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Mostly I look after the technical side - the scripts, HTML, database and other magic that keeps the site working.

I've submitted a few juicy quotes, though.
Here's the best of what Wrongfellow has contributed:
"If Stephen Hawking were British, he would be dead" - Investor's Business Daily
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 16 Aug 2009. + (9) - (0) Permalink
Of course he would be. If his computerized voice tried to talk with a British accent, it would explode.
    Posted by CheddarBBQ on 21 Nov 2009.
Damn those Brits. No respect for physicists. - I'm from London, btw.
    Posted by Destrii on 11 Jan 2010.

Q: "What are you doing?" A: "Making sure my hair looks sober"
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 16 Jan 2010. + (5) - (0) Permalink

"That thing you just described... how can I describe it...?"
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 11 Feb 2010. + (5) - (0) Permalink
Friggin' ineffable, man...
    Posted by Necropaxx on 11 Feb 2010.

"...A weakness we've seen since 9-11 -- airplanes can fly into buildings..."
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 24 Feb 2010. + (5) - (0) Permalink

We're a Cambridge based company. Our offices are in Portugal.
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 14 Nov 2009. + (4) - (0) Permalink

"Pirates seized the MV Theresa VIII, a chemical tanker with a cargo of 28 North Koreans..."
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 17 Nov 2009. + (4) - (0) Permalink
Presumably that should be "crew"?
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 17 Nov 2009.
It was a slave trade vessel.
    Posted by Necropaxx on 17 Nov 2009.

Biodegradable plastic! That's amazing! What's it made of?
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 19 Nov 2009. + (4) - (0) Permalink
I bet it's a type of metal.
    Posted by CheddarBBQ on 22 Nov 2009.
Processed feces.
    Posted by Moosh on 23 Nov 2009.

"These days you can get arrested just for shooting people."
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 19 Jun 2010. + (4) - (0) Permalink

"It's cruel to farm animals to switch to DST each year. They have to get up an hour earlier. The cows get confused."
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 23 Oct 2009. + (4) - (0) Permalink
Sadly, this is true.
    Posted by Socky on 23 Oct 2009.
Do cows get confused? With all that cud-chewing Zen meditation they do, I always thought they had stuff pretty well worked out.
    Posted by JT on 23 Oct 2009.

Is a calculator like a spellchecker but for maths?
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 3 Dec 2009. + (3) - (0) Permalink
Excellent!
    Posted by JT on 3 Dec 2009.