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Date:      Fri, 3 Aug 2007 21:56:26 -0700
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        "Nikos Vassiliadis" <nvass@teledomenet.gr>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: FreeBSD 6.2.  Can I get 128x48 (or similar) console screens?
Message-ID:  <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCOEECCAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
In-Reply-To: <200708021646.49965.nvass@teledomenet.gr>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Nikos
> Vassiliadis
>
> > I'm not sure
> > I prefer the alternative, something like Ubuntu or PCLinux, where you
> > just shut your eyes, lie back and think of South Africa, not knowing
> > quite what's getting installed on your PC.
>
> That's not a very nice comment to do. Please, keep your feelings
> about continents/countries/Linux distributions out of here.
>

I really detest the politically correct, particularly the uneducated
politically correct.

"lie back and think of England" -

>From _Dictionary of Catchphrases_ (1995) by Nigel Rees:

"close your eyes and think of England": traditional advice given to women
when confronted with the inevitability of sexual intercourse, or jocular
encouragement to either sex about doing anything unpalatable.

South Africa is a tourism spot and boasts a number of popular game
preserves, it is -the- most advanced and developed country in Africa.
As a German it is understandable that he would have vacationed
there, he made a rather clever twist on the standard phrase.

Ted




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