Re: RTFM apology
Posted in 2000
--- "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> > wrote: >From: Carlos Benjamin <benj@firstlinux.net> > >>--- "Neil Truby" <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >Do you know what a petard is? >> >> >> >> >> >>A domesticated aardvark? >> >> >> >> >> >>It's a conical iron container filled with gunpowder used to blow open >> >the >> >> >>gates of a castle or walled enclosure (fortress, city, etc.). I >>believe >> >the >> >> >>proper term is hoist ON my own petard (paraphrase from Hamlet I >> >believe). >> >> > >> >> 'What is a petard, Mr. Trebek?' should follow the more serious answer. >> >> >> >> I can spell 4GL >> > >> >You can't spell "Truby" though. >> >>Actually, Mr. Trubly, I was referring to Alex Trebek, host of Jeopardy. > >Hey, Careless! No, I don't own an automobile. But you were close. >> >Anyway, it's what the Clown said it was >> >(the gunpowder container). >> >>Hey, Nell. I was the one who offered the definition, not O. T. Clown. He >>just said it wasn't a purty sight. > >Actually, Mr Banjoman, I said it wasn't a pretty site. > That you did. And I had the temerity to attempt a subtle revision. I stand correct, Ed. == Maintainer of the procrastinator's FAQ. Well, maybe tomorrow I will be. _____________________________________________________________ Want a new web-based email account ? ---> http://www.firstlinux.net