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Re: Belgium fines Yahoo...
I am reminded of a bit from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where Douglas Adams defines Belgium as a swear word:
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Even though words like jujuflop, swut, and turlingdrome are now perfectly acceptable in common usage, there is still one word which is beyond the pale. The concept it embodies is so revolting that the publication or broadcast of the word is forbidden in all parts of the galaxy except one, where they don't know what it means.
That word is 'belgium' and it is only ever used by loose tongued people like Zaphod Beeblebrox in situations of dire provocation.
Seems Adams' making of Belgium into a swear word is most fitting here. Though if I were Yahoo, I would likely respond to that judge's email with some very real swear words. And add, good luck collecting on that fine of yours.
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"The trouble with computers, of course, is that they are very sophisticated idiots." - Doctor Who (from Robot)
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