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i got the following strange extra question in a written test
today . since the test was abt c/c++ i guess this is on topic here

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22) Consider the following quote:

"If Mickey's a mouse, Donald's a duck, Pluto's a dog... What's Goofy?"

a) Who said that?
b) What is the correct answer to that question?

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doz ne1 know?

thnk u

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mfg, heinrich

On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 15:52:35 -0800 (PST), Heinrich Pumpernickel <> wrote:

> i got the following strange extra question in a written test today .

There's nothing really strange about that question; I used to ask these
kind of extra credit question all the time.

> since the test was abt c/c++

Are there really combined C / C++ courses these days?

> i guess this is on topic here

Probably not (although I have no idea where it might be topical).


> --8<--
>
> 22) Consider the following quote:
>
> "If Mickey's a mouse, Donald's a duck, Pluto's a dog... What's Goofy?"
>
> a) Who said that?

<OT> I KNOW!!!1 </OT>

Gordie Lachance (see, only takes 1 minute to find out)


> b) What is the correct answer to that question?

Inconclusive...

b.1) "Goofy's a dog! He's definitely a dog."

b.2) "He can't be a dog. He wears a hat and drives a car."

b.3) "That's wierd! What the hell *IS* Goofy?"

Extra-extra credit: Who said these lines, and where?


> doz ne1 know?

???


> thnk u

Well, um... you're wlcm.

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Heinrich Pumpernickel wrote:
> i got the following strange extra question in a written test
> today . since the test was abt c/c++ i guess this is on topic here
>
> --8<--
>
> 22) Consider the following quote:
>
> "If Mickey's a mouse, Donald's a duck, Pluto's a dog... What's Goofy?"
>
> a) Who said that?
> b) What is the correct answer to that question?
>
> --8<--
>
> doz ne1 know?
>
> thnk u
>
> --
> mfg, heinrich
>

23) Multiple choice:
a. Haven't you heard of Google?
b. No, it's not on topic
c. We speak English here, not txt
d. All of the above

Heinrich Pumpernickel wrote:
> i got the following strange extra question in a written test
> today . since the test was abt c/c++ i guess this is on topic here
>
> --8<--
>
> 22) Consider the following quote:
>
> "If Mickey's a mouse, Donald's a duck, Pluto's a dog... What's Goofy?"
>
> a) Who said that?
> b) What is the correct answer to that question?
>
> --8<--
>
> doz ne1 know?
>
> thnk u
>
> --
> mfg, heinrich
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
Too bad this is off-topic but it was from the movie Stand By Me (I
think) and I believe that the answer is a dog.

Heinrich Pumpernickel wrote:
> i got the following strange extra question in a written test
> today . since the test was abt c/c++ i guess this is on topic here

The mythical language "c/c++" is not topical in either comp.lang.c or
comp.lang.c++.

> 22) Consider the following quote:
>
> "If Mickey's a mouse, Donald's a duck, Pluto's a dog... What's Goofy?"
>
> a) Who said that?
> b) What is the correct answer to that question?

<http://au.answers.yahoo.com/answers2/frontend.php/question?qid=20070812180505AAajO3n>
labels as the best answer: "An adjective".

see also
<http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070425182001AAN1dBe>
<http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_077.html>
<http://ask.metafilter.com/31890/What-is-the-deal-with-Goofy-and-Pluto>

What was your C question? What was your C++ question? Why can't you
post to the one concerned with the language you use? Why not post to
the Fortran, Lisp, and Cobol newsgroups as well?

Joel Haugen wrote:
> Heinrich Pumpernickel wrote:
>
>> i got the following strange extra question in a written test
>> today. since the test was abt c/c++ i guess this is on topic here
>>
>> 22) Consider the following quote:
>>
>> "If Mickey's a mouse, Donald's a duck, Pluto's a dog...
>> What's Goofy?"
>>
>> a) Who said that?
>> b) What is the correct answer to that question?
>
> Too bad this is off-topic but it was from the movie Stand By Me
> (I think) and I believe that the answer is a dog.

What's goofy is the foolish action of posting this on c.l.c.

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Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net)
<http://cbfalconer.home.att.net>
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Heinrich Pumpernickel wrote:

> i got the following strange extra question in a written test
> today . since the test was abt c/c++ i guess this is on topic here

*ping*

No.

> 22) Consider the following quote:
>
> "If Mickey's a mouse, Donald's a duck, Pluto's a dog... What's Goofy?"
>
> a) Who said that?

No-one. Standard C doesn't have any functions for saying anything. It's
just a string literal.

> b) What is the correct answer to that question?

"Question 22".

> doz ne1 know?

You don't have to use an acoustic coupler on an analog phone line any more.

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Chris "mary hopkins" Dollin

Hewlett-Packard Limited Cain Road, Bracknell, registered no:
registered office: Berks RG12 1HN 690597 England

On Dec 5, 8:43 am, CBFalconer <cbfalco...@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> What's goofy is the foolish action of posting this on c.l.c.

What's goofy is that this is pretty obviously just a troll to get you
all stirred up. Probably some newbie you regulars were "charming" to,
but could also be just a simple troll.

A couple of non-regulars took it in the sprit in which it was intended
and played along. All the regs started jumping up and down shouting
OT in a highly predictable fashion. OP seems to have acheived his
goal.

Although the best course of action here would have been to ignore the
post, I don't mind people playing with the trolls now and then. But
feeding them (i.e. shouting OT) is like shouting at the wind. Better
to just save your breath.

Why is my compiler so slow today...

Doug

Doug wrote:

> On Dec 5, 8:43 am, CBFalconer <cbfalco...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> What's goofy is the foolish action of posting this on c.l.c.
>
> What's goofy is that this is pretty obviously just a troll to get you
> all stirred up. Probably some newbie you regulars were "charming" to,
> but could also be just a simple troll.
>
> A couple of non-regulars took it in the sprit in which it was intended
> and played along. All the regs

All? Not yet-here, all.

> started jumping up and down shouting OT in a highly predictable fashion.

I should be less predictable, or less regular.

But it was indeed seriously off-topic.

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Chris "noise" Dollin

Hewlett-Packard Limited registered no:
registered office: Cain Road, Bracknell, Berks RG12 1HN 690597 England

Doug wrote:

> On Dec 5, 8:43 am, CBFalconer <cbfalco...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> What's goofy is the foolish action of posting this on c.l.c.
>
> What's goofy is that this is pretty obviously just a troll to get you
> all stirred up. Probably some newbie you regulars were "charming" to,
> but could also be just a simple troll.

No. Pumpernickel has trolled here on and off for quite some time. It's
disappointing how many posters chose to respond to him.

> A couple of non-regulars took it in the sprit in which it was intended
> and played along. All the regs started jumping up and down shouting
> OT in a highly predictable fashion. OP seems to have acheived his
> goal.

No. The post is a troll and a troll post is always OT. So the "regulars"
are correct.

But both the "regulars" and the others should not have responded at all
in the first place to this blatant troll.

> Although the best course of action here would have been to ignore the
> post,

Agreed.

> I don't mind people playing with the trolls now and then.

Oh no. Trolls have destroyed some groups.

> But feeding them (i.e. shouting OT) is like shouting at the wind.
> Better to just save your breath.

Yes. Feeding them is unwise, but this applies to all respondents
concerned, not just those who said OT. Even you and me are responsible
for keeping this useless thread going.

This will be my last post to this thread.

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