Courtesy of bash:

< Andys> oh dear
< Andys> in ruby, symbols are represented with a prepended colon
< Andys> eg. :flag
< Andys> so some guy tshirt that said ":sex"
< Andys> which everyone at railscamp knew meant "Sex symbol"
< Andys> he wore it until someone pointed out that to non-rubyists it said "Colon sex"

< Outpost> I love how everyone is ( Read more... )

"You wake me up early in the morning to tell me I am right? Please wait until I am wrong." --Johann von Neumann

"Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win." --Jonathon Kozol

"The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity." --Harlan Ellison

"A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world." --Edmond de Goncourt

"I hate the outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the car is." --Will Durst

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny...'" --Isaac Asimov

"I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult." --E. B. White

Two, because they both made me laugh.

"Start every day off with a smile and get it over with." --W.C. Fields

"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair." --Doublas Adams

I think this will be my new line when people ask why I'm not a programmer.

Women are shitty programmers because they are emotional and irrational.
Man: My program won't work, I must have written it incorrectly.
Woman: My program won't work, the computer must hate me. Let's go shopping.

Courtesy of bash.