[clug] What? There's women on this list! Since when?!

Jim Croft jim.croft at gmail.com
Sun Jul 12 06:37:59 MDT 2009


> Interesting point of trivia: The word ‘guy’ used as an improper noun was
> first introduced to the English language to refer to an effigy of Guy
> Fawkes.  Not only women have a right to be offended by its application.

One behalf of ropes, tents and yachts everywhere we are deeply, deeply
offended by the use of 'guy' in reference to humans of any persuasion
or inclination.

jim (remembering the quip that Guy Fawkes may have been the only
person to enter parliament with honest intentions, and a lingering
childhood fear of Sir Guy of Gisbourne)

btw, this being a linux list 'n all - has anyone had any success
getting a Fujitsu Lifebook tablet PC running in tablet mode under
Ubuntu?

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