From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 17 17:17:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4404D16A4CE for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 17:17:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCD3443D31 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 17:17:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1B3mAE-0005Gv-00 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 01:17:38 +0000 Received: from esperance.zetnet.co.uk (bts-0987.dialup.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.51.219])i2I1HZTD017534 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 01:17:37 GMT Received: (qmail 56031 invoked by uid 1001); 18 Mar 2004 00:06:27 -0000 From: "Frank Shute" Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 00:06:27 +0000 To: Mark Ovens Message-ID: <20040318000627.GA56009@peach.veggie.com> Mail-Followup-To: Mark Ovens , FreeBSD Chat , freebsd-users@uk.freebsd.org References: <40589ADF.4000804@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40589ADF.4000804@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE-p2 i386 X-Organisation: 'Esperance Linux' cc: FreeBSD Chat cc: freebsd-users@uk.freebsd.org Subject: Re: A shaggy dog story? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 01:17:40 -0000 On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 06:37:19PM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > > I took SWMBO's car in today to have a couple of new tyres fitted. Whilst > I was waiting for it, a young lady brought her car in for new tyres as > well and she had her dog with her. > > What's this got to do with FreeBSD you might wonder? Well, normally, > nothing, except that this dog was called Linux! I kid you not; I thought > I'd misheard her the first time she called it. > > Unfortunately she didn't wait around while her car was done so I didn't > get the chance to enquire further. Was she a Linux user, or just like > the name? If she was a Linux user I would have suggeted that she tried > FreeBSD, but then she'd have to rename the dog Beastie (or Chuck). > > I did wonder as she and the dog walked off whether she had a > pooper-scooper to clear up all it's core dumps ;-) If the dog's called Linux it must be a mongrel ;) I also hope Stallman doesn't meet this owner and her dog or he'd demand that she change it's name to GNU/Linux and some unpleasantness might ensue. -- Frank *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Boroughbridge. Tel: 01423 323019 --------- PGP keyID: 0xC0B341A3 *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* http://www.esperance-linux.co.uk/ Bread is often a "gateway" food item, leading the user to "harder" items such as butter, jelly, peanut butter and even cold cuts.