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   Fesshole 🧻 (fesshole@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-May-2026 04:21:17 JST Fesshole 🧻

   On a software project, I used dummy text as a placeholder to be replaced later with actual descriptive error messages. Predictably, not all instances were fixed before release, and bemused corporate clients reported "Error: There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen".

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     Brian Allbee (brianallbee@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-May-2026 05:49:10 JST Brian Allbee

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     @fesshole it's rare that I don't have at least one message from Hex ( #Discworld ) in my projects somewhere.

     Sometimes I even remember to make them more meaningful.

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     ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-May-2026 06:43:20 JST ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES

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     @fesshole

     I worked at a bank and named a coding project I was working on Swordfish

     I named it after a movie that was coming out soon (I'm old) called "Swordfish" (Halle Berry, John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Don Cheadle)

     The project got more internal play than I anticipated, all these C-Suites talking about Swordfish

     Oops

     The movie came out and everyone learned the plot was about coding a backdoor in a bank for a heist

     No that wasn't what I was doing

     I had to be less of a wiseass after that

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     Inarticulate Otter (inarticulateotter@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-May-2026 09:47:31 JST Inarticulate Otter

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     @fesshole fesser perhaps involved in "death by poisonous toadstool" error I once received.

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     Furbland's Very Cool Account™ (groupnebula563@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-May-2026 10:27:51 JST Furbland's Very Cool Account™

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     @fesshole my hovercraft is full of eels

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     Perrin42 (perrin42@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-May-2026 11:23:28 JST Perrin42

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     @fesshole

     "I know a little German. He's sitting over there!"

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     Perrin42 (perrin42@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-May-2026 11:34:41 JST Perrin42

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     @fesshole

     I must say, I am very disappointed that the Fediverse does not appear to have recognized this as a quote from Top Secret!

     Die Sauerkraut ist in mein Lederhosen.

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     ai 🌈 🌺 (biped808@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-May-2026 01:13:57 JST ai 🌈 🌺

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     @fesshole How Silly Can You Get? 😜

     https://youtu.be/e6K6VRFpA-k

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     YurkshireLad (yurkshirelad@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 08-May-2026 05:18:44 JST YurkshireLad

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     @fesshole been there, done that!