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From: darren kirby <bulliver@badcomputer.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user]  [Even more OT]: Re: {OT} dvdrip permissions error, alternative?
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 10:47:12 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200610071047.13064.bulliver@badcomputer.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <eg8noc$uab$1@sea.gmane.org>

quoth the Remy Blank:
> Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > --
> > Neil Bothwick
> >
> > "Bother," said Pooh, as he connected at 300 bps.
>
> I'm not a native English speaker, and I wonder about these Pooh jokes
> (which seem to be especially frequent in your taglines, Neil). Would
> anyone care to explain to me where the joke is? I'm sure it's funny as
> heck, I just can't figure it out by myself, and googling hasn't brought
> up anything interesting (i.e. everybody seems to know what it's all
> about, but nobody explains). Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> -- Remy

You know Winnie the Pooh right? That lovable bear who is the namesake of the 
books by A.A. Milne? Christopher Robin? Tigger and Eeyore? More recently he 
has been hijacked and corrupted by Disney (..just my opinion).

In any event, he would often say 'bother', as others might say 'rats' 
or 'darn' ie: when something trying happens. I think the sig is just a play 
on this coupled with Pooh trying to connect with a slow modem connection..

-d
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  reply	other threads:[~2006-10-07 17:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-10-05 16:57 [gentoo-user] {OT} dvdrip permissions error, alternative? Grant
2006-10-05 17:09 ` Hemmann, Volker Armin
2006-10-05 17:12 ` Meino Christian Cramer
2006-10-05 18:39 ` Mike Williams
2006-10-06 16:59   ` Grant
2006-10-06 17:27     ` Neil Bothwick
2006-10-06 17:50       ` Grant
2006-10-06 18:03         ` Neil Bothwick
2006-10-06 18:34           ` Grant
2006-10-07  8:52         ` Nick Rout
2006-10-07 19:16           ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2006-10-07 20:43           ` Grant
2006-10-08  5:45             ` Nick Rout
2006-10-06 22:36       ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2006-10-07 16:56         ` Neil Bothwick
2006-10-07 17:22           ` [gentoo-user] [Even more OT]: " Remy Blank
2006-10-07 17:47             ` darren kirby [this message]
2006-10-07 18:43               ` [gentoo-user] " Remy Blank
2006-10-07 18:03           ` [gentoo-user] " Uwe Thiem
2006-10-08  7:56           ` Nick Rout
2006-10-08 17:59             ` Grant
2006-10-09  1:40               ` Nick Rout
2006-10-09  2:01                 ` Grant
2006-10-09  9:02               ` Neil Bothwick
2006-10-09 14:55                 ` Grant
2006-10-09 15:16                   ` Neil Bothwick
2006-10-09 16:42                     ` Grant
2006-10-09 18:07                       ` Neil Bothwick
2006-10-10  0:08                         ` Grant
2006-10-10  7:43                           ` Neil Bothwick
2006-10-10  8:28                           ` Neil Bothwick
2006-10-10 15:59                             ` Grant
2006-10-10 20:53                               ` Neil Bothwick
2006-10-11 15:24                                 ` Grant
2006-10-11 18:12                                   ` Neil Bothwick
2006-10-12 10:08                                     ` Paul Stear
2006-10-12 14:26                                     ` Grant
2006-10-12 17:38                                       ` Neil Bothwick
2006-10-13  5:55                                         ` Grant
2006-10-13  8:14                                           ` Neil Bothwick
2006-10-13 14:52                                             ` Grant
2006-10-13 15:03                                               ` Neil Bothwick
2006-10-13 16:07                                                 ` Grant
2006-10-14  3:39                                                   ` Grant
2006-10-13  8:23                                           ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2006-10-13  9:51                                             ` go moko
2006-10-09 10:50             ` Neil Bothwick
2006-10-06 22:31     ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2006-10-07  1:54       ` Grant
2006-10-07  4:21         ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.

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