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Re: ask me anything - mcj answers them
« Reply #810 on: August 28, 2006, 03:51:30 PM »
at last!

did you, in fact, do the moose test thing on your car?

anyway... pucker up, big boy - we've got some catching up to do!   :-*

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Re: ask me anything - mcj answers them
« Reply #811 on: August 28, 2006, 03:54:04 PM »
Oh, right, I was going to reply on that but I forgot. Google translations at work, eh?
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

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Re: ask me anything - mcj answers them
« Reply #812 on: August 28, 2006, 03:55:39 PM »
Will you rub your wife's back and wipe the sweat off her brow when she's in labor?

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Re: ask me anything - mcj answers them
« Reply #813 on: August 28, 2006, 03:57:22 PM »
Oh, right, I was going to reply on that but I forgot. Google translations at work, eh?

nope.  :P

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Re: ask me anything - mcj answers them
« Reply #814 on: August 28, 2006, 04:00:00 PM »
So where did you get it? The Swedish was, well, not quite it.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

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Re: ask me anything - mcj answers them
« Reply #815 on: August 28, 2006, 04:03:51 PM »
look, i'm sorry if my swedish isn't that fluent.  i try my best.

/trembly bottom lip...

convinced?

no?

sigh...

The Truth, then:  oh, fuck knows - some free online translation site or other.  i had to translate some italian (badly) for my last novel, so i used a few.

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Re: ask me anything - mcj answers them
« Reply #816 on: August 28, 2006, 04:06:41 PM »
Will you rub your wife's back and wipe the sweat off her brow when she's in labor?

when she is in labor i will do anything she asks me to do.
i have found that is the best way to procede, since i end up honoring her request the easy way or the hard way.
i choose easy.
Misunderstood.

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Re: ask me anything - mcj answers them
« Reply #817 on: August 28, 2006, 04:07:30 PM »
lol, yeah, I thought so, but a beautiful effort nonetheless.

Det är ändå mest synd om älgen.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

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Re: ask me anything - mcj answers them
« Reply #818 on: August 28, 2006, 04:12:44 PM »
flattery will get you...  well, it'll get you anywhere you like.

so, you didn't have an moose test, then?

(they really are crap translators on the return journey, so as to speak - i've got sin going on in my translation.  ah.  erm...   :-[  oooooh...).

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Re: ask me anything - mcj answers them
« Reply #819 on: August 28, 2006, 04:26:41 PM »
A return trip usually messes up stuff beyond recognition. Which reminds me of a true story...

Years ago, I did some translating for Volvo Cars, using professional translation tools with large, specialized word and phrase databases. The tool would suggest a translation after a comparison with the database, and I'd check it and make adjustments if necessary. And, of course, translate anything that the tool wouldn't catch.

Problem was, after some time the company I worked for needed to save money so they told me to stop proofing. But around that same time, the tool was updated and introduced a nasty new bug that would translate text back to the original language (English) in some cases, for example, when requesting new translations for material already "sweeped" once.

All I can say is that if you own a first-generation Volvo S40 and need to repair its central locking or car alarm, do it yourself.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

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Re: ask me anything - mcj answers them
« Reply #820 on: August 28, 2006, 04:32:01 PM »
Will you rub your wife's back and wipe the sweat off her brow when she's in labor?

when she is in labor i will do anything she asks me to do.
i have found that is the best way to procede, since i end up honoring her request the easy way or the hard way.
i choose easy.
Wise man.  Because there is a tendency, when you're in labor, to look over at the man crouching in the corner, and yell "You!  It's all your damn fault!"

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Re: ask me anything - mcj answers them
« Reply #821 on: August 28, 2006, 04:33:21 PM »
Will you rub your wife's back and wipe the sweat off her brow when she's in labor?

when she is in labor i will do anything she asks me to do.
i have found that is the best way to procede, since i end up honoring her request the easy way or the hard way.
i choose easy.
Wise man.  Because there is a tendency, when you're in labor, to look over at the man crouching in the corner, and yell "You!  It's all your damn fault!"
hey i just wanted to orgasm.  not my problem if her egg was willing to be insemenated.
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Re: ask me anything - mcj answers them
« Reply #822 on: August 28, 2006, 04:34:11 PM »
erm, odeon, darlin', should we... wander off somewhere, and let this lot get on with it, do you think?

 ;)

(pleasenoticeididn'tmentionafoomnotevenalittlebit...)

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« Reply #823 on: August 28, 2006, 04:36:46 PM »

hey i just wanted to orgasm.  not my problem if her egg was willing to be insemenated.
Right.  But while she's in labor, you shoulder ALL the blame.  And don't forget it.  Because she's the one suffering for it.

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Re: ask me anything - mcj answers them
« Reply #824 on: August 28, 2006, 04:41:38 PM »
erm, odeon, darlin', should we... wander off somewhere, and let this lot get on with it, do you think?

Foom.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

- Albert Einstein