From: Ellen K. 

LOL

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 13:29:08 -0500, "Frank Haber"
 wrote in message :

>First it was road signs, then knobs and buttons on furrn' vee-hickles, now we
>cain't get a proper bunch of 'murr'can buttons on our winders.  What's the
>world coming ter?
>
>Actually, I'm with you. In 1975, my first tee shirt "with writing
on it" held
>an enlargement of one cartoon from a Euro roadsign parody in ?Mad magazine.
>There was a large picture of a panda bowing a cello, plus a
"10," with the
>legend, "Bears playing cellos next 10 km."
>
>In 1970, a Win 3.0 GUI replacement for TREE used a (primitive, 4-bit)
>representation of, wait for it, a pine tree for its icon.  This puzzled many
>of us - "pine" swamped "tree" for most eyes.  A
poll was held, and I believe
>these were the winners:
>
>1. Database of Vermont revolutionary heros.  Don't tread on them.
>
>2. Forestry program.
>
>3. Phallic symbol collection, with a icon suitable for a family desktop.

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