User talk:Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM

Name
Love your user name; anything that causes one to laugh is a good thing. With thanks from another mumblety-mumble-year-old Wikipedian, born in the first half of the preceding century. Bielle (talk) 01:21, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I too think your username is very creative. I (talk) 23:14, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I like a good pun and that's a ripper. Keeps away the Melon Kola, ja? Retarius | Talk 01:27, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Good user ID. :) I think I think, therefore I think I am, I think. :) ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language/When history was wrtten the final page will say..
I usually find your comments amusing, but this the one in the above-captioned section seemed unhelpful and unnecessarily derogatory. (And, no, I am not an American.) Bielle (talk) 19:40, 18 January 2008 (UTC)


 * You give good apology, in large part because you made me laugh. Thank you. Bielle (talk) 00:20, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Shakespeare & Co
Thanks for the tip. Yes, I know the place, but I haven't been there in a while. To be honest, when I'm looking for an out-of-print book, I normally just go straight to the web. It may not be as much fun, but it's a lot quicker. --Richardrj talkemail 14:40, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

ping! the light goes on
when i arrived to tell you that your name is excellent i noitced quite a few agree, but it seems to have taken me a while to 'get it' oh hum, see you around —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.188.254.82 (talk) 13:50, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Ping again. MMuch later I realised today what your name is abouot. Julia Rossi (talk) 08:58, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey
Regarding your voice of protest on racist comments at the reference desk ...


 * Needless to say, I find your stance commendable.
 * In this case, it's at least one user with a long history of low-level but persistent posting of inflammatory diatribes disguised as questions and replies. See also here and here, as well as here too. The problematic behavior has been mentioned at the desks' talk page, most recently here and here, but the IP account would need a range-block. Ignoring (and/or reverting) seems to be the best solution. Wollte dir nur Bescheid geben. Stehen die Ziffern 71.100... unter zwielichtigem Gesülze, dann klingeln bei mir die Alarmglöckchen. ---Sluzzelin talk  14:16, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Mouse foot
No problem; I was curious about it myself. It occurred to me that—especially if the phrase "by the cross of the mouse foot" was actually in use—"mouse foot" might be an alteration of Messiah, as "Jiminy Cricket" is of "Jesus Christ"; but that would be mere speculation on my part. (What I was really reminded of was a B. Kliban cartoon in which a blues-guitarist cat sings "Love to eat them mousies. / Mousies what I love to eat. / Bite they little heads off; / Nibble on they tiny feet.") Deor (talk) 01:34, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Ref desk talk
Hey there Cookatoo, just droping a note to let you know that your sentiments on the RD talk are not without merit. The problem that the "guardians of the RD" face is to maintain that forum as a Reference desk and not a Discussion desk. Sometimes the edges get a bit fuzzy and so we let it all hang out on the RD talk page. None of us is "superior" in that any one of us can disagree and even revert if we feel strongly. I'm only here to help explain why a seemingly perfectly legitimate question isn't; it's an invitation for discussion and that's not what the RD was set up to do. --hydnjo talk 19:33, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Human
Thanks for the distinction H. Zoom and for your warm welcome. Those doors now seem practically human, sagging and planked, poor things! Are you speaking of the brick veneered bourgeoiserie of Austria or Sydney btw? Perhaps she could apply the Mambo gloss to a Howard Arkley screen door? Now, that's a door! ; ) Julia Rossi (talk) 22:35, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

a hoi
You only got it from a rif raf's mouth, learned Zoom...har  Σ; )  Julia Rossi (talk) 05:14, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah Cookatoo, you have such an extensive education this was but one teensy bit not under your turbo-turban. : )) Julia Rossi (talk) 09:42, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey
to the naughty Cookatoo. Julia Rossi (talk) 10:42, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Ref desk
Although the question was inappropriate, there's no need to retort like that. It's best to rise above it and either ignore it or tell them to go elsewhere (in the polite way, of course ;)). Best, PeterSymonds | talk  19:43, 17 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Considering the semantic load per glyph, four letter words have a useful application, be they used by the hoi polloi or the hoi oligoi. Mind you, I am an oligoi of one.  --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 21:17, 17 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Wow, what an answer. You're forgiven. :) PeterSymonds | talk  21:38, 17 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you, again. Having been forgiven, can I now skip confession for another fifty years?  --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 21:57, 17 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Courtesy notice. This edit has been reported to WP:ANI. Exxolon (talk) 02:05, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Reference desk
Is there any particular reason that you only have contributed to the reference desks for six months?— Ryūlóng ( 竜龙 ) 02:39, 18 April 2008 (UTC)


 * The reason is simple. I have devoted my senescence to attain the goal of omnignorance by reducing my knowledge exponentially from an initial frame of reference (in my case this is my conception / gastrulation, but this is merely a relativistic aspect).
 * Already, the bliss commonly associated with ignorance has resulted in the paradoxon that I know almost all there is to know about nothing. And, as you may have guessed, I have devoted my time exclusively to this very lemma,  "Nothing ".
 * From the lengthy article of six months ago (containing many a picture of the subject matter) I have reduced the volume to just seven letters, which I have recently quoted as a reference on the appropriately named reference desk.
 * Deleting these 7 superfluous letters to, finally, express the very essence of Nothingness will keep me busy for a while yet and requires my monitoring the WP:RD for diligent research into the subject matter.
 * But beware: Once the article on the Omnignorance of Nothing is published, it will, like a black hole, attract and annihilate all other parts of the Wikipedia Universe.  It will reduce the space-time continuum to what it once may have been: a singularity of Nothing.
 * Shalom.   --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 23:30, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
I do enjoy your posts at the ref desk, so I thought I'd drop by to thank you! Your description of German supermarkets was particularly masterly. Thanks for making me laugh so often! Gwinva (talk) 04:49, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Missing politician in Sydney
Hi Cookie. Yes, that email might be very handy. (I have a strong connection with Katoomba, by the way - I was conceived there.) Cheers. -- JackofOz (talk) 06:53, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Human skull
Hi. I usually find your refdesk responses hilarious (whenever I get them) but this one was particularly brilliant. I enjoyed the "AL troll" bit especially, even though it took the longest to get. Thank you.Zain Ebrahim (talk) 11:29, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Reference desk
Hi.. we have enough of a problem with people acting like 12-year-olds at the ref desk already. Please don't encourage this. Friday (talk) 22:34, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Ergo, thanks for your return here : )) Julia Rossi (talk) 05:48, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Austrian newspapers
Hi Helmut, just thought I'd ask you for your opinion on something. I want to read Austrian newspapers as a way of improving my German. The main quality papers seem to be Der Standard, Kurier and Die Presse. Would you recommend any one of these over the others? The only thing I know about them is that the Standard is supposed to be socially liberal (which is fine by me); what are the political leanings of the other two? Coverage of arts and culture is also important to me, so which of the three would you say was strongest in that area? Einen schönen Tag noch, --Richardrj talkemail 09:18, 27 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi Richard, IMHO:


 * Der Standard is, as you say, left-liberal,
 * Die Presse conservative-catholic,
 * Der Kurier is, sort of, in between, also in the aspect of quality.
 * I would consider the first two, Standard and Presse, to be on the same level whilst Der Kurier is a thinking person´s Kronen Zeitung, the latter being a paper I would restrict to be utilised in a public convenience in the absence of suitably scrolled cleansing leaflets.
 * Der Standard (which I get every Saturday) offers sometimes a temporary and quite cheapish subscription, which you may want to use for an inexpensive "sniff and read" trial. Maybe, in a measurement of "pure" quality, the Presse is the "better" paper by a whisker, but I stopped reading it some years ago when a series of partisan lead articles were on the borderline of polemic ad hominem slurs.  I thought it to be inexcusable to plonk a smelly chamber pot onto the front page of a newspaper for intelligent readers.
 * You could also consider poking your nose into Profil (magazine), a weekly newsmagazine which is oriented towards the left-liberal political spectrum. Quite a few highly respected journalists contribute to this periodical.  --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 11:22, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Great stuff, thanks very much for the recommendations. I wasn't aware of Profil, so I will have a look at that too. --Richardrj talkemail 13:20, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Ein Prosit nach Wien
St Augustine's holiest of brews is indeed consumed on the shores of the Isar, although I much prefer to pair it with Leberkas instead of The Horror That Is Milzwurst (I'm not a native Bavarian, so i'm luckily under no obligation to like the stuff - but then, where I come from, people eat heaps of pure offal and call it "Kutteln", something I never quite got the hang of). By the way, joining the choir, username, refdesk posts, enjoyable. -- Ferkelparade &pi; 09:26, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

?
Helmut? Glad you're back, Cooky one. Julia Rossi (talk) 08:24, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
 * God you're annoying the way you make me laugh. Moved to here for the entertainment of the "hard sci" people. Are you back with a vengeance or something? Julia Rossi (talk) 08:44, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

It's about time

 * Well, it's about time someone gave this to you. Thanks for your witty comments - they definitely make the Refdesk a better place. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 10:26, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Die Presse
Thanks very much for that, I may well take it up. However, I don't understand how I would get the free papers. Would they deliver them to my home, or would they perhaps send me vouchers which would be exchangeable for the paper at a news stand? How would it work? --Richardrj talkemail 19:37, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. I think I will go with the Standard first, maybe I will try Die Presse later if they have another offer. In our apartment building, I notice that newspapers get left at people's front doors all the time, so I can only assume the delivery guys have access to the building. --Richardrj talkemail 08:33, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Synonym, antonym
Thanks for the laugh. You are a very skilled player of language games. How old were you when you learned English? (I am assuming here that your cradle tongue is German.) ៛ Bielle (talk) 01:40, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

re: denigrating crap
You can be bold too, you know! And Ernst Jandl would have turned 83 today, ogott, ogott ... ---Sluzzelin talk  19:55, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
 * On the other hand, given the looming lengthy follow-up discussions, I don't blame you one bit for not being bold. Igitt, igitt ... ---Sluzzelin talk  13:05, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

German cultural institutions in Prague
Thanks so much for the information and the length to which you went to secure it! I was beginning to regret that I'd posted such a detailed query on the Ref Desk rather than on the article's Talk page, which is where I'll eventually transfer the information that I can't work authoritatively into the mainspace page. I did leave a head's-up note to the page's creator who translated it from the German Wikipedia. (I'm still dismayed that there's none in the Czech.) So we'll see how this can develop, as I've just started on some bios of musicians and artists in the Theresienstadt ghetto, the great majority of whom, after a productive flurry there, were sent for extermination at Auschwitz. Library findings in English (at least locally) are disappointingly thin, so this will take a bit of work and time. -- Thanks again, Deborahjay (talk) 12:19, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Your post
Hi, I don't know if you're aware but your post about uneven bars appears to have annoyed the OP, Jooler (see Wikipedia talk:Reference desk). There is a miniedit war going on over your post, if you would be willing to consent to its removal, this would hopefully help cool things down. While I understand you were simply intending humour and no offence was intended, since Jooler appears to have taken it the wrong way I suggest it's removal is the best course of action to avoid unnecessary drama. Of course, if you disagree that is your right. Nil Einne (talk) 10:36, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I admire you humility in attempting to write an apology, but deplore the apparent self-righteousness in the apology itself which conveys no sentiment of contrition at all. Your bullet points are irrelevant. 1. Wikipedia is not a playground, there are rules (see below). 2. Wikipedia is not a democracy and free-speech is not a right here. 3. If you had posted an opinion we would not be having this conversation. Even in democracies free-speech has its limits. Taking the piss by deliberately posting nonsense does not show respect for the questioner and some would consider it offensive. One thing is for sure it defeats the purpose of the RefDesk and can only lead to encouraging others to post nonsense responses, perhaps even maliciously. The fact that I was the questioner here is largely irrelevant and those who have argued for the re-posting your material in respect of this don't seem to have realised this. The Reference desk/Guidelines state .... "Further, we never set out deliberately to offend, and we endeavor to quickly remove needlessly offensive material in questions or responses. The desk is not intended to present an overly formal atmosphere; responses may be lighthearted while still maintaining their purpose. Humor is allowed in reference desk answers, provided it is: relevant to the question, not at the expense of other people, including the questioner, and not needlessly offensive. Please don't start adding jokes just for the sake of it, and don't let humor get in the way of providing a useful answer. Some people (for example children and non-native English speakers) may not understand the joke, or, worse, may mistake a joke for a serious answer. 'In-jokes' can make outsiders feel confused or unwelcome. Sarcasm can be especially hard to detect in a written statement.. Please take care to stick within these bounds. Jooler (talk) 07:56, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure if I understood your posting correctly
As I'm not sure if I understood your answer here correctly, I want to ask you if you want to critisize my teacher or my essay with it. --80.128.138.195 (talk) 19:34, 15 October 2008 (UTC)


 * It was / is a critique of your teacher. Wie erwähnt, kann ich die Motivation der Person nicht verstehen.  Es mag sein, dass er  / sie diese Aufgabe stellte um den Schülern bewusst zu machen, dass eine einseitige Beurteilung, dass blinde Vorurteile (positiv wie negativ) nach drei Sätzen sich selbst ad absurdum führen.  Die USA ist ein Land mit 300 Millionen Einwohnern und enormen Unterschieden in Herkunft, Geschichte, Kultur bla bla.  Wie würdest du etwa reagieren, wenn ein Schüler der USA / Australiens oder was immer, dein Land an Hand weniger (und recht oberflächlicher) Beispiele beurteilen würde?  Dein Essay wird dir nicht gerade ein Degree in Politologie bringen, aber ich finde es in der Essenz klar und sauber.  --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 19:59, 15 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Ok, dann hab ich deinen Beitrag wohl doch einigermaßen richtig verstanden ;-). Ich seh' das genau so wie du, ich hätte auch viel lieber Vor- und Nachteile gegenübergestellt, aber wir dürfen halt nicht... Ich bin mal gespannt, was mein Lehrer zu dem Essay sagt. Gruß aus dem Schwabenländle 80.128.138.195 (talk) 20:10, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Chinese speakers
Thanks, I was too dumb to look--Radh (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 08:59, 17 October 2008 (UTC).

An admirer
Best regards from an admirer in wikipedia and also in wikidot.com You do a great job. Congratulations. Georges42 (talk) 01:30, 20 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh, you've got admirers now have you? Is this George person male or female, is what your mythological ex-wife wants to know. It seems to be worse than she imagined! Your mythological ex-wife left you a message, but you always just walk off an leave the mess behind you, nag, nag, nag nag,......

I am male ;) No danger... LOL Georges42 (talk) 16:16, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Love your name!
Hello, I love your pun on cogito ergo sum! Loves Macs  (talk) 15:50, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

The streets look like this, and the grass...
Happy Christmas from Australia! Julia Rossi (talk) 01:06, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Helmut, you're an international treasure. : )) thankyou, Julia Rossi (talk) 08:44, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Galilean Bethlehem
—or as the English WP page is titled, Bethlehem of Galilee—is the name of the "second city" which you described in your response on the recent Humanities RD query. So if we're getting into the holiday spirit, I suppose it's not too early to wish you a Merry Christmas! -- Deborahjay (talk) 18:00, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

re: RD/L
Thanks for your reply at RD/L on the Ruthenian party. Perhaps you could help me about another article using the same source, and check if the info in Ruthenian Peasants Party is a correct interpretation of the short passage on. I'm a bit confused, since Russian language sources (such as http://allaaria.ru/vid/bookscontent.php3-quest-b-eq-24-and-c-eq-633, which I also don't really understand to 100%) indicates that the Popular-Christian Party was a breakaway from the Ruthenian Peasants Party, not the same party. --Soman (talk) 20:20, 21 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi user:Soman. Your translation seems perfectly correct.  The German source does not seem to address your question on the similarities / differences between the original Ruthenische Bauernpartei / Ruthenian Peasants Party and the Bäuerliche Volkspartei / Popular-Christian Party.  I noticed, however, that the German writer in 19?? translated Christiansko narodna partija as Bäuerliche Volkspartei (which translates as "the Peasants´ Peoples Party") and skipped the Christian label.  As user:Joeldl, I have no expertise in the historical matter under discussion, neither do I have any references at hand.  --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 21:03, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Statue of limitations
I lol'd. :) --Sean 00:53, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Particle matter
Hi Helmut. Yes, still in Vienna. Thanks very much for your reply, which I've copied to my talk page in case it gets deleted as a piece of medical advice. Cheers, --Richardrj talkemail 15:05, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

"...any brighter"
...or more neurotic (hmmmm... same difference?), as the gamete-cum-paratrooper character played by Woody Allen in that silly film back in the early '70s? But say not that we deteriorate with age; true as that may be, I believe we elders started with a superior fund of knowledge compared to the younger cohorts, so remain for some good while ahead of the game, such as it is. I welcome your contributions, as ever. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (talk) 21:53, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Ergo


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I love your username! r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 20:52, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Bukovinan or Bukovinian
That's a superb suggestion I'm likely to take only in future instances, as in this case the client's doctoral dissertation "is history" :-) The query arose in my proofreading her c.v., though if she likes my work (:he:en: translation, editing non-native English, proofreading) it may be relevant as we continue to work together. Thanks for coming up with a thoroughly reputable response! -- Cheers, Deborahjay (talk) 05:34, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Heinrich von Treitschke
...made enough mischief with "Die Juden sind unser Unglück" without the additional achievement with which the text I'm presently editing (actually translation-checking) credits him ( i.e. as "the founder of the German antisemitic party" - huh?!?). Your response was as timely as it was helpful, even with my merely rudimentary German, and I believe the source text merits the challenge and requires defense or revision, as the case may be. I'll keep you (and the page) posted. Meanwhile, many, many thanks! -- Deborahjay (talk) 22:34, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Nice to see your name . ..
. . .on the Ref Desks again. You've not been about much lately, it appears. Just wanted you to know that someone noticed. Bielle (talk) 01:45, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Chemical synapse video
Thank you very much for your outstanding work on the video! I have just one, rather simple, suggestion. The words that appear on screen at the start of the video include the word "synapsis". I would suggest changing that to "synapse". Regards, --Tryptofish (talk) 19:09, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The title has been altered. Greetings.  --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 19:30, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Bonum cockie. Anthony (talk) 20:02, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Wolf Prix
Are you still interested in this page?  Aar on Sc  hulz  03:08, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Apologia
I do appreciate this, Cookatoo. I must say I felt almost naughty in calling you out the way I did, but it was how I felt, and I could not just let it slide. Your apology is of course accepted, and whatever it was you apologised about is now officially considered never to have happened. It must have been a bad traum. I feel all gemütlich now, and trust you do too.

This whole thing has been a valuable lesson for me, and I hope others, in the power of perceptions. It doesn't matter a tinker's cuss (if I may quote a well-known habitué of these parts) what anyone ever intends, it's what comes across that counts. I've been telling that to others for decades, and now it's come back to bite me in the ... Anyone for pfstrudl? :) --  Jack of Oz  [your turn]  08:33, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Question about Vienna on the Misc desk
Hello Helmut. We don't get many questions about Vienna on the desks, so I was pleased to see this one. I provided an answer of a sort, just wondered if you had anything to add on the matter? Best wishes, --Viennese Waltz 15:17, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Camera
Many thanks for your kind offer. I think I'll be OK with my compact camera, though. The quality I can get from that is just about OK. LG --Viennese Waltz 14:01, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

3D Models
Dump of 3 samples of Viennese architecture for de:WP users (Geiserich, Hubertl, Maclemo et al) to view.

--Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 16:12, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Re: iMac problem
Hi there, sorry for the delay in replying, I've been travelling. You're right, I'm a Mac man like yourself. I've only had it repaired once but they did a good job and I thought the price was reasonable. Here they are  Let me know how you get on if you end up using them. How old is the iMac, by the way? Mine is seven years old and I am seriously thinking about getting a new one. I was disappointed that Apple didn't announce an upgrade of the iMac at its last developers' conference - an upgrade is definitely overdue. Best, --Viennese Waltz 22:19, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

Vindabona
Wien, Wien, nur du allein ............... --  Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  12:14, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

You are the inaugural awardee of the PENISS Prize

 * To present this award to others, simply type   on their talk page.  --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  21:14, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

(Non oven-ready kittens) Award
I would like to heartily congratulate you on your user name, which bodes so well for the highest quality of Wikipedia contributions. Please accept this "Drunken Fart" Award on behalf of a grateful, but habitually mealy-mouthed, nation. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:36, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

I think you're missing the point at Reference desk/Language
The inquirer didn't request a translation of kongedømme, nor of doom, into any language. --My another account (talk) 07:55, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello
Hello Cooky. Hope you're well, noted that you haven't contributed for a while but I just posted a question on the humanities ref desk that you might be able to help with. Alles Güte, --Viennese Waltz 10:03, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Beisl
Never thought I'd see this word online, let alone that it comes from Yiddish. Here in Zagreb it's very very old slang for a total hole-in-the-wall sort of bar :) 78.0.230.255 (talk) 06:25, 16 November 2018 (UTC) (Sorry to litter your page, would've posted it as a reply on RD if it wasn't semi protected)

Science Reference Desk, Please Reconsider
You may reconsider your posts  at WP:RD/S. "Assume an observer is located at a distance of 1 light minute from Lucky Luke´s position." - One light-minute is almost 1.8 x 1010 meters or over 11 million miles. "...LL´s bullet travels at the speed of c " - The special theory of relativity implies that only particles with zero rest mass may travel at the speed of light. DroneB (talk) 18:21, 25 December 2019 (UTC)