From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GWGKf-00067u-5f for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 07 Oct 2006 17:51:29 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k97HoKov009798; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 17:50:20 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k97Hk26g005313 for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 17:46:02 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D78B4642EC for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 17:46:01 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -0.399 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.399 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.119, BAYES_00=-2.599, FORGED_RCVD_HELO=0.135, RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL=1.946] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id jj0aXFBP5x-9 for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 17:45:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from badcomputer.org (unknown [24.67.0.189]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2508645D7 for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 17:45:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.102] (helo=virgo.badcomputer.org) by badcomputer.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GWGFO-0002rH-5b for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sat, 07 Oct 2006 10:46:02 -0700 From: darren kirby Organization: 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 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <49bf44f10610050957q6a1758apded3e4b5ffce987@mail.gmail.com> <20061007175636.130ecc2a@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200610071047.13064.bulliver@badcomputer.org> X-Archives-Salt: fee67947-9251-4491-aeec-0569e01b640b X-Archives-Hash: 8d4c4b4c6d50ae65214b39f505f3950d 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 -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list