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Or Red Dwarf's smeg and smeghead. Or as the android used to say smm heee (not being programmed to swear)
Does it say something profound that I like corny sci fi better than the quality stuff?
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Red Dwarf IS quality SF - and don't you forget it!
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My apologies. By Quality I meant that someone hired a technical advisor and thought deeply about what the universe and its inhabitants would be like in the future and came up with a life affirming philosophy. Me, I'm happy if I can see the strings on the spaceships. 
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Maybe "Smeghead" was part of reason Yahoo has age restrictions on participating in the "felgercarb" site.
Reminds me of incident in bacteriology class sixty five years ago. By PM on request.
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"Unlike some science-fiction series, Red Dwarf does not take itself too seriously and does not try to be politically correct. This allows it to do stories in situations that Star Trek would never dare touch."
- Professor Stephen Hawking
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This thread reminds me of conversations I used to have with my Australian ex-husband. I mentioned that a friend of mine aspired to be an MFA (master of fine arts) and he was simultaneously amused and alarmed at the implications. It was as a result of my acquaintance with him that I started seeing the MBA degree as signifying "master of bugger-all".
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Yes, and, asking as an antipodean, your point is, precisely? It's not only euphonious, it's more or less true. I've taught on two MBA programmes, and I am not impressed with the outcomes, although I am impressed with student workrates and the drive to achieve.
MFA - I have no opinion about the original degree, although I do take your potential point about the initials ...
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Odd what's allowed in Parliaments and Congresses. On a trip to Bermuda (the late 70s)I was fortunate to meet Robert Lowe who was the Parlimentarion for the Bermuda Parliament. He also announced the Monarch if and when she (or he) ever visited the Parliament. Anyway, Bob (a lovely man with a wonderful voice)said members were diciplined for using "bad" language. However, he noted, that there were some terrible epithets used and justified by fact they appeared in the Bible and so were non-diciplinable. It reminds me of what I was told the first time I assayed "Dam!" : "You may use swear words and vulgatities when you have mastered the English language."
Well ...........still workin' on *that!
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