Date: Thu, 6 Apr 1995 19:35:29 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.atinc.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@ref.tfs.com>, Julian Howard Stacey <jhs@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>, kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de, rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com, freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: The FreeBSD trademark. Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9504061950.B5004-0100000@kryten.atinc.com> In-Reply-To: <21324.797161500@freefall.cdrom.com>
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On Thu, 6 Apr 1995, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > Why did the Bostonians toss 340 tea chests in the harbour in 1773 ? > > > They reacted to arbitrary rule from Britain. > > > > No, newer revisionist history research has pointed out that the tea > > was non-decaf... > > Indeed. And further perusal of the records shows that the settlers > had already drunk the brewed contents of the 410 OTHER tea chests that > were already on the dock. Those suckers were WIRED and they damn well > wanted to throw SOMETHING into to the water, just to see it splash! > It's sad for the British but glad for history that they just happened > to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.. :-) if the truth must be told--it was not tea that they had been drinking. it was sam adams boston lager. cases and cases of the stuff. drank teh city dry and still looking for more. all they could find was some tea that had gone off in the long sea journey. so in fustration, they threw the tea into the sea. Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346
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