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― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 6 February 2006 18:22 (eighteen years ago) link
they did a long time ago... still, i won't complain. it's good to fill a boring day at the office !
― AleXTC (AleXTC), Monday, 6 February 2006 18:24 (eighteen years ago) link
Sure, we know it's a Christmas party, and they're probably playing a game. But why are they writing in English?
― melton mowbray (adr), Monday, 6 February 2006 18:26 (eighteen years ago) link
Leonard Cohen, Dear HeatherThe Temptations, For Lovers Only
something by John Coltranesomething by Take Thatsomething called Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino?)something by a band called "L'Aventura" ??
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 6 February 2006 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link
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― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:26 (eighteen years ago) link
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― melton mowbray (adr), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:32 (eighteen years ago) link
I just did a rough translation of the caption of the photo, based on that Croatian-English dictionary site I linked to earlier.
KOJA JE OVA RIBA U PRUGASTIM PANTALONAMA? = Who Is This Fish in the Striped Trousers?
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― melton mowbray (adr), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link
Amazon
Wikipedia
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link
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― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:49 (eighteen years ago) link
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― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― melton mowbray (adr), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:53 (eighteen years ago) link
Chocolate confection, I'd say.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:56 (eighteen years ago) link
Does anyone know where the map on the right hand wall is of? Could it be... Spain?
― melton mowbray (adr), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 6 February 2006 20:02 (eighteen years ago) link
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― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 6 February 2006 20:07 (eighteen years ago) link
Well, a lot of scientists have to use English as part of their work, and the fact that it is written as "Rudolph the deer" and not "Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer" suggests that English is probably not the first language of whoever wrote it. Possibly there are a couple of different nationalities, and English was a good common language for them to use? Or maybe they just wanted to test their skills in a 'fun' way, like big old nerds.
― emil.y (emil.y), Monday, 6 February 2006 20:08 (eighteen years ago) link
The map is clearly Croatia:
http://blackzarak.co.uk/adi/upload/upload_files/map.jpg http://www.map-of-croatia.co.uk/maps/Large-map-of-croatia-400.gif
― melton mowbray (adr), Monday, 6 February 2006 20:15 (eighteen years ago) link
The last three words are "guests from Lausanne". Lausanne is in Switzerland, and this is from the contact page of their site:
Branimir Lukic, dipl. ing. fizikeEcole Polytechnique Federale de Lausane (EPFL)Lausane, Switzerland
Could Branimir be one of the guests at the party?
― melton mowbray (adr), Monday, 6 February 2006 20:28 (eighteen years ago) link
Uzurbane pripeme = Busily preparing
U ocekivanju gostiju iz Lausanne = Expecting guests from Lausanne
Svi su se kostimirali 1= Everyone is dressed up 1
Hmm... Apple martini ili cista vodka? = Hmm... Apple martini or neat vodka?
Glavni glumci bozicnog igrokaza = Lead actress in the Christmas play
Hit veceri: bajadere = A quick dinner: bajadere (Croatian chocolate)
Vecera i druzenje = Dinner and intimacy
Svi su se kostimirali 2= Everyone is dressed up 2
Ples iza ponoci = Dancing after midnight
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 6 February 2006 20:39 (eighteen years ago) link
http://connect.znanost.org/style/branimir.jpg http://www.astro.hr/s3/img/leader01.jpg http://www.student.hr/izbori2002/zg/dokumenti/slike/studentski.JPG
Doesn't look like any of the gostiju.
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 6 February 2006 20:41 (eighteen years ago) link
What about this one? She's on the contact page too, and lives in Zurich.
― melton mowbray (adr), Monday, 6 February 2006 21:05 (eighteen years ago) link