Me: What's the Wi-Fi password?
Bartender: you need to buy a drink first.
Me: Okay, I'll have a coke.
Bartender: Is Pepsi ok?
Me: Sure, how much is that?
Bartender: $3
Me: There you go. So, what's the Wi-Fi password?
Bartender: you need to buy a drink first. No spaces, all lowercase.
A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlor and pulled himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool.
After catching his breath, he ordered a banana split.
The waitress asked kindly, “Crushed nuts?”
“No,” he replied. “Arthritis.”
This tale begins with the premise that no English dictionary has been able to adequately explain the difference between these two words: "Complete" or "Finished".
In a linguistic competition held in London and attended by, supposedly, the best in the world, Samdar Balgobin, a Guyanese man, was the clear winner with a standing ovation which lasted over 5 minutes.
The final question was, “How do you explain the difference between COMPLETE and FINISHED in a way that is easy to understand? Some people say there is no difference between COMPLETE and FINISHED.”
Here is his astute answer. "When you marry the right woman, you are COMPLETE. When you marry the wrong woman, you are FINISHED.
And when the right one catches you with the wrong one, you are COMPLETELY FINISHED!"
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Me: What's the Wi-Fi password?
Bartender: you need to buy a drink first.
Me: Okay, I'll have a coke.
Bartender: Is Pepsi ok?
Me: Sure, how much is that?
Bartender: $3
Me: There you go. So, what's the Wi-Fi password?
Bartender: you need to buy a drink first. No spaces, all lowercase.
A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlor and pulled himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool.
After catching his breath, he ordered a banana split.
The waitress asked kindly, “Crushed nuts?”
“No,” he replied. “Arthritis.”
This tale begins with the premise that no English dictionary has been able to adequately explain the difference between these two words: "Complete" or "Finished".
In a linguistic competition held in London and attended by, supposedly, the best in the world, Samdar Balgobin, a Guyanese man, was the clear winner with a standing ovation which lasted over 5 minutes.
The final question was, “How do you explain the difference between COMPLETE and FINISHED in a way that is easy to understand? Some people say there is no difference between COMPLETE and FINISHED.”
Here is his astute answer. "When you marry the right woman, you are COMPLETE. When you marry the wrong woman, you are FINISHED.
And when the right one catches you with the wrong one, you are COMPLETELY FINISHED!"
Throw a coin enough times, and suppose one day it lands on its edge.
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Another great lowest bidder completion
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"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
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