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Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 12:31:42 +1100
Subject: Re: Python Unicode handling wins again -- mostly
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On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/26/bofh_2010_episode_18/
>>
>> ChrisA
>
> What means "PFY"?  The only thing I can think of is "Poor F---ing
> Yankee" :-)

In the context of the BOFH, it stands for Pimply-Faced Youth and means
BOFH's assistant.

ChrisA