Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 13:48:50 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Women, thieves, and rogues in FreeBSD Message-ID: <36BF4DB2.BD50C9EE@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902051300570.10237-100000@o-o.org> <36BB988A.48159D7B@uk.radan.com> <19990205222817.I6050@softweyr.com> <36BC82BF.9DAE2E55@uk.radan.com> <36BD4216.DB24B7E3@softweyr.com> <19990208131118.B86778@freebie.lemis.com> <36BE5308.21DD581B@softweyr.com> <36BE9D02.A82D75DD@uk.radan.com>
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Mark Ovens wrote:
>
> Wes Peters wrote:
> >
> > Greg Lehey wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sunday, 7 February 1999 at 0:34:46 -0700, Wes Peters wrote:
> > > >
> > > > One of the most interesting conversations I've had came about as a
> > > > result of helping a young man in England with a PPP problem. His
> > > > name is Robin and he works for the Sheriff of Nottingham. I asked
> > > > him if he gets a lot of people curious about this situation, and
> > > > he said mostly from yanks; apparently the story isn't that well-
> > > > known in England. ;^)
> > >
> > > Of course it is.
> >
> > Can't possible be generally as well known as it is at my house, where
> > we watch the video 3 or 4 times a day.
> >
> > Perhaps the yanks are just more amused by "Robin working for Sherriff
> > of Nottingham" than brits? We asked Diane's friend Belinda, of London
> > SW1, about this and she told us she was suprised at how popular the
> > story is in America; in England it's just a snippet of history.
>
> More a snippet of legend, supposedly based on fact, but with little
> historical evidence to support it.
>
> > Of course we have a nationwide predisposition to anyone who sticks it
> > to the brits.
>
> Thanks Wes, and I thought you were such a nice chap ;-)
*THAT* was a mistake. ;^)
It is significant, however, that most American historians begin the
history of the USA with the Magna Carta.
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