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May 11, 2007 6:00 PM

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There are many things in this world I would holla at. I'm pretty sure funnel cake is up near the top of the list. I mean it's not really grape cotton candy or something like that but it really does deliver pretty well. This fine Friday evening I'd like you girls to reflect on your week, those pants you wore the other day, and how you can make the world a better place. Oh and read this stuff:

Race for clean car
Earth
Dudes dropping iron from the sky
Dude, she WANTS to ride the train
Really old alien sun
Google searches the naughty

Lastly, supermarkets of the FUTURE!

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Steve Gibson is the cofounder of Shacknews.com. Originally known as sCary's Quakeholio back in 1996, Steve is now President of Gearbox Publishing after selling Shacknews to GameFly in 2009.

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May 11, 2007 6:09 PM

Dammit I got ER'd.

So 'half five' means 5:30, not 4:30, right? As in half past five?

This British girl keeps saying things that mess with my head.
- scottythejock
  
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  May 11, 2007 6:12 PM
  
  yes. half five = 5.30
- c0bra
  
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  May 11, 2007 6:15 PM
  
  wtf
- skitzo
  
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  May 11, 2007 6:18 PM
  
  You sure it's not 10 to 3?
- Chod
  
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  May 11, 2007 6:20 PM
  
  "half five" Who says this?
  - captfarrell
    
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    May 11, 2007 6:52 PM
    
    ok, how about this one, that gets used over here a lot:
    "the back of five"
    - drucifer
      
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      May 11, 2007 6:53 PM
      
      "the ass end of nine"
      - riptyde
        
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        May 11, 2007 7:03 PM
        
        Is that like "the butt crack of dawn"?
- skryte
  
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  May 11, 2007 6:22 PM
  
  speak english to me, tony. i thought this country spawned the fucking language, and so far nobody seems to speak it.
- Goncyn
  
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  May 11, 2007 6:23 PM
  
  I'm pretty sure in German that expression would mean 4:30... so who knows. Never heard it used like that in English though.
- [deleted] 638123641
  
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  May 11, 2007 6:25 PM
  
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  - skryte
    
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    May 11, 2007 6:28 PM
    
    the next hour.... duh.
- drucifer
  
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  May 11, 2007 6:33 PM
  
  Half past a monkeys ass, a quarter to his balls
- DinK
  
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  May 11, 2007 6:36 PM
  
  I've only heard "half past" and "half of" which would be 5:30 and 4:30, respectively.
  
  They're both shit though, just say five-thirty
- drucifer
  
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  May 11, 2007 6:41 PM
  
  It's not a British thing... it is how we used to tell time before all this digital shit... half past, a quarter of... etc.
  
  Analog 4 life
  - skryte
    
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    May 11, 2007 6:50 PM
    
    i always thought we should use radians. and also the hands should rotate the opposite direction.
- edgewise
  
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  May 11, 2007 6:41 PM
  
  I woulda thought 2:30.
  - aeg1x
    
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    May 11, 2007 6:53 PM
    
    well you are an asian dentist is this too obscure?
    - edgewise
      
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      May 11, 2007 6:59 PM
      
      tooth hurty.
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        May 11, 2007 7:02 PM
        
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    May 11, 2007 7:42 PM
    
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- [deleted] 278501215
  
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  May 11, 2007 6:50 PM
  
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  - skryte
    
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    May 11, 2007 6:51 PM
    
    it's beer-thirty; you're late
- Grimmadog
  
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  May 11, 2007 7:28 PM
  
  MR F
- mmogger
  
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  May 11, 2007 7:31 PM
  
  Half five is two fiddy.
- NastyNorman
  
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  May 11, 2007 7:34 PM
  
  too bad that shack meme was retired
- skizl
  
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  May 11, 2007 7:34 PM
  
  An Australian pal of mine says "Thursday week" instead of "next Thursday". I didn't understand what the hell he was talking about the first time he dropped that one on me. Usually dialect differences are pretty transparent.
  - aeg1x
    
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    May 11, 2007 7:39 PM
    
    It means next week on thursday not just next thursday. Like if it was tuesday and he said "next thursday" it would be thursday next week, not the coming thursday.
    - aeg1x
      
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      May 11, 2007 7:40 PM
      
      err
      
      he said "next thursday" "thursday week"
      
      sorry.
    - skizl
      
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      May 11, 2007 7:42 PM
      
      In your example I would definitely say just "Thursday" for the one that is 2 days away, and "next Thursday" for the one the following week... that's why I equated it with "next Thursday"
      
      I see what you're saying though.
      - aeg1x
        
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        May 11, 2007 7:45 PM
        
        Yeah I've heard the coming thursday referred to as 'next thursday' sometimes though, which does make sense. I'm not sure what the correct usage is.
- slax0r
  
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  May 11, 2007 8:28 PM
  
  "Next Thursday?"
  "You mean this Thursday?"
  "If I meant this Thursday I would have said this Thursday!"