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  • HoraceH Offline
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    Apple is known to put deadweight in their products because people are known to associate weight with quality.

    Education is extremely important.

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    • LuFins DadL Offline
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      This should lead to some pretty good Achmed the Dead Terrorist material

      The Brad

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        So they say now, the luxembourgers understood that hezbollah would switch immediately to an alternate channel of communication and so the next echelon was targeted.

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        • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

          Of course, the walk is talkies could carry a heavier charge than a pager.

          “Muhammed, why are these walkie talkies so heavy?”

          “Is good! They are built solidly! They will hold up during the great intifada!”

          I would hate to be the Hezbollah procurement guy, right now.

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          @LuFins-Dad and maybe the hezbollah procurement guy is currently drinking a martini on Tel Aviv beach promenade?

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          • bachophileB bachophile

            So they say now, the luxembourgers understood that hezbollah would switch immediately to an alternate channel of communication and so the next echelon was targeted.

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            @bachophile said in The Exploding Pagers:

            So they say now, the luxembourgers understood that hezbollah would switch immediately to an alternate channel of communication and so the next echelon was targeted.

            Wait till you see what they did to the semaphore flags..:

            The Brad

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              Only non-witches get due process.

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              • George KG George K

                @89th said in The Exploding Pagers:

                Allegedly the pager message sent right before it exploded displayed "555"

                Somewhere I read that the message was 5318008 (but you had to turn it upside down).

                MikM Offline
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                @George-K said in The Exploding Pagers:

                @89th said in The Exploding Pagers:

                Allegedly the pager message sent right before it exploded displayed "555"

                Somewhere I read that the message was 5318008 (but you had to turn it upside down).

                Both splendid posts. 😄

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  @bachophile @89th Just like Israel, I can neither confirm nor deny anything. LOL

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                    https://babylonbee.com/news/rashida-tlaib-uninjured-after-her-pager-mysteriously-explodes

                    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Capitol Police responded to an urgent call amid reports of a loud disturbance in the congressional offices today. Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was later reportedly uninjured after her pager mysteriously exploded.

                    The incident occurred earlier Tuesday in Tlaib's Capitol Hill office, where her pager had been sitting on a desk before spontaneously detonating, causing a significant scare but leaving no reported injuries.

                    "It just blew up right out of nowhere!" one of Tlaib's staffers said following the explosion. "We were just going about our business, checking over the congresswoman's itinerary of Death-To-Israel protests, when there was a huge blast in the next room. We went in there, papers were flying everywhere, and there was smoke… thank goodness she had put the pager on the desk. Such a crazy, unexplained incident, right?"

                    Tlaib's staff was questioned on the origin of the pager but provided little clarification. "She said it was a gift from some dear friends," one staffer explained. "Honestly, we thought it was a little weird for a U.S. congresswoman to be carrying a pager in 2024, but didn't really think too much of it. Now it blew up in our office. I guess we're seeing why people stopped carrying pagers now, right? I mean, those things are obviously dangerous!"

                    At publishing time, police were called to Dearborn, Michigan after reports of several thousand pager explosions in the area.

                    The Brad

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                    • George KG Offline
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                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                        https://babylonbee.com/news/rashida-tlaib-uninjured-after-her-pager-mysteriously-explodes

                        WASHINGTON, D.C. — Capitol Police responded to an urgent call amid reports of a loud disturbance in the congressional offices today. Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was later reportedly uninjured after her pager mysteriously exploded.

                        The incident occurred earlier Tuesday in Tlaib's Capitol Hill office, where her pager had been sitting on a desk before spontaneously detonating, causing a significant scare but leaving no reported injuries.

                        "It just blew up right out of nowhere!" one of Tlaib's staffers said following the explosion. "We were just going about our business, checking over the congresswoman's itinerary of Death-To-Israel protests, when there was a huge blast in the next room. We went in there, papers were flying everywhere, and there was smoke… thank goodness she had put the pager on the desk. Such a crazy, unexplained incident, right?"

                        Tlaib's staff was questioned on the origin of the pager but provided little clarification. "She said it was a gift from some dear friends," one staffer explained. "Honestly, we thought it was a little weird for a U.S. congresswoman to be carrying a pager in 2024, but didn't really think too much of it. Now it blew up in our office. I guess we're seeing why people stopped carrying pagers now, right? I mean, those things are obviously dangerous!"

                        At publishing time, police were called to Dearborn, Michigan after reports of several thousand pager explosions in the area.

                        MikM Offline
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                        @LuFins-Dad said in The Exploding Pagers:

                        https://babylonbee.com/news/rashida-tlaib-uninjured-after-her-pager-mysteriously-explodes

                        WASHINGTON, D.C. — Capitol Police responded to an urgent call amid reports of a loud disturbance in the congressional offices today. Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was later reportedly uninjured after her pager mysteriously exploded.

                        The incident occurred earlier Tuesday in Tlaib's Capitol Hill office, where her pager had been sitting on a desk before spontaneously detonating, causing a significant scare but leaving no reported injuries.

                        "It just blew up right out of nowhere!" one of Tlaib's staffers said following the explosion. "We were just going about our business, checking over the congresswoman's itinerary of Death-To-Israel protests, when there was a huge blast in the next room. We went in there, papers were flying everywhere, and there was smoke… thank goodness she had put the pager on the desk. Such a crazy, unexplained incident, right?"

                        Tlaib's staff was questioned on the origin of the pager but provided little clarification. "She said it was a gift from some dear friends," one staffer explained. "Honestly, we thought it was a little weird for a U.S. congresswoman to be carrying a pager in 2024, but didn't really think too much of it. Now it blew up in our office. I guess we're seeing why people stopped carrying pagers now, right? I mean, those things are obviously dangerous!"

                        At publishing time, police were called to Dearborn, Michigan after reports of several thousand pager explosions in the area.

                        Snort.

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        • Tom-KT Offline
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                          It seems it ain't over. There are exploding walkie-talkies now. One or two dead and maybe 400 wounded. Not a good couple of days for Hezbollah.

                          https://www.aljazeera.com/live

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                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              pager
                              walkie talkie
                              iPhone

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                                @George-K

                                😂

                                Elbows up!

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                                  Oh...

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                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  • MikM Offline
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                                    Jealous we didn’t think of it sez I.

                                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                      Only non-witches get due process.

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                                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                                          I have no sympathy whatsoever for Hezbollah. They can all rot in hell, as far as I'm concerned.

                                          But I'm not sure this was a good idea. Innocent children that just happened to stand close by were injured or killed. It's not clear to me that the overall effect will be positive for Israel.

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