InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comFri, 24 May 2013 09:52:24 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspxThanks for the reminder. :-)Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:49:22 GMTzymoshttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspxHa Ha Ha ......Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:42:40 GMTiBarhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspx[quote][b]Britt Cluff (4/2/2012)[/b][hr]Why is this not 100% on the correct responses?[/quote]April's fool is mainly celebrated in USA and Canada (not sure if any other countries) by playing practical jokes on April 1st. Since this is an international community I assume incorrect responses are from members outside of these countries that don't know or know very little what it is about."El" Jerry.Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:53:39 GMTEL Jerryhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspx[quote][b]Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/3/2012)[/b][hr]No one "lost" points. There isn't a total from which we remove them. You earn them, or you don't.[/quote]We all recognize the concept of "opportunity cost". Thus not getting the points does count as a "loss" to that extent.Now, to violate my usual paradigm, I'm going to NOT write several dense paragraphs on the subject and will just leave it at that.(D*** the verbosity! Full speed ahead!)Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:31:31 GMTGSquaredhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspxNo one "lost" points. There isn't a total from which we remove them. You earn them, or you don't.Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:17:00 GMTSteve Jones - SSC Editorhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspx[quote][b]GSquared (4/3/2012)[/b][hr][quote][b]sqlzealot-81 (4/3/2012)[/b][hr]Why not satire? Points only to "Practical Joke" is not justified.Lost 7 points anyway.[/quote]Would have been even better if he didn't give any points for any answers. Then the question itself would be an April Fools joke! :w00t:[/quote]Now that would have been classic.Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:53:33 GMTKWymorehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspx[quote][b]sqlzealot-81 (4/3/2012)[/b][hr]Why not satire? Points only to "Practical Joke" is not justified.Lost 7 points anyway.[/quote]Would have been even better if he didn't give any points for any answers. Then the question itself would be an April Fools joke! :w00t:Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:10:30 GMTGSquaredhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspxWhy not satire? Points only to "Practical Joke" is not justified.Lost 7 points anyway.Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:40:27 GMTsqlzealot-81http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspxWhy is this not 100% on the correct responses?Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:20:10 GMTBritt Cluffhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspxBeing close to the USA border helps understanding their culture. Learning English in a Mexico-based USA-cultured institute helps even more.Got my points, but no practical jokes yesterday since here in Mexico they are played, like in Spain, on December 28th.Thank you, Steve, for the question."El" Jerry.Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:38:53 GMTEL Jerryhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspx[quote][b]Revenant (4/2/2012)[/b][hr][quote][b]GSquared (4/2/2012)[/b][hr]As usual, I spent the day telling people who were barefoot or in sandles, et al, that their shoes were untied. Told my dogs that too, of course. . . .[/quote]How many dogs do you have?[/quote]Two.Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:49:24 GMTGSquaredhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspx[quote][b]GSquared (4/2/2012)[/b][hr]As usual, I spent the day telling people who were barefoot or in sandles, et al, that their shoes were untied. Told my dogs that too, of course. . . .[/quote]How many dogs do you have?Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:14:41 GMTRevenanthttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspx[quote][b]GSquared (4/2/2012)[/b][hr]As usual, I spent the day telling people who were barefoot or in sandles, et al, that their shoes were untied. Told my dogs that too, of course.Put white food coloring in some milk.Swapped out the sugar for some sucrose.The dogs thought the shoelaces bit was funny.[/quote]You should have tried telling that one to cats. Or was the white coloring in the milk for them?Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:07:45 GMTL' Eomot Inverséhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspxAs usual, I was in Spain on April 1st. The only people around here who have heard of April Fool's Day are expats. In northern Spain (about 1200 miles from here), near the French border, some people (a minority) have heard of it (and play tricks whose victims are "pescados de Abril" if they fall for them; but for some incomprehensible reason are not "peces de Abril" if they aren't caught) but even there, it's not like it is in the USA and other countries where the April Fool's Day tradition is live. Here it is 28th December instead of 1st April.So it's still true that all the humour questions have a particular cultural bias. I suppose that's inevitable though.Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:05:48 GMTL' Eomot Inverséhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspxAs usual, I spent the day telling people who were barefoot or in sandles, et al, that their shoes were untied. Told my dogs that too, of course.Put white food coloring in some milk.Swapped out the sugar for some sucrose.The dogs thought the shoelaces bit was funny.Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:01:30 GMTGSquaredhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspxToo bad April Fool's did not fall on a work day for most of us.:hehe:Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:32:57 GMTWelsh Corgihttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspxI actually had to think about this for a second because I went almost all day yesterday without any references at all to 'April Fool's Day'. It was nice to not have anyone pull any pranks on me. Although I did get some strange SSIS failures...Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:26:16 GMTKWymorehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspxPoints only to "Practical Joke" is not justified.Lost 7 points anyway.Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:56:44 GMTiBarhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspxWOW! 7 Points!! Cheers Steve, hope you played many a fool yesterday! Woot! woot! :-PMon, 02 Apr 2012 02:48:35 GMTDugyChttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspxIs Steve's editorial the April Fool? Saying next year's April Fools Day is a Wednesday.... ;-)Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:45:11 GMTSG Cowleyhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspxW00t! 7 points :-DSun, 01 Apr 2012 23:29:49 GMTKoen Verbeeckhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspxYeah, got my 7 points.Sun, 01 Apr 2012 07:05:18 GMTBritt Cluffhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspxSorry, couldn't understand the justificationSun, 01 Apr 2012 05:42:51 GMTSQL-DBA-01http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspxThanks steve.:-D:-DSat, 31 Mar 2012 13:21:25 GMTSQLRNNRhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspxThanks Steve, won 7 points :)Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:04:22 GMTmohammed moinudheenhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1276207-32-1.aspxComments posted to this topic are about the item [B]<A HREF="/questions/humor/89252/">The Beginning of April</A>[/B]Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:03:55 GMTSteve Jones - SSC Editor