John H and ita showing once again why they're smarter than most people over in Building a Better Thread
John H
Not to get all Perl about it, but it doesn't have the pure poetry of:
@newarray = grep {length($_)} @oldarray;
does it?
Ita
Even ee might think your poetry a little opaque.
John H
I say "ee", you say "OO", let's call the whole thing off.
And of course like all Perl addicts I've realised I was way wordy above, goddamnit I'm Samuel Taylor Coleridge compared to the Japanese simplicity of this:
@newarray = grep {/./} @oldarray;
Rob's response to the above conversation:
I distinctly recall John promising to use his powers only for good. This is not for good.
Holli -
listening to 250 white suburban Jewish kids sing along to "Baby Got Back" at the tops of their lungs
Allyson -
am I drunk already, or does that say, "listening to 250 white suburban Jewish kids sing along to "Baby Got Back" at the tops of their lungs"?
Angus:
Happy Thanksgiving, Americans. I dunno about Pilgrims and shit, but I certainly give thanks for all of you.
DXMachina
(on Consuela's crazy hours)
:
Free the environmental three! Free the environmental three!
Angus again in Natter:
Go Connie! That counting your blessings crap is for losers!
Trudy, on David Bowie's love life:
I saw Iman IRL once. She is so beautiful that she's like art.
Truly worthy.
