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Locally there's a community which has the initials "DP." So the poor sheltered fools made bumper stickers "I heart DP." It's awesome, I give them to chicks at bars/college and it's priceless. S/F....Ken M

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Locally there's a community which has the initials "DP." So the poor sheltered fools made bumper stickers "I heart DP." It's awesome, I give them to chicks at bars/college and it's priceless. S/F....Ken M

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Locally there's a community which has the initials "DP." So the poor sheltered fools made bumper stickers "I heart DP." It's awesome, I give them to chicks at bars/college and it's priceless. S/F....Ken M

Please explain.

 

 

Well you see, when a mommy loves a daddy, and a daddy loves a mommy, and they both think their neighbor Steve is pretty cool...... :D

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One giant octopus can do that and still be free to do two more.

What's the Japanese word for multitasking?

One word is the English word butchered into Japanese.

 

ma ru chi ta su ki n gu マルチタスキング

 

Another word for it is made up of Japanese characters for creating the meaning.

 

fuku suu gyou mu 複数業務

 

And then there is whatever is best for this page's contents :lol:

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One giant octopus can do that and still be free to do two more.

What's the Japanese word for multitasking?

One word is the English word butchered into Japanese.

 

ma ru chi ta su ki n gu マルチタスキング

 

Another word for it is made up of Japanese characters for creating the meaning.

 

fuku suu gyou mu 複数業務

 

And then there is whatever is best for this page's contents :lol:

 

 

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I have seen the Brit term "quango" before, but just now have run into use of the word "quangocrat". In a column by Delingpole, if you must know.

 

What a wonderful word! I would guess that folks like the US's National Labor Relations Board would fit that moniker.

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I have seen the Brit term "quango" before, but just now have run into use of the word "quangocrat". In a column by Delingpole, if you must know.

 

What a wonderful word! I would guess that folks like the US's National Labor Relations Board would fit that moniker.

Did Delingpole say what it stands for? :)

 

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Naw, he was using it in a humor piece, describing what sort of folk are members of which political party.

 

In the US, our quangocrats are the purported center-left folks who give lip service to constitutional government, but where lines are blurred between .gov and .org, and both play referee to all things economic.

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Naw, he was using it in a humor piece, describing what sort of folk are members of which political party.

 

In the US, our quangocrats are the purported center-left folks who give lip service to constitutional government, but where lines are blurred between .gov and .org, and both play referee to all things economic.

It's actually an acronym:

Quasi

Autonomous

Non

Government

Organisation

 

Over here they are a way of keeping the incumbent government at arm's length from possibly unpopular matters (apart from paying) and as a way of keeping largely useless noses in the tax-payer's money trough, with so-called charities being a current favourite.

 

BillB

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Quasi autonomous NGO.

 

That is a good term. Got to remember that one.

 

German political parties (the bigger ones at least) have set up foundations for the purpose of political education, scholarships and foreign aid. Named for late famous members of their parties. Totally independent of course. And a place to dump politicians past their use by date. Mostly financed by various Ministries and a black hole that millions disappear in.

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I have seen the Brit term "quango" before, but just now have run into use of the word "quangocrat". In a column by Delingpole, if you must know.

 

What a wonderful word! I would guess that folks like the US's National Labor Relations Board would fit that moniker.

Yeah, Quango has been around for at least a decade, maybe longer.

It's been around since the 70's and originated in the US.

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I have seen the Brit term "quango" before, but just now have run into use of the word "quangocrat". In a column by Delingpole, if you must know.

 

What a wonderful word! I would guess that folks like the US's National Labor Relations Board would fit that moniker.

Yeah, Quango has been around for at least a decade, maybe longer.

It's been around since the 70's and originated in the US.

 

 

That would be about right. Its usually about 20 years after America has an idea that we adopt it. Unless its bad weather, and we get it about 2 weeks later. :D

 

Why don't you just blame Bush? :blink:

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