From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: cowan@mercury.ccil.org (John Cowan) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 08:10:15 -0400 Subject: [TUHS] Fun experiences with old mainframes (was Early non-Unix filesystems?) In-Reply-To: <20160323232700.GC3766@eureka.lemis.com> References: <20160323232700.GC3766@eureka.lemis.com> Message-ID: <20160324121015.GD897@mercury.ccil.org> Greg 'groggy' Lehey scripsit: > He arrived at the Causeway in Johore Bahru with his nice red turban > on. And the immigration official was a Sikh! With a blue turban. He > said "what are you doing with a red turban? Today's a blue turban > day!". (Just for the record, the remark itself was the trap: there are no turban colors associated with particular days. Blue is associated with learning, red with celebrations such as weddings.) -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan at ccil.org Newbies always ask: "Elements or attributes? Which will serve me best?" Those who know roar like lions; Wise hackers smile like tigers. --a tanka, or extended haiku