I didn't mean the explanationI liked that.
But before the explanation, it seemed as if you had just reposted the link, which was up just a while before...
(But before the explanation, it seemed as if you had just reposted the link, which was up just a while before...
kitty meow meow,
Tue 8 Apr 2003, 23:20,
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ahh nothat was like showing what life was like before someone thought up 'hello' as the word to say when answering the phone.
It was a competition they ran (a newspaper i think or something) and 'hello' won. You'll know from the Simpsons that 'ahoy hoy' was an early common phrase.
(It was a competition they ran (a newspaper i think or something) and 'hello' won. You'll know from the Simpsons that 'ahoy hoy' was an early common phrase.
Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology,
Tue 8 Apr 2003, 23:29,
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