(fwd) Re: April Fools Day silliness on Internet?

Todd E. Van Hoosear ((no email)) Fri, 19 Aug 94 21:40:13 -0400


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From: roth@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Roth Mark Daniel)
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Subject: Re: April Fools Day silliness on Internet?
Date: 19 Aug 1994 18:44:36 GMT
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jimf@centerline.com (Jim Frost) writes:

>phlo.gis.ton (flo jis'tan, t*n) n. [ModL., ult. < Gr. phlegein, to ^^^^^^^^^^^^

YKYBHTLW you parse this and think, "Gee, that's a weird hostname..."

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