> > On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 04:50:06PM +0900, Gerhard Fasol wrote:
> >>
> >> it must be a reference to the former mayor of Osaka
> >> Knock Yokoyama.
Good one. He, after all, could credibly tick all three sex boxes
you might have on your user-reg webform: "male", "female" and
"wanna have." (Or was that some other Japanese politician? Or
four of them?)
> > Not! It simply implies someone knocking on the "glass" window
> > or your video phone as they call you by surprise. Just like
> > about 5 minutes ago :)
I was hoping for some kind of virtual-genkan metaphor,
but whatever....shouldn't these phones have one of those
check-out-the-visitor fisheye-lens peepholes, like you find
on some doors?
> Actually Tom looked at me and suddenly I saw the light bulb
> on top of his head...he became the idea because my last name
> is "Specht" which translates into "Woodpecker" and guess
> what sound a woodpecker does all the time? Knock! Knock!
Well, then -- let's get the sex distinctions out of the way so
that we can go beyond the knock-knock jokes and get to the
question burning in everyone's mind:
"How many P2101V users does it take to screw in a lightbulb?"
(Wake me when you've all voted for the winning answer.)
-michael turner
leap@gol.com
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Received on Mon Oct 8 14:20:56 2001