richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) (02/07/88)
In article <8802060510.AA09898@wheatena> wheatena!gsmith (Gene Ward Smith) writes: >In article <17640@topaz.rutgers.edu> trudel@topaz.rutgers.edu (Jonathan D.) writes: > [well, who really cares what he wrote] > I didn't make that name up, for what it is worth. Can you give >a real example of a pet name I did make up? Gotcha Smith! Were you not the one that put the ad in the paper: "Lost - small brown dog, named shillit-foop. Answers to same ..." "... reply to wheatena!gsmith" Now, this clearly is a pet, and I'll go out on a limb here and wager that you MADE THE NAME UP. Q.E.D. I still like Weetabix better.. -- "It's too dark to put my legs in my munitions" richard@gryphon.CTS.COM {ihnp4!scgvaxd!cadovax, philabs!cadovax, codas!ddsw1} gryphon!richard
trudel@topaz.rutgers.edu (Jonathan D.) (02/09/88)
> [well, who really cares what he wrote] I do. I wrote it. > > Can you give > >a real example of a pet name I did make up? > "Lost - small brown dog, named shillit-foop. Answers to same ..." > "... reply to wheatena!gsmith" I was going to venture that he made up the "Brahms Gang" and Weemba... I'm sure we can safely say Gene is into self-flagellation, so these count. Count! Get it??? It's a math joke, Son!