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Freddie Woo tells us how he recently spent ages trying to open his front door with his Oyster Card before realising he actually needed things called "keys". Tell us of times you've done stupid things while on auto-pilot

(I helped save b3ta! Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 21 Mar 2013, 12:20)
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I've got that beat. My first email address didn't have an @ I think it was a colon instead, but I can't really remember.
True Story
(Brigadier an old boot sitting on a man's face - forever, Sat 23 Mar 2013, 18:40, 1 reply)
All the cool kids used UUCP mail with a 'bang' in the middle.
Leading to such hilarity as naming a computer "gonna" so that all the mail was of the form gonna!username which is pronounced "gonna bang username". Which is HILARIOUS.

AHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Computer nerds are HILARIOUS.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 23 Mar 2013, 18:44, closed)
Gonna bang colon?

(I helped save b3ta! Ghoti Fingers, Sat 23 Mar 2013, 19:21, closed)
I reckon if I contrived a "joke" about how colon and bang work and interact in bash scripts I would definitely win the dullness award.

(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 23 Mar 2013, 19:29, closed)
I'd definitely fork your repository

(I helped save b3ta! Ghoti Fingers, Sat 23 Mar 2013, 19:41, closed)
I remember...
Early days with the internet, it was all like learning a new language, so I kind of (not a lot though) understand where the OP was coming from...
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Sat 23 Mar 2013, 21:04, closed)
Sexist pig!!!!!!!
I'M GOING TO TAKE YOUR PHOTO AND GET YOU FIRED111!!!!!!11!!!!11!!!
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Sun 24 Mar 2013, 20:16, closed)

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