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| 522.1 | wait! Wasn't it...? | MARKER::KALLIS | Don't confuse `want' and `need.' | Mon May 23 1988 18:21 | 14 |
| The way I reard it was that Josiah and Adam had a disagreement on
whether to daopt the European_continental standard or go their own
way. Adam favored the North; Josiah the South. Each gathered
partisans, resulting in an escalation of feelings that, in term
of those favoring the North versus those favoring the South, resulted
in:
The War between the Tates.
Steve Kallis, Jr.
For those unfamiliar with U.S. history/culture, the American Civil
War is frequently aliased as The War Between the States, particularly
below the Mason-Dixon Line.
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| 522.2 | Real lost | LEDS::HAMBLEN | | Mon May 23 1988 18:55 | 6 |
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Hmmmm. The way I heard it was that the Tates brothers held the
patent for brass needles in compasses, and durned if they would believe in
the reputed superiority of _iron_ for the purpose. So,
He who has a Tates' is lost. I mean, _real_ lost.
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| 522.3 | and more | HERON::BUCHANAN | a man, a plan, a canal: Suez | Mon May 23 1988 19:07 | 13 |
| Re: -.1 As you like, if you will. My taste runs to the original version,
because it lends itself to the standardization subplot.
Many of John Walters' jokes are in Swedish. Often at meetings in Sweden, he
will say something which causes physical pain to all Swedes in the room, but
to which I through incomprehension am immune.
Swedish is apparently a good language to pun in, because of the large number
of short words differing only in vowel sound. For instance, by the removal
of a single marker from a vowel, one can talk about the divine Trinity of
the Father, the Son and the Holy Duck.
What an inspired stained glass triptych this suggests.
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| 522.4 | | ERIS::CALLAS | Mr. Tamzen | Thu May 26 1988 01:09 | 14 |
| re .1:
Actually, in the South the American Civil War is known as "The
Confederate Revolution" or "The War of Northern Aggression." "The War
Between the States" is a term invented by carpetbaggers to appease the
Southerners.
Also, for what it's worth, the Mason-Dixon line, which is the border
between Maryland and Pennsylvania, is not the border between the North
and the South. No Southerner would consider Maryland to be part of the
South. The true border is the Potomac. There is a vast cultural
difference between Maryland and Virginia.
Jon
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| 522.5 | or "below" | MARKER::KALLIS | Don't confuse `want' and `need.' | Thu May 26 1988 20:31 | 10 |
| Re .4 (Jon) re .1 (me):
>Also, for what it's worth, the Mason-Dixon line, which is the border
>between Maryland and Pennsylvania, is not the border between the North
>and the South.
True. But aren't Georgia, the Carolinas, Alabama, and the like
south of the Mason-Dixon line? :-)
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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| 522.6 | apropos of nothing | SLTERO::KENAH | My journey begins with my first step | Thu May 26 1988 23:27 | 4 |
| Lots of places are South of the Mason-Dixon line -- Atlantic City,
New Jersey, for example.
andrew
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| 522.7 | How's this for Geotrivia? | CHARON::MCGLINCHEY | Sancho! My Armor! My TECO Macros! | Fri May 27 1988 19:01 | 6 |
| The Mason-Dixon Line is also the Eastern Border os Maryland,
dividing Maryland from Delaware. So Delaware is _East_ of
the Mason-Dixon line.
-Glinch.
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| 522.8 | and so to insults... | ODIHAM::HILL | Nick Hill - UK Corp. Actts | Thu Jun 09 1988 16:51 | 7 |
| Re .1 and .4 with their mention of culture...
reminded me of an insult:
"Huh, the only culture he has is growing between his toes."
Nick
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