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European parliament grants itself Ipads to all its members

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- When he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.

BTW +- 700 ipads don't cost 4 million pounds. Which tells me that this vague article is at the very least misleading and out of context if not outright false. Altough ofcourse i could be wrong, perish the thought.

 

:)

 

Would I be being frightfully rude if I suggested you might work for the EU? o:)

 

5 thousand apiece sounds like a lot, except all government contracts are overblown. If it were 2 grand I wouldn't bat an eyelid. Throw in through life cost of support, disposal, peripherals, apps... I reckon we could finagle it upwards.

"It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"."

             -Elwood Blues

 

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"Some men see things as they are and say why?"
"I dream things that never were and say why not?"
- George Bernard Shaw

"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

 

"The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it."

- Some guy 

I think Pid should refer to his mammoth lovemaking as a 'bureau initiative'.

"It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"."

             -Elwood Blues

 

tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.

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- "What?! Again?!! And what are you doing with that miners helmet on your head?"

 

- "Sorry babe. Bureau initiative"

"Some men see things as they are and say why?"
"I dream things that never were and say why not?"
- George Bernard Shaw

"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

 

"The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it."

- Some guy 

- "What?! Again?!! And what are you doing with that miners helmet on your head?"

 

- "Sorry babe. Bureau initiative"

 

:ermm::lol:

"It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"."

             -Elwood Blues

 

tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.

Stop making me laugh at work, please.

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:)

 

Would I be being frightfully rude if I suggested you might work for the EU? o:)

 

If only I was that much overpaid. No i am just a sad, sad europhile.

 

5 thousand apiece sounds like a lot, except all government contracts are overblown. If it were 2 grand I wouldn't bat an eyelid. Throw in through life cost of support, disposal, peripherals, apps... I reckon we could finagle it upwards.

 

This info i got from my newspaper, apparently this is a proposition to spend part of the budget on a ipad or a similar product(they mention a cost of about 350000

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