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Cup Holder Not Working

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  • Paul_Herring
    Paul_Herring Posts: 7,484 Forumite
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    The cup holders that come as standard with modern PCs tend to be obsolete for the purposes of holding cups, and as you've noticed, aren't really suitable for anything heavier than an espresso - have you considered upgrading your cup holder to a USB version?
    Conjugating the verb 'to be":
    -o I am humble -o You are attention seeking -o She is Nadine Dorries
  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396 Forumite
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    And this joke is how many centuries old.....:rolleyes:
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
  • John_Gray
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    It would be difficult to date the joke before the appearance of the CD drive on PCs, there being no equivalent on minicomputers or mainframes...

    Perhaps you are saying that you didn't find the joke spectacularly hilarious? Maybe you are a little older than a teenager, then!
  • isofa
    isofa Posts: 6,091 Forumite
    John_Gray wrote: »
    It would be difficult to date the joke before the appearance of the CD drive on PCs, there being no equivalent on minicomputers or mainframes...

    Perhaps you are saying that you didn't find the joke spectacularly hilarious? Maybe you are a little older than a teenager, then!

    The "joke" was common in the early 1990s, I remember having various e-mails (yes emails in the early 1990s) about it.

    Along with ones about mice and various other yarns...
  • Paul_Herring
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    Are there so many people on here so old that they have to dig up the 'truth' to the OP's FOAF story/Urban legend, rather than take it as intended? Or ignore it if they don't have anything funny to contibute?

    :rolleyes:

    It was a fairly light hearted thread until all the people older than me (and judging by some of the comments, some of them 15 years youngr) started chipping in with the serious replies.

    Ok - maybe it was offtopic for this board, and may have been better placed in the 'Arms (where amusing responses would have been even more sparse,) but was it that difficult for you to *not reply* to it?

    Replies to this will tell...
    Conjugating the verb 'to be":
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  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396 Forumite
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    This thread is about as funny as a fart in a space suite.
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
  • Paul_Herring
    Paul_Herring Posts: 7,484 Forumite
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    PROLIANT wrote: »
    This thread is about as funny as a fart in a space suite.

    You could always, ya know, stop reading it?

    Or at least stop replying to it if it's offending you that much.

    Because more indignant relies are going to escalate to the 'this isn't for you thread, why are you still here?' replies.

    If you don't like the thread, stop reading [edit...] it now.

    Now.
    Conjugating the verb 'to be":
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  • Marty_J
    Marty_J Posts: 6,594 Forumite
    Paul_Herring wrote: »
    If you don't like the thread, stop reading it now.

    Likewise. 010101010
  • samhale
    samhale Posts: 413 Forumite
    aliEnRIK wrote: »
    I once saw a programme on a lady that kept complaining that her car wasnt running right and she was using LOADS of fuel.

    The garage lads were baffled as it was a cracking little car

    So they called her in and asked her to do everything as she normally would to start the car and drive off

    first thing she does? Pulls out the 'handbag' holder ;)
    Me being thick? What do ya mean?
  • robt_2
    robt_2 Posts: 3,401 Forumite
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    PROLIANT wrote: »
    And this joke is how many centuries old.....:rolleyes:

    Only one. Maybe several decades though ;)
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