Date: Thu, 6 Apr 95 18:36:24 MDT From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) To: jmb@kryten.atinc.com (Jonathan M. Bresler) Cc: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com, phk@ref.tfs.com, 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: <9504070036.AA16720@cs.weber.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9504061950.B5004-0100000@kryten.atinc.com> from "Jonathan M. Bresler" at Apr 6, 95 07:35:29 pm
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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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