Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: 30 Mar 2026 20:19:19 GMT Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <1rsjtwr.9h8wo7a6jjujN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10q2o7j$nr7l$1@news1.tnib.de> <1rsostx.1fumdje1pdrftiN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsoqz0.19zzbh71ebfb7bN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <18a11176d0ed8bfb$1717$2710841$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10q9dle$u3sq$1@dont-email.me> <18a11e5c3372a392$492$2653793$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10qatq5$1arse$6@dont-email.me> <10qauv2$1gh74$1@dont-email.me> <10qbsi0$1qtth$1@dont-email.me> <10qcsdp$24fnd$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Dpb5tGVzGl9qr90MF1KHHgcCmktXu/z0ZYivbiqcbYFmoIf2RP Cancel-Lock: sha1:h2blHAXMMxDei/R2y8+l2THD2rQ= sha256:GfCkNToN+YnSQrgALosxZo+woZn5p1yudeXFKORyGZo= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84717 alt.usage.english:1141679 On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:06:02 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2026-03-30, rbowman wrote: > >> On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 03:58:49 +0000, vallor wrote: >> >>> There was a joke on the sitcom "Three's Company" where John Ritter's >>> character asks Susanne Sommers' character to get a heaping tablespoon >>> of milk... >>> >>> Apologies: my mind is an attic. >> >> I'm glad I'm not the only one. > > I think of mine as a packrat. With cholla joints? For most of the world: A cholla is a particularly obnoxious form of cactus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylindropuntia In the US southwest the packrats fortify their nests by piling the joints around them. I've always wanted to see one if the act. If you're unfortunate enough to brush one and have a joint attacked to you it's best to have a knife that you can slide under it and flick it off. People swear the joints are capable of jumping on you.