From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 16 11: 6:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from c014.sfo.cp.net (c014-h017.c014.sfo.cp.net [209.228.12.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6F9CF37B479 for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2000 11:06:26 -0800 (PST) Received: (cpmta 18928 invoked from network); 16 Nov 2000 10:45:06 -0800 Received: from m12hRs4n205.midsouth.rr.com (HELO mike) (24.95.125.205) by smtp.valuedata.net (209.228.12.81) with SMTP; 16 Nov 2000 10:45:06 -0800 X-Sent: 16 Nov 2000 18:45:06 GMT Message-ID: <000c01c04ffd$5750b0c0$0200000a@mike> From: "Daryl Chance" To: "FreeBSD Questions" References: Subject: Re: BSD toques - You must be Canadian, Eh? Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 12:45:06 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG So that everyone knows what a toque looks like (incase the description isn't working), heres a link to a pic of one (found using google). http://www.canoe.ca/ShoppingTBJ/toque.html They are sometimes called toboggans(sp?) in some parts of the US :) - Daryl Chance | And which parallel universe did ValueData, LLC | YOU crawl out of? Memphis, TN | - http://www.thinkgeek.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roop Nanuwa" To: "Drew Sanford" Cc: "Tim McMillen" ; "Damien Tougas" ; "Erik Rothwell" ; Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 12:39 PM Subject: Re: BSD toques - You must be Canadian, Eh? > > This is one funny thread =).. when I first saw the message I thought right > away that most people on this list would have no clue what it was.. I've > been looking for one of these also (along with a bunch of other FreeBSD > promo stuff).. hmm.. maybe we should start a mass petition/campaign for > FreeBSD Mall or ThinkGeek.com to market these? > > RSN > > On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Drew Sanford wrote: > > > Tim McMillen wrote: > > > > > > No offense, but I had to look up toque in the dictionary > > > (dictionary.com) too. > > > toque (tk) > > > n. A woman's small, brimless, close-fitting hat. > > > maybe its taken on a more general meaning? > > > > > > and since nobody gave you the link try: > > > http://www.freebsdmall.com/promotional/ > > > > > > (they call em caps, instead of hats, but heh.) > > > > > > > > > There are no toques there; baseball hats yes, but no toques. I think > > many people in the US would have grown up calling what Canadians call > > 'toques' a stocking cap. Sort of like a knit ski mask with no face on > > it....althought it would be pretty cool to have a ski mask with chuck on > > it...;) > > > > -- > > Drew Sanford > > Systems Administrator > > Planetwe.com > > Email: drew@planetwe.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message