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Article #181743Re: Unisys (was Re: Where did GODBOUT Electronics go ?)
From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:00
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:00
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In article <8h5aj6$ktk$1...@nina.pacific.net.au> ri...@zip.com.au (river) writes: >Jay Maynard <jmay...@thebrain.conmicro.cx> wrote in message >news:slrn8jc8u1.nid.jmaynard@thebrain.conmicro.cx... > >> On 31 May 2000 23:46:23 -0400, gcash <gc...@magicnet.net> wrote: >> >> >I also seem to remember laughing at a pompous TV ad Unisys bought >> >that aired during a football game, explaining their new name. >> >> I wish I could remember who said it, but the best comment on the >> Unisys name was that it sounded like a birth defect. "I'm sorry, >> ma'am, but your son was born with a unisys." "*GASP!*" > >It was rumoured, that if you ran "Unisys" through Wordstar (or maybe >another old wp) spellcheck it would come up with "anuses". Maybe it's >an urban myth, but the first time I heard it I almost split! It's not an urban myth. I might have even posted the original message myself. We had it happen using WordPerfect. -- cgi...@sky.bus.com (Charlie Gibbs) Remove the first period after the "at" sign to reply.
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From: "Charlie Gibbs" <cgi...@sky.bus.com> Subject: Re: Unisys (was Re: Where did GODBOUT Electronics go ?) Date: 2000/06/01 Message-ID: <1017.187T1255T5115064@sky.bus.com> X-Deja-AN: 630041531 References: <3934C1E1.4F56@bellsouth.net> <3934F4AC.2D800FF2@trailing-edge.com> <66rum5bk.fsf@magicnet.net> <slrn8jc8u1.nid.jmaynard@thebrain.conmicro.cx> <8h5aj6$ktk$1@nina.pacific.net.au> Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit