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quoth the Remy Blank: |
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> Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > -- |
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> > Neil Bothwick |
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> > |
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> > "Bother," said Pooh, as he connected at 300 bps. |
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> I'm not a native English speaker, and I wonder about these Pooh jokes |
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> (which seem to be especially frequent in your taglines, Neil). Would |
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> anyone care to explain to me where the joke is? I'm sure it's funny as |
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> heck, I just can't figure it out by myself, and googling hasn't brought |
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> up anything interesting (i.e. everybody seems to know what it's all |
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> about, but nobody explains). Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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> |
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> -- Remy |
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You know Winnie the Pooh right? That lovable bear who is the namesake of the |
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books by A.A. Milne? Christopher Robin? Tigger and Eeyore? More recently he |
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has been hijacked and corrupted by Disney (..just my opinion). |
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In any event, he would often say 'bother', as others might say 'rats' |
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or 'darn' ie: when something trying happens. I think the sig is just a play |
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on this coupled with Pooh trying to connect with a slow modem connection.. |
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-d |
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darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org |
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"...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." |
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- Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 |
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