From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: wes.parish@paradise.net.nz (Wesley Parish) Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 13:46:12 +1300 (NZDT) Subject: [TUHS] Happy New Year and an amusing story from the past In-Reply-To: <5a94ba4be13b879314b92467eb129cfc.squirrel@webmail.yaccman.com> References: <6A488816-8384-4AA0-A9EA-0340DCDA9009@ronnatalie.com> <5a94ba4be13b879314b92467eb129cfc.squirrel@webmail.yaccman.com> Message-ID: <1420159572.54a5ea545ea1f@www.paradise.net.nz> And nobody thought to pronounce the word UNIX (EUNUCHS) to the Very Reverend Baptist-folk? :) That would've made it even funnier! Quoting scj at yaccman.com: > Oh that brings back memories! It seems that every Baptist read Usenix > as > Unisex (Freud would have something to say about that...). Families with > children would pass up an elevator rather than get on it with Usenix > folks... > > > > Love it. IIRC that was the conference a number of us with BSD daemon > > t-shirts were accosted for the wearing them. > > > > A story I like to tell was in the early 1980s at the Toronto USENIX. > This > > was just as when the US was going through AIDS reaction similar to > the > > current ebola over-worries. I was wearing a "Sex, Drugs & UNIX" > button > > when I got on the hotel elevator with Mike Krueger when your basic > midwest > > family of 4 or 5 got on at the same time. The mother sees my button > and > > asks, what's "UNIX." Krueger looks at her and replies: "It's like AIDS > -- > > only worse." > > > > She immediately takes her kids and cowers in the corner while I'm > > alternating being wanting to kick Krueger and laughing. > > > > On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 6:44 AM, Ronald Natalie > wrote: > > > >> A prosperous New Years to all us old UNIX farts. > >> > >> Years ago the USENIX conference was in Atlanta. It was a stark > >> contrast > >> between us and the Southern Baptists who were in town for their > >> conference > >> as well (punctuated at some goofball Baptist standing up in the > middle > >> of > >> one of the restaurants to sing God Bless America or some such). > >> > >> Anyhow, right before the conference someone (I think it was Dennis) > made > >> some comment about nobody ever having asked him for a cast of his > >> genitals. A couple of friends decided we needed to issue genital > >> casting > >> kits to certain of the UNIX notables. I went out to an art supply > >> store > >> and bought plaster, paper cups, popsicle sticks to mix with, etc… > >> Gould > >> computers let me use one of their booth machines and a printer to > print > >> out > >> the instructions. I purloined some bags from the hotel. It was > >> pointed > >> out that you need vaseline in order for the plaster to not stick to > the > >> skin. Great, I head into the hotel gift shop and grab ten tiny jars > >> of > >> vaseline. As I plop these on the counter at the cashier, she looks > at > >> me > >> for a minute and then announces… > >> > >> I guess y’all aren’t with the baptists. > >> > >> People took it pretty tongue in cheek when they were presented. All > >> except Redman who flew off the handle. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> TUHS mailing list > >> TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org > >> https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > TUHS mailing list > > TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org > > https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs > > > > > __________________ _____________________________ > TUHS mailing list > TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org > https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuh s >