The Delta Forum Lounge Thread — Everybody is Still Welcome! 2018-2021
Dec 31, 2018, 11:49 am
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My sister is a huge fan of "The Office" and I got her a "Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company" t-shirt for Christmas this year. I shipped it to my mom's house. My mom opened the box from Amazon to wrap it for me and wondered why I got my sister a t-shirt with from a paper company. Obviously she's not as a familiar with the show.
Dec 31, 2018, 1:10 pm
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"Knowledge is good".
My sister is a huge fan of "The Office" and I got her a "Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company" t-shirt for Christmas this year. I shipped it to my mom's house. My mom opened the box from Amazon to wrap it for me and wondered why I got my sister a t-shirt with from a paper company. Obviously she's not as a familiar with the show.
My sister is a huge fan of "The Office" and I got her a "Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company" t-shirt for Christmas this year. I shipped it to my mom's house. My mom opened the box from Amazon to wrap it for me and wondered why I got my sister a t-shirt with from a paper company. Obviously she's not as a familiar with the show.
Dec 31, 2018, 3:39 pm
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There are other examples of university initials leading to ambiguity, such as U of M (Michigan or Minnesota, also abbreviated as UMN), PSU (Penn State versus Portland State in Oregon), IU (Indiana University in Bloomington IN or what used to be called IUP for Indiana University of Pennsylvania and before that something like Indiana State Teachers' College in Pennsylvania's state system, the one that includes Slippery Rock which is such a funny name for a place that was known for training gym teachers), and many others.
There is a long running joke about SUNY- Ann Arbor due to how many New Yorkers send kids to U of Michigan for college. (I guess when the big option in New York City for some kids ends up being Hudson University, Midwestern winters don't sound so bad.)
Dec 31, 2018, 3:46 pm
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Happy New Years celebrations etc to all my lounge friends. May all your upgrades come through in 2019.
Dec 31, 2018, 4:56 pm
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I'm enjoying the summertime holidays in Buenos Aires, where a local facility of higher learning is the Universidad de Morón. The accent gets lost in translation, so it looks like you would expect in English...
Dec 31, 2018, 5:42 pm
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Dec 31, 2018, 5:43 pm
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I always giggle at the name Creighton University.
Dec 31, 2018, 5:53 pm
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Ask someone from South Carolina and someone from Los Angeles what school "USC" is and you'll get different responses. Supposedly part of the reason that Ohio State is now called "THE" Ohio State University (with everyone emphasizing the "THE") was to differentiate it from the other OSU's around the country (Oklahoma State University and Oregon State University).
Of course the best university abbreviation is Fordham University
Of course the best university abbreviation is Fordham University
Dec 31, 2018, 6:18 pm
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probably for a different reason than the similarity of (mis)pronunciation to Robert Llewellyn’s mechanoid character in the BBC science-fiction series Red Dwarf
Dec 31, 2018, 6:46 pm
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Wishing all a very Happy and Healthy New Year.
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Dec 31, 2018, 6:57 pm
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Dec 31, 2018, 7:10 pm
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Jan 1, 2019, 12:29 am
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Happy New Year to all!
Except for the drunk driver I just called the cops on of course. Just watched him get taken away in handcuffs.
Except for the drunk driver I just called the cops on of course. Just watched him get taken away in handcuffs.
Jan 1, 2019, 4:37 am
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Good whatever.
I guess it's 2019 everywhere by now, so happy new year.
My FF account is showing zeroes, so I guess it's time for all those "when will it be rollover" threads.
I guess it's 2019 everywhere by now, so happy new year.
My FF account is showing zeroes, so I guess it's time for all those "when will it be rollover" threads.
Jan 1, 2019, 7:19 am
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