[TUHS] Re: who was that unmasked man

[Luther Johnson <luther.johnson@makerlisp.com>]

That reminds me of a restaurant, who posted, one day, that the soup of
the day was "Beef Barely".

On 03/08/2024 12:57 PM, Dan Halbert wrote:
> Here is the whole post:
>
> z...@cca.uucp
> Jun 3, 1983, 9:23:42 AM
> to
> Nothing will ever top the entry I saw on the menu of the main restaurant
> in Darjeeling. The restaurant was quite ordinary, and so was most of
> the menu. But there was one entry in the middle of a bunch of others
> which caught my eye:
>
> Rice with sliced children, tomato sauce.
>
> I called the waiter over and tried to order it, and he explained that it
> was a misprint; it was supposed to read "chicken" instead of "children".
> I acted terribly disappointed, and the waiter became very apologetic.
>
> This was the same restaurant in Darjeeling that was frequently out of
> tea.
>
> On the road up to Darjeeling, there were all sorts of interesting
> billboards. On the approach to a narrow bridge, there was one
> proclaiming "Watch your Vechicles". A little farther on, there was one
> that said "Drink more coffee, it's good for you!"
>
> On 3/8/24 14:55, Dan Halbert wrote:
>> Here you go. I search in groups.google.com, which indexes old Usenet
>> posts:
>>
>> https://groups.google.com/g/net.jokes/c/GdEQWm_Ztj0/m/SoRDzqrLg64J
>>
>> Dan H.
>>
>> On 3/8/24 14:23, William H. Mitchell wrote:
>>> A story that Steve Zimmerman once told--and I can’t remember if
>>> in-person at a Usenix, on a mailing list, or on Usenet--was that on
>>> some Chinese restaurant menu he found this item: "Sliced Children
>>> with Tomato Sauce". (Note: "children", not "chicken"!)  For fun,
>>> Zimmerman tried to order it, asking to be sure it was in fact sliced
>>> children, not sliced chicken.  The waiter carefully explained it was
>>> a typo, became very apologetic for disappointing him, etc. :)
>>>
>>> Every once in a while I look for that post but I’ve never found it.
>>> I wonder if anybody else from the recalls it from the 80s.
>>>
>>> Google says, 'No results found for "sliced children with tomato
>>> sauce".'
>>>
>>> FWIW, Here’s a search that turns up a few things related to CCA
>>> Emacs:
>>> https://groups.google.com/g/net.emacs/search?q=steve%20zimmerman%20cca%20emacs
>>>
>>> My recollection is that Zimmerman passed away while relatively
>>> young, but hopefully I’m wrong.  I didn’t find him on LinkedIn just
>>> now.
>>>
>>>> On Mar 6, 2024, at 9:50 AM, Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> CCA - a.k.a. zimmerman emacs.
>>>> ᐧ
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 11:43 AM ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
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>>>> CCA EMACS? That's a name I have not heard in a long time ...
>>>>
>>>> I forgot if I'm not allowed to load images, sorry if I just made a
>>>> mistake.
>>>>
>>>>
>>
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