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My favourite things
editQuotes attributed to Lord Denning: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfred_Denning%2C_Baron_Denning
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Retrieved 24 April 2005:
Isn't the page title a little long? Enochlau 17:21, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Yes, but not infinitely. Charles Matthews 17:36, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Deletion talk for Mark Twain II
editRetrieved 8 November 2004:
- Vanity. His book hasn't been published yet. RickK 23:26, Nov 7, 2004 (UTC)
- Delete. Agree with RickK. Enochlau 23:33, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Delete. Vanity. And such vanity. "In his obscure days his hat was number six and a quarter; in these latter days he was not able to get his head into a barrel." —Mark Twain in Eruption. However, "There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it." —Mark Twain's Notebook. Denis Diderot II (talk) 00:08, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Delete: When first a man's fancy gets astride his reason and common sense is kicked out of doors, the first convert he makes is himself. Jonathan Swift II 03:38, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Delete: "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." Oscar Wilde IV 04:22, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)
- Delete - In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes. William Shakespeare II 04:24, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Delete. "I write as a sow pisses." Mozart II 04:39, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Delete. I'll believe Mark Twain II lives today when I see it. [[User:Mo0|Mo0[talk]]] 05:20, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Delete vanity. - Vague Rant 05:28, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)
- So vain that I charitably want to believe it's a joke by an acquaintance of his. He's on Category:1979 births too -- please could whoever ends up deleting this remove him from there as well? (I'd do it myself now, but it feels like pre-empting the VfD process to remove it before the article goes.) Oh, and delete, of course. Pnot 07:51, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
"We Three Kings Of Orient Are"
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What are the words to this carol?
See here. Filiocht | The kettle's on 15:48, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
- One in a taxi, one in a car / one on a scooter, 'ooting 'is 'ooter / following yonder star. At least that's the way I used to sing it in school. --Bob Mellish 15:57, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
- We three kings of Orient are
- Bearing gifts we traverse afar
- Field and Fountain, Moor and Mountain
- Following Yonder Star
- Chorus:
- Oh, Star of Wonder, Star of Light
- Star with royal beauty bright
- Westward leading, still proceeding
- Guide us to thy perfect light
- Born a king on Bethlehem plain
- Gold I bring to crown him again
- King forever, ceasing never"
- Over us all to reign
- Chorus
- Frankincense to offer have I
- Incense owns a Deity high
- Prayer and praising; all men raising
- Worship him, God on high
- Chorus
- Myrrh is mine, its bitter purfume
- Leads a life of gathering gloom
- Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying
- Sealed in a stone cold tomb
- Chorus
- Glorious now, behold him, arise
- King, and God, and sacrifice
- Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
- Earth to Heaven replies.
smurrayinchester(User), (Ho Ho Ho!) 16:49, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
I was taught a slightly different version by my father:
- We four Beatles of Liverpool are
- John in a taxi, Paul in a car,
- George on a scooter, beeping his hooter
- Following Ringo Starr.
Thryduulf 17:39, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
Another one to make the five year olds giggle:
- We three kings of Leicester Square
- Selling Knickers, tuppence a pair
- They're fantastic, no elastic
- Running around all bare
AJR | Talk 19:34, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
And then there's:
- We three Kings of Orient are,
- trying to smoke an exploding cigar.
- It was loaded, it exploded ...
... BOOM! ...
- Silent night, holy night ...
Zoe (216.234.130.130 21:25, 14 December 2005 (UTC))
With reference to Daniel Brandt:
- Brandt's chart was obviously a scare tactic to encourage the deletion. I'd like to see him sue for such petty things. "These meanies called me names on the internets and made me real sad :((" (User:EndAnonDiscrimination)
Cells in the Earth's history
editScience Reference Desk
edit" We could create Wikipedia:Reference desk/Medical_emergency and people could ask questions like, "omg my armz r bleding wut do i do lolz," or "Help my hair is on fire, will that turn its mass into energy?" Cernen Xanthine Katrena 07:38, 24 January 2006 (UTC) "
Removing garbage from front of JPEG file
edit- Perl. More specifically
perl -i.bak -0777 -pe 's/^.*?(.{6})(Exif|JFIF)/$1$2/s' Pict0002.jpg. I then found the number of bytes removed by comparing the size of the resulting file to the original. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 00:02, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
HK pictures from Hamedog
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From Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sydney Opera House Sails:
- Oppose So grainy, it belongs in a silo. --Bridgecross 23:44, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
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