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to: Frank Malcolm
from: Bob Lawrence
date: 1995-01-25 11:04:12
subject: password

BL> my own famous Irish ancestor Seamus O'Bog is on record as the
 BL> first man to take a newspaper into a toilet, thus leading to
 BL> the phase: "I'm going for a bog."

 FM> One of my colleagues at one stage referred to this as "going to
 FM> punch a Grogan". Now I've no idea who Grogan is/was, but it
 FM> reminded me of the old IBM MFCMs (multi-function card machines)
 FM> - they could read and punch at the same time, too.

  (grin) I hope they used a nappy, then. In our family, no one goes
for a shit, we adjourn to the reading room.

Regards,
Bob
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