actually, I was working at a manufacturer about 10 years agoA person from another plant in Germany was visiting our plant in the USA, he needed to transfer some files to another PC and was asking for a 'stiffy' -- must have been a way to differentiate from the floppy, but he didn't realize what it would translate to in slang
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PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage,
Mon 9 Mar 2009, 12:53,
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And meanwhile, the American staff were all sitting on their fanniesand commenting how the spirited German chap was full of spunk?
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Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇,
Mon 9 Mar 2009, 12:56,
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