[TUHS] Re: who was that unmasked man

[Dan Halbert <halbert@halwitz.org>]

Here is the whole post:

z...@cca.uucp
Jun 3, 1983, 9:23:42 AM
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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:
>>> <unnamed.png>
>>> 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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