Re: Help with corrupt block

Hi Howard and all,

This is truly hilarious !!

Although I'm accused of promoting the "Mainman" occasionally, sometimes I only do so subconsciously (sometimes ;)

Being English born and bred, the term "hunky dory", an English slang for "fine" or "OK" and the such, is a term I regularly use. So I don't really give it a second thought.

However, "Hunky Dory" happens to be the title of David Bowie's masterpiece album from 1971. Hence the connection between the two.

Now if I slip in the phrase "The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars" innocently into a sentence, then please begin to cast your suspicions.

Hee Hee

Richard
"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:XbWC9.80812$g9.227483_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> Richard Foote is a very nice man, with strange mystic powers, it is true.
> But I think even he would be utterly gob-smacked at the incredible
> coincidence of such a web page combining hunky-dory with David Bowie!! But
> it's all true (or was this morning, at any rate!)
>
> But then again....
>
> Now all I need is a webpage that combines wobble boards and Benjamin
> Britten.
>
> Regards
> HJR
>
>
> "Karsten Farrell" <kfarrell_at_belgariad.com> wrote in message
> news:K_VC9.117$dE.16841053_at_newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
> > Paul Brewer wrote:
> > > "Richard Foote" <richard.foote_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message
> > > news:8dKC9.80496$g9.226680_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> > >
> > >
> > >>hunky dory (via dbf).
> > >
> > >
> > > Again this strange reference to "hunky dory"
> > > And I think he means dbv.
> > > Puzzling stuff. Is Planet Earth owned by IBM? Is there nothing I can
do?
> > >
> > > Yours in fun,
> > >
> > > Arnold Layne
> > > Senior Oracle DBA
> > >
> > I think you have to be British to understand it. According to
> > Merriam-Webster, it's been around since 1866.
> >
> > http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=hunky-dory
> >
> > If you go to the Britannica site, it has a picture of David Bowie. Hmm.
> > Is there a connection there?
> >
> > http://search.britannica.com/search?ref=B04319&query=hunky-dory
> >
> > Maybe it's time to rename this NG to c.d.o.server.bowie? :)
> >
>
>
Received on Thu Nov 21 2002 - 08:27:55 CST