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Article #181742Re: Unisys (was Re: Where did GODBOUT Electronics go ?)
From: river
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:00
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:00
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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! seeyuzz river
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