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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 4:12 pm
by Istenem
had a peep at janet jackson's jaded jubblies?
no, the clue is in the number. a bit of lateral thinking and you are there.
not a zip code or anything about telephones.
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:08 pm
by Gran
Something to do with the 9th january 1996?
Some kind of parody on the Y2K bug?
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:14 pm
by Istenem
Gran wrote:
Some kind of parody on the Y2K bug?
correct Gran. by putting a 0 before the year they are future-proofing themselves until 100000
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:19 pm
by Gran
SKY 5.
Kind of an obscure one here.
Why did Sir Charles Napier think himself a clever so-and-so when he sent the one word telegram "peccavi" in 1863.
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:21 pm
by Cardinal Sin
peccavi sounds like Italian or Latin, and it sounds like the 1st person singular.
Or maybe I dreamt all that.
Am I at all close?
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:24 pm
by Gran
Aye, peccavi is a Latin word....
(loving the avatar by the way)
EDIT: And yes, it is first person singular
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:26 pm
by Cardinal Sin
Sounds like it could be derived from pecca as in impeccable...
so was he trying to say he had achieved perfection? or that he was just brilliant?
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:27 pm
by Gran
Hmmm, it's hard to tell you more without giving it away....
Suffice to say, peccavi means "I have sinned"
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:42 pm
by Istenem
i have sinned in latin. vi visti vit, vimus vitis vint.
don't know the answer though.
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:22 pm
by Gran
OK, it has something to do with British colonialism
Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 4:18 pm
by Gran
Basically, one of the main regions in Pakistan is called Sind.
He captured it for the British, and sent that telegram to act the smart arse.
Possibly a bit on the obscure side there, sorry guys.
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 9:05 pm
by Gran
Step up to the plate, CR, I'm at work all day with chatrooms and gambling sites banned.
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 9:09 pm
by Cardinal Sin
Nae luck. You should really get a job like mine (I've got about a 10% chance of getting fired tomorrow for trying and failing to be funny).
Right. Here's one of those questions that you hear that could well be complete baloney, but I'm going to ask it anyway.
What is the best-selling debut album of all time?
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 9:47 pm
by Mattb
Is that worldwide YE?
Here its Arctic Monkeys, before that it was Oasis.
Matt
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:20 pm
by Cardinal Sin
it is worldwide, so none of the above.