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DrParnassus
13 years ago
Patented ‘Digital Cloaca of Truth’ – I thought Google had inherited that patent with their recent purchase of Motorola Mobility? Stand by to be sued!
drovers cat
13 years ago
i suspect that ‘balance beam’ tm actually belongs to Ltd News
Holden Back
13 years ago
Hmm- mice on a beam-= mise en abyme
To go all po-mo on ya.
Oops!
13 years ago
@DRPARNASSUS,
Actually, Apple holds a patent on cloacas and managed to halt sales of the Factbricator(tm) in Europe.
zut alors
13 years ago
Marvellous ‘toon, Firsty. ’24 Hour News Cliche’ : you’ve summed it up in a nutshell.
It’s too late to showcase the Factbricator on the ABC’s New Inventors but it would’ve been a shoo-in to scoop the grand final trophy.
‘….because shareholders!’ How succinctly you make your point.
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Straight from the First Dog on the Moon Institute de Science to you!
Patented ‘Digital Cloaca of Truth’ – I thought Google had inherited that patent with their recent purchase of Motorola Mobility? Stand by to be sued!
i suspect that ‘balance beam’ tm actually belongs to Ltd News
Hmm- mice on a beam-= mise en abyme
To go all po-mo on ya.
@DRPARNASSUS,
Actually, Apple holds a patent on cloacas and managed to halt sales of the Factbricator(tm) in Europe.
Marvellous ‘toon, Firsty. ’24 Hour News Cliche’ : you’ve summed it up in a nutshell.
It’s too late to showcase the Factbricator on the ABC’s New Inventors but it would’ve been a shoo-in to scoop the grand final trophy.
‘….because shareholders!’ How succinctly you make your point.