Toadfish Monastery

Quote from: Aggie on May 15, 2012, 09:36:12 PM
actual relationships are too messy

I guess that's why the romantic ideals involve the death of the lovers (alla Romeo & Juliet).

Last _{six months to two years to start hating each other} Post

Ephraim Kishon wrote a whole drama about Romeo and Julia as an aging couple (with a nymphomaniac daughter named Lucretia).

Last Post

I would imagine it would be worse than the average arranged marriage.

Last _{expectations are a killer} Post

Extra problem: the author ("Willy") has found them and tries to get the proper ending back.
One of Julia's major complaints is that her husband has an affair with a hot-water bottle  named Lisa and that the priest does not consider that sufficient for a legal divorce.
They still debate btw whether it was the lark or the nightingale.

Last Post

Last _{does he have the willies?} Post

I worked on a database once where there were too many willies. We had a good laugh when it fell over.

it only allowed for 999, which in any database is a ridiculously small number for possible keys, especially when Williams is a very common name

Last Post

Not to forget Jones

Last _{how many John Jones(es) are there in Britain?} Post

2,136,781 not including the Isle of Man and the Bailiwick of Upton Snodsbury.

Last _{Precision is everything} post

non-Manximized results?

Last Post

Edit: googling how many john jones in england gives 258 million results in 0.34 seconds

Last _{but if you use quotes you get no results at all} Post

Still enough when you drop the 'in england'.

Last Post

Enough for what? A John Jones convention?

Last _{only in Wales} Post

Last _{can you see whales in Wales?} Post

From Wales likely. But most dolphinaria in Wales seem to have closed.

Last _{a few dead whales in museums maybe} Post

Whaddayanow? They even have a blog.

Last http://whaleswales.blogspot.com/ Post