Chris Shannon's 50th Birthday

[Akiba]

Well, Chris Shannon is turning 50 on Wednesday. I think this is the appropriate time for all those on this list that know him to both say something nice and also make fun of his age.

 

Chris: Thank you for keeping Tokyo Hackerspace alive with your blood, sweat, and mostly money. I also like the way you *ahem* make funny *cough* jokes. Regarding your age, it’s no problem. You’re so old, you came back in style J

 

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[Torsten Wagner]

Happy Birthday from Sendai
50 years only 14(?) more to go for retirement and to become finally a full time hacker....
Hey you might be the first who benefits from a THS senior membership ;-)

All the best
Totti

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[MRE]

Half way there!

[Jud Taylor]

I think we should do "Chris is so old" jokes.

"Chris is so old, the Dinosaurs used to study Chris-ology."

"Chris is so old, he owned the monkeys that wrote Hamlet."

Add your own.

And, Chris, you have my sincere thanks for putting so much into THS.

Best Regards,

Jud



On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 8:37 AM, MRE <epre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Half way there!

[MRE]

Chris is so old, he wrote the book on smoking meats, forget it for
centuries, and then relearned it.

Chris is so old, he actually made Jesus' dino saddle.

Chris is so old, he was there the day that the dinosaurs saw their
version of the statue of liberty buried half way up in sand, to which
they sank to the ground and shouted "You BASTARDS!" He just pointed at
the poor dinos and laughed.

Chris is so old that when archeologists carbon date fossils he says
"Ahh.. I wondered where I put that.."

Chris is so old that every time Neil Degras Tyson starts talking about
the big bang, Cris says "been there.. done that... got the T-shirt."

Chris is so old that even Chuck Norris has to show respect.

[Taylan Ayken]

Chris is so old, he teaches the eldery "how to be a cranky and grumpy old man".

Chris is so old, he should have started going bad decades ago, saved by smoking bacon for centuries.

Chris is so old, when he was yay-high, he was playing with fireworks and used too much gunpowder one day. We call that explosion the big bang.

Chris is so old, there are not enough candles in the whole world for his birthday cake.

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[Akiba]

Chris is so old, he made Ernest Borgnine look like a teenager.

He's so old, the only eligible women for him are the Golden Girls.

George Burns called Chris Shannon sempai.

The Long Now clock was devised to measure Chris Shannon's age.

 

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> Subject: [THS:19273] Re: Chris Shannon's 50th Birthday

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> Chris is so old, he wrote the book on smoking meats, forget it for

[Jud Taylor]

OK,

So far the clear winners are (chris-ological order)

"I wondered where I put that"

"Not enough candles"

and

"George Burns --- Sempai".


Other hackers, we're waiting.

[sean toczko]

Chris is so old, he remembers when "computers" were Sumerian Priests with different colored stones on top of Ziggurats...

[fakufaku]

Chris is so old, he's technically British.

[Akiba]

Chris is so old, he came up with the Mayan end of the world calendar. But that was before he discovered the invention of zero.

 

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[Richard Frankum]

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 4:30 PM, fakufaku <faku...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Chris is so old, he's technically British.

I can't tell whether this is a metric joke, or a beard joke.
I'll have to ask my oracle of all things British. Karamoon, what do you think?

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[Richard Frankum]

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Taylan Ayken <taylan...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Chris is so old, he teaches the eldery "how to be a cranky and grumpy old
> man".

Chris is so old, he's... not that much older than me.

Thanks for making me depressed, folks. Chris, let me buy you a beer
and we can commiserate while yelling at the kids on our lawns.

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--Richard Frankum

[Robert Gravina]

On 25 July 2012 17:51, Richard Frankum <richard...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 4:30 PM, fakufaku <faku...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Chris is so old, he's technically British.
> I can't tell whether this is a metric joke, or a beard joke.

A colonisation joke!

[Jud Taylor]

Richard,

Feel free to yell at kids on other people's lawns.

[Mikele]

Chris is so old he had a major role in the discovery of fire

•°*”˜˜”*°•.¸☆ ★ ☆¸.•°*”˜˜”*°•.¸☆
╔╗╔╦══╦═╦═╦╗╔╗ ★ ★ ★
║╚╝║══║═║═║╚╝║ ☆¸.•°*”˜˜”*°•.¸☆
║╔╗║╔╗║╔╣╔╩╗╔╝ ★ BIRTHDAY
╚╝╚╩╝╚╩╝╚╝═╚╝ ￥☆★☆★

[Jud Taylor]

ok that's good too...

[Taylan Ayken]

Richard is so old, he had a pet dinosaur when he was 13.

Sorry, had to do it. :D And as an apology, I'll buy you a beer if you come to BBQ on Saturday.

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From: Richard Frankum <richard...@gmail.com>
To: tokyohac...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [THS:19282] Re: Chris Shannon's 50th Birthday

[AbH Belxjander Draconis Serechai]

Ugh call Chris "Man who use sun for pet"?

[Torsten Wagner]

Ok...
my contribution a bit late but anyhow

Chris is so old his birthday timestamp in POSIX time is

Epoch timestamp: -234831104

check the minus in front of it !!!!
If he would be a file he could not be saved correctly !!

BORN BEFORE THE EPOCH !!!

Totti

[Chris Shannon]

But seriously folks, you guys couldnt even google up anything decent material? Sweet Jumpin Christmas, besides Robin's joke, this stuff was awful, strange, bizarre and just plain unfunny

the lack of comedic talent in the hackerspace must be addressed. yes, the comedy gap.

c

[Chris Shannon]

But thanks for the birthday wishes!

I'm OLD!

c

[lauren shannon]

I thought Emery had a few good ones...
I like the fossil dating one

But for me Robin's British one wins hands down.

By the way- Come say Cheers with us for "his Ancient-ness" at Kimono
for our BBQ, Beer and Blues party on sat. :-) @Kimono with the
Bulldog truck in attendance.

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Chris Shannon <csha...@gmail.com> wrote:

We LOVE Food and Wine!

Try my catering company at
www.moonandback.jp

and our restaurant and wine bar
www.kimonowinebar.com

[Torsten Wagner]

Not my fault...
Germans are known for the lack of humour.... its 50% culture and 50% genetic

Just to get them, maybe you simply start from now on each sentence
with THS folks with

"Let me tell you son, back in....."

Hope you had a nice birthday

Totti

[Scott]

sorry for the lateness but Happy 50th Birthday,

I guess this forfeits my right to make old jokes.

[MRE]

Sorry Lauren,
I have a somewhat hot date saturday.. then will try to push my way through the crowd at Sumida...
Cant do the bbq this time :(

But I highly suggest others go! Damn good food!

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[Jam]

Makes YOU depressed?

What do you think it does for those of us actually older than Chris?

(Happy birthday, Chris.  Pieter too.)

What am I supposed to do for a joke?  I guess be inclusive:

Man, we are so old, when somebody quips, "which came
first, the chicken or the egg?" we argue about which of us
saw one or the other first.

- jam

On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 5:53:58 PM UTC+9, Richard Frankum wrote:

[Robert Gravina]

On 27 July 2012 16:54, Jam <j...@moross.net> wrote:
> Man, we are so old, when somebody quips, "which came
> first, the chicken or the egg?" we argue about which of us
> saw one or the other first.

I've never understood the debate with that question. Whatever animal
the chicken was before it evolved into a chicken eventually evolved
into what we call a chicken [1] and *then* laid an egg for the next
generation of chicken. The chicken came first. QED.

I guess I'm no fun at parties either!

[1] I heard chickens evolved from dinosaurs, and they if you remove a
few strands of DNA they grow into rapors!

[Nava Whiteford]

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 06:16:21PM +0900, Robert Gravina wrote:
> I've never understood the debate with that question. Whatever animal
> the chicken was before it evolved into a chicken eventually evolved
> into what we call a chicken [1] and *then* laid an egg for the next
> generation of chicken. The chicken came first. QED.
>
> I guess I'm no fun at parties either!
>
> [1] I heard chickens evolved from dinosaurs, and they if you remove a
> few strands of DNA they grow into rapors!

Mutation occurs in single cells, not a whole animal, so clearly by your definition
the cell which formed the first egg contained the mutation, and the egg came first.

Also [1] is not true, I watched a documentary about this a few years ago and I
clearly remember they used mosquitoes and frogs [2]. Also, it's not a great idea...
but when such things do happen turns out UNIX skills are invaluable [3].

[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMoBQQbaN_o
[3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFUlAQZB9Ng

[Robert Gravina]

On 27 July 2012 19:27, Nava Whiteford <n...@sgenomics.org> wrote:
>> [1] I heard chickens evolved from dinosaurs, and they if you remove a
>> few strands of DNA they grow into rapors!
>
> Mutation occurs in single cells, not a whole animal, so clearly by your definition
> the cell which formed the first egg contained the mutation, and the egg came first.

I stand corrected! Thanks.

> Also [1] is not true, I watched a documentary about this a few years ago and I
> clearly remember they used mosquitoes and frogs [2]. Also, it's not a great idea...
> but when such things do happen turns out UNIX skills are invaluable [3].

Haha. I'll have to remember that next time someone asks me to type
something on their terminal :)

Robert

[Jud Taylor]

Please note that the question is not "what came first, the chicken or
the CHICKEN egg".

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[Max (メルト)]

Sorry for being late to this...

Chris is so old that he started Tokyo Hacker Space because he missed the good old days of Edo Hacker Space.

Happy Birthday Chris!

On Friday, July 27, 2012 7:36:50 PM UTC+9, Jud wrote:

Please note that the question is not "what came first, the chicken or
the CHICKEN egg".


On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Robert Gravina
<robert....@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 27 July 2012 16:54, Jam <j...@moross.net> wrote:
>> Man, we are so old, when somebody quips, "which came
>> first, the chicken or the egg?" we argue about which of us
>> saw one or the other first.
>
> I've never understood the debate with that question. Whatever animal
> the chicken was before it evolved into a chicken eventually evolved
> into what we call a chicken [1] and *then* laid an egg for the next
> generation of chicken. The chicken came first. QED.
>
> I guess I'm no fun at parties either!
>
> [1] I heard chickens evolved from dinosaurs, and they if you remove a
> few strands of DNA they grow into rapors!
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[Garrett deRosset]

ahem...

Chris is so old that he has smoked bacon carbon dated B.C.

It's delicious by the way.  

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[Robert Gravina]

Sorry, I realised I had hijacked the thread with my chicken and egg
detour and didn't even contribute to celebrating just how old Chris,
in fact, is.

Chris is old. Really old. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely,
mindbogglingly old he is. I mean, you may think that your great
grandfather is old but that's just peanuts to Chris.

Robert