[Ruby] FUCK - meeting location CHANGED for today!
Brian Wisti
brianwisti at yahoo.com
Tue Dec 5 20:34:51 PST 2006
Eh, I think it's okay to use grownup words every once in a while, such
as times of unexpected stress. I know it's part of my debugging
vocabulary, along with several other colorful words and phrases.
How'd the meeting go? Was there a meeting? I'm going to have to attend
a meeting again someday.
Kind Regards,
Brian Wisti
http://coolnamehere.com/
--- Daevid Vincent <daevid at daevid.com> wrote:
> Why actually it is...
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck
>
> One such legend holds that the word fuck came from Irish law. If a
> couple
> were caught committing adultery, they would be punished "For Unlawful
> Carnal
> Knowledge In the Nude", with "FUCKIN'" written on the stocks above
> them to
> denote the crime.
>
> Other explanations for fuck as an acronym for adultery offer
> alternative
> wordings, such as "Fornication Under Carnal/Cardinal Knowledge," or
> "Fornication Under [the] Control/Consent/Command of the King."
> Variations on
> this theme include, "Fornication Under the Christian King", "False
> Use of
> Carnal Knowledge", "Felonious Use of Carnal Knowledge", "Felonious
> Unlawful
> Carnal Knowledge", "Full-On Unlawful Carnal Knowledge", and "Found
> Under
> Carnal Knowledge"; and the closely related variant, "Forced Unlawful
> Carnal
> Knowledge" a label supposedly applied to the crime of rape.
>
> ;-)
>
> However, I don't think it was necessary to put it in the subject
> line,
> especially since many of us get these emails at work. Not to mention,
> it's a
> great way to get "spam filtered", since most of the pr0n spam uses
> such
> expletives.
>
> DÆVID
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ruby-bounces at zenspider.com
> > [mailto:ruby-bounces at zenspider.com] On Behalf Of David Andrew
> Thompson
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 5:49 PM
> > To: Seattle Ruby Brigade!
> > Subject: Re: [Ruby] FUCK - meeting location CHANGED for today!
> >
> > I'm sorry, is FUCK an acronym for something, or was the use of an
> > expletive intended in the subject line?
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > On 12/5/06, Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby at zenspider.com> wrote:
> > > I was JUST told that they're having a xmas party here at vivace
> in
> > > about 30 minutes. They didn't put it on the calendar or
> > anything. So,
> > > I guess we'll meet at the online cafe on pine and 16th-ish.
> > >
> > > Sorry about the late notice. I didn't know, honest.
> > >
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