Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 10:39:14 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Lee Cremeans <lcremeans@erols.com> Cc: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pee-wee? (!) (was: Re: Jordan the Confused (Was: Jordan The Evil!)) Message-ID: <37170542.ADA20EF3@uk.radan.com> References: <199904160212.TAA20973@implode.root.com> <XFMail.990416112923.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <199904160212.TAA20973@implode.root.com> <19990415224308.A99868@erols.com> <4.2.0.32.19990415205608.00c78d10@localhost> <19990416094124.A26629@rucus.ru.ac.za> <19990416044142.A1020@erols.com>
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Lee Cremeans wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 16, 1999 at 09:41:25AM +0000, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote: > > "I know you are, but what am I"? > > > > (perhaps it's not as international as it appears to me, but it's a > > common argumentative tool used by 5-9 year olds when someone calls them > > a name they don't like (and usually which fits)) > > International...hm. AFAIK, that's a line from Pee-Wee Herman's first movie > in 1985 (Pee-Wee's Big Adventure), a movie from here in the States. > I don't think he was claiming national ownership of the phrase, but pointing out that this is an infantile remark in S. Africa, but not necessarily in other countries. > -- > +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Lee Cremeans -- Manassas, VA, USA (WakkyMouse on WTnet) | > | lcremeans@erols.com | http://wakky.dyndns.org/~lee | > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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