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May the Forth Be With You... did it start here in the 90s? [message #55385] Sat, 04 May 2013 12:48 Go to next message
Bill Clark is currently offline  Bill Clark
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Well not here in google but in the old original newsgroups in the RASS usergroups? I remember those days well! Even before it was broken up into subgroups (adding the misc for example).

I recall that going around back in the 90s. Now it is a thing in the mainstream.
Re: May the Forth Be With You... did it start here in the 90s? [message #55386 is a reply to message #55385] Sat, 04 May 2013 13:45 Go to previous message
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In article <ae5eb084-03a1-4a98-8021-2e8f5003a990@googlegroups.com>,
Bill Clark <talk2bill@gmail.com> wrote:

> Well not here in google but in the old original newsgroups in the RASS

> usergroups? I remember those days well! Even before it was broken up into

> subgroups (adding the misc for example).

>

> I recall that going around back in the 90s. Now it is a thing in the

> mainstream.


As far as researchers have been able to find out - the originator of
this phrase is none other than Margaret Thatcher. She was elected
prime minister on may 4, 1979, and her party had large banners that
read "may the fourth be with you, Maggie. Congratulations" to
celebrate. So, a bit older than rassm :)




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