@RegDwight — I know about Charles Dickens. Does that make me 180 years old?
 
You know about Jesus. That makes you even older.
 
I know about Marcus Tullius Cicero. Does that make me 2,000 years old?
I know about your mom. Does that make me your ... uh, never mind.
 
Was that his actual name?
I mean, Cicero, not my mom.
 
11:36 PM
@RegDwight — Depends. Lotta Ciceros, ya know.
But that's the one I'm talking about, yeah. Otherwise I would have, like, said some other name. You know how it works.
 
Well, I take comfort in the thought that nothing in this universe is older than 5000-odd years.
 
If I had meant his younger brother, I'd have said Quintus Tullius Cicero.
 
Ah!
 
Bh!
 
You only know this one:
Roger Marcel Cicero Cziczeo (born July 6, 1970 in Berlin) is a German jazz musician and the son of the Romanian pianist Eugen Cicero. Biography He made his first appearance at the age of eleven supporting German singer Helen Vita. He appeared on television for the first time aged 16, alongside the RIAS-Tanzorchester, then under the direction of Horst Jankowski. Cicero joined the Hohner Conservatory in Trossingen when he was 18, where he received coaching in piano, guitar and singing. Between 1989 and 1992, he appeared alongside the Horst Jankowski Trio, the Eugen Cicero Trio (his f...
 
11:38 PM
God I wish I wouldn't.
 
What is all this bullycock?
 
Huhuh ... he said bullycock ... huhuh
 
I dunno why anybody likes him. Even he himself does not.
 
Huhuh indeed!
 
@RegDwight — Yet somehow his self-loathing hasn't prevented him from pursuing a career.
 
11:40 PM
I wouldn't call that a career. Or pursuit, for that matter.
 
What is all this shouting? I will have no trouble here. Are you...local?
 
Even Lou Bega beats him.
 
@RegDwight You cannot copy pasta; you just eat pasta.
 
@Cerberus You drunk again?
 
(Those who do not get that are obliged to watch League of Gentlemen.)
 
11:41 PM
So you are drunk again.
 
On the contrary; not a drop has touched my lips for more than a day.
 
I would rather marry Roger Cicero than watch that crap of a movie crap again.
 
But it is a great compliment that you fail to perceive the difference.
 
That's because I'm still squinting.
 
@RegDwight — If you have to ask, the answer is yes.
 
11:42 PM
Squinting... from drink?
 
From looking at photos of MichaelMyers.
 
@Cerberus — No. He's trying to look mean. It ain't working.
 
36 mins ago, by kiamlaluno
I wonder if it is the same Michael Meyers who is here in SE.
 
@Rob: It is the owl eyes that do him in.
Where are these famed pictures?
 
@Cerberus — Yeah. And I thought owls were supposed to be smart.
 
11:44 PM
@Robusto No smart person would ever think that.
 
@RegDwight — How would you know?
 
Because all owls are dumb as regs, d'oh.
 
Appearing stupid attracts sympathy, which pays off in the end?
 
@Robusto Oh, okay. Pictures always convince me.
 
11:46 PM
Maybe you just need some glasses.
 
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Q: Is past tense correct here?

FixeeMy wife and I were disagreeing about this today: (A) Did you know Fred was a doctor? (B) Did you know Fred is a doctor? I was arguing for (A) based on what seemed to "sound right." My wife claimed that, since Fred is currently alive and still practicing medicine, present tense should be used...

 
@Cerberus — And you would know this how?
 
Duplicate.
 
Is that you in Varangian drag?
 
11:47 PM
It's him!
 
He even has a girlfriend.
 
@Rob: It is mere speculation. I find both stupidity and sympathy incomprehensible concepts.
 
Paul Hartmut Würdig (born 30 November 1980), better known as Sido, is a German rapper. The name "Sido" is an abbreviation which stands for "superintelligentes Drogenopfer" ("super intelligent drug victim"). Würdig distinguishes himself by using provocative and aggressive lyrics. After his breakthrough with the debut album Maske (2004). Sido was often seen wearing a silver skull mask (in the style of MF Doom) until 2008. Since then Sido makes no use of the mask anymore and, as he has stated in various interviews, handed it to his former boss Specter. Würdig's career began in 1997, as one ...
 
It's her!
 
Oh look. She has a pet!
 
11:48 PM
He is the pet!
 
@Cerberus Dear Lord not that again.
 
"Bushido und Hegemann treten Outing-Lawine los"
 
@Reg: Thank you for applying my honorifics, but what again?
You know I have neither memory nor quoting skills.
 
Read about it here:
I find it amusing that @RegDwight tries to pass himself off as a German "Rap-Gigant" ...
 
What scandal! I am shocked that unknown German celebrities should have committed the world-changing sin of plagiarism.
 
11:51 PM
@Cerberus Take your pick.
3
Q: He didn't know where New Jersey was...

sombeI know the past tense carries the past tense in every dependent clause, but referring specifically to places or to things that are eternal, like the Earth, seems a bit weird and therefore we sometimes (I believe incorrectly) say He didn't know that New Jersey is actually in the East Coast. Beca...

3
Q: Tense change: previous actions on something that's currently true

Craig WalkerI'm describing a situation that happened in the past. To explain it, I want to use a description that is both true now and true when the situation happened. Specifically, I want something like: She touched me where my neck met my collarbone. Since my neck is still attached to my collarbone...

 
Incidentally, @Rob, where did you learn German? You seem rather quick with it.
 
3
Q: Should I use "is" or "was" in this example?

nicholas ainsworth They knew what mercy is. They knew what mercy was. Mercy is something that always exists so can I say is as in the above example?

4
Q: Should we use past tense here?

ablmfIn this sentence, should is be was"? On April 13, 2009, Lugo admitted he is the father of a child conceived with Viviana Carrillo.

 
@Reg: Yeah this is one of our worst duplicationatorisms.
 
0
Q: 'Had' or 'has' to describe a past condition which is still present?

nicholas ainsworthScenario: My friend John has a personality disorder, intensely paranoid for example. Can I say: There were three events last year that told me John had a problem. or can I say: There were threee events last year that told me John has a problem.

 
Enough! I concede!
 
11:53 PM
@Cerberus — Herr Doktor Eule denkt daß Ich ein Idiot bin.
 
@Rob: Er soll erst mal sichselbst beobachten...
 
But I sussed out his skull masquerade photo quick enough.
 
Feb 2 at 21:27, by Robusto
My surname is German and I can't even pronounce it to my own satisfaction ...
 
Verzeihung. Das war ein großer Fehler.
 
@Cerberus Yeah. Thanks for that.
 
11:54 PM
@Cerberus — Du hast nicht Recht.
 
@Rob: Siehe oben.
 
Ich hab' nichts bemerkt.
 
A thousand thanks!
Why did they make German so much harder than English?
 
Nonono, it's the other way round.
 
What!?
 
11:57 PM
Them Brits don't get grammer.
So them makes their language simples.
 
Exactly, and grammer is, like, hard.
 
Hm. I wonder who that guy is.
 
@Rob: Aww come on, why hide that noble face of yours?
 
I'm the one on the right.
I forgot my nurse drag.
 
11:58 PM
Really?
 
Same place Reg got his photo.
 
I have always pictured you rather differently.
 
@Robusto No, I got it off Google.
It's a new thing.
 

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