Re^2: I'm not going to [http://braga.yapceurope.org/|YAPC Europe: Braga, Portugal], because

Hmm... sounds like U.S.S. Maine and the start of the Spanish-American war? You'll soon visit for another reason? :-)

(Hope the joke isn't too tasteless, this year. For the record, an invasion to implement an arab democracy is IMHO a potentially good thing. If done well.)

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Re^3: I'm not going to [http://braga.yapceurope.org/\|YAPC Europe: Braga, Portugal], because by DrWhy (Chaplain) on Aug 17, 2005 at 19:35 UTC
Why would you want an arab democracy in Portugal? --DrWhy "If God had meant for us to think for ourselves he would have given us brains. Oh, wait..."	[reply]
[OT] Explaining a failed joke; ignore by BerntB (Deacon) on Aug 17, 2005 at 19:55 UTC
The Arabs lost control of Portugal quite a few hundreds year ago. :-) I'll explain, even tough you probably understood the joke and tried to be funny, too. :-) US declared war against Spain using as excuse that a ship exploded in a harbor (in Cuba, I think). Noone still knows why the ship exploded. Considering WMDs etc, I joked that a Portugese man-o-war burning a US citizen would result in Portugal being bombed. I had the disclaimer, because I consider Chomsky as reliable as Fox News; as much religion as Vi-believers (Emacs lovers are of course just using reason). But this is totally off topic.	[reply]
Re: [OT] Explaining a failed joke; ignore by DrWhy (Chaplain) on Aug 17, 2005 at 20:51 UTC
hmmm... looks like I shoulda put a ;) or a </joke> at the end of my post. --DrWhy "If God had meant for us to think for ourselves he would have given us brains. Oh, wait..."	[reply]