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Re: Nobody here but us chickens
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 12:48:31 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: Nobody here but us chickens
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On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
> To: 'if possession is nine-tenths of the law, does that mean losing
> things is the other one-tenth?'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
No, the other one-tenth is exorcism.
> ooh it's dark in here spooky
>
> <skrtchfffFFFFTFLARESPARKspit> ah that's better. i lit a match. now let
> me see....
>
> echo....
> ...echo ....
> ... ec h o . .. . .
bash: ec: command not found
> hello...
> ... hello . . ..
> .... e l l o ...
bash: hello: command not found
> HIPPO...
> ... HIPPO . . ..
> .... I P P O ...
bash: HIPPO: command not found
Hmm, you must have a non-standard installation...
> oooh, i've got the place to myself. i've been on me own in here for days
> now. not a squeak out of anyone else, I could do anything i wanted to....
>
> KEWL!
> I HEREBY PROCLAIM MYSELF EMPEROR NORTON II of CYGWIN-TALK-L!!!
>
> Hooray! Let there be three weeks of official rejoicing, let the streets
> flow with beer, let there be hippos and otters in abundance and let all the
> citizens be obliged to talk like pirates, in order to counter global
> warming.
>
> ¡Avast ye scurvy swabs!
Le roi est mort, vive le roi! Let this be a warning... :-)
Igor
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