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# compo it? .... nah...
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:03, archived)
# now do 'never the T.W.A.I.N.'
*is sure most people won't have seen it*
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:04, archived)
# that's for scanners etc right
it stands for something ridiculous but i can't think
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:05, archived)
# Wiki...
The word TWAIN is not officially an acronym; however, it is widely known as a backronym for "Technology Without An Interesting Name".
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:06, archived)
# yer just found that
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:07, archived)
# haha
clever geeks

just like GNU
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:07, archived)
# wassat stand for then
edit: dunno why i ask when i can look it up in 2 seconds

i like recursive acronyms
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:09, archived)
# I thought it was an animal
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:10, archived)
# GNU's Not UNIX
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:10, archived)
# i know
but what does the GNU bit stand for?
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:11, archived)
#
www.b3ta.com/board/7326808

*senses recursion*
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:21, archived)
# GNU's Not Unix
it's a recursive acronym...
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:27, archived)
# what am I?
You're 80s sitcom/anacronym mash up bitch?
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:05, archived)
# yes
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:07, archived)
# or 'the cruel scsi'
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:08, archived)
# Isn't that Killing Knife
supposed to point away from you?
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:09, archived)
# i'm like jack palance in 'shane'
pick up the pun, go on. Pick it up

*shoots*
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:10, archived)
# oh...
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:10, archived)
# Hahaha!


Edit: although Sinden would have pronounced it:
"Yi cyouwn git myi scyianna to wyirk"
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:11, archived)
# and then waggled his pursed lips for 3 minutes
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:13, archived)
# pfft!
Anyone else remember "Whoops there goes my knighthood" from Viz?
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:14, archived)
# haha
Donald Syndon ends up wanking on stage in front of the queen, through a series of hilarious mishaps.. I prefered The Adventures of Prince Philip though.
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:57, archived)
# office lol
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:11, archived)
# ahahaha
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:12, archived)
# What, the
terrible, TERRIBLE TERRIBLE sitcom about antique dealers with Donald Sindon and Windsor Davies?
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:06, archived)
# yup!
haha it really was awful
*does the sinden facial twitch*
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:07, archived)
# And they weren't gay
No.
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:11, archived)
# They were in-laws
his was shagging the other one daughter,I think
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:14, archived)
# Yeah, sounds about right
Wasn't she suppossed to be a bit fit?

Or am I misremembering...?
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:15, archived)
# Prolly
in an early 80's way
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:22, archived)
# TITS from outter space...
can't be bothered to shop boobies into it... etc
(, Fri 22 Jun 2007, 13:07, archived)