Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ut-sally!im4u!rutgers!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!amdcad!amd!pesnta!peora!ucf-cs!novavax!houligan!dave@murphy.UUCP From: dave@murphy.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: foo Message-ID: <36@houligan.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 13:32:40 EST Article-I.D.: houligan.36 Posted: Thu Dec 11 13:32:40 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Dec-86 20:08:41 EST Organization: Gould Electronics, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Lines: 14 I thought that "foo" came from the old Smokey Stover comic strip. Whenever someone told a bad joke, the cat would march across a panel carrying a sign that read "FOO". --- "I used to be able to sing the blues, but now I have too much money." -- Bruce Dickinson Dave Cornutt, Gould Computer Systems, Ft. Lauderdale, FL UUCP: ...!{sun,pur-ee,brl-bmd,bcopen}!gould!dcornutt or ...!{ucf-cs,allegra,codas}!novavax!houligan!dcornutt ARPA: dcornutt@gswd-vms.arpa (I'm not sure how well this works) "The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of my employer, not necessarily mine, and probably not necessary."