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From: jim@uw-beaver.UUCP
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Subject: Re: !FUNKY!STUFF!
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Date: Fri, 24-Jun-83 14:01:43 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 24 14:01:43 1983
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I'm sure you are tired of hearing about this by now, but since I
originated the use of the phrase in shell archives, I thought I'd try
to shed some light on its origin.

It comes from the "Kool and the Gang" song by the same name ("Can't Get
Enough of that Funky Stuff").  After exhaustive research I determined
that this phrase was the least likely of all English language phrases
to appear in Unix source code.  This has proven to be a safe choice, as
there have been no reported cases of archives failing because of the
appearance of this phrase in the code.

Hopes this helps to clarify this knotty issue.