[TUHS] who was that unmasked man

Dan Halbert halbert at halwitz.org
Sat Mar 9 05:55:56 AEST 2024


Here you go. I search in groups.google.com, which indexes old Usenet posts:

https://groups.google.com/g/net.jokes/c/GdEQWm_Ztj0/m/SoRDzqrLg64J

Dan H.

On 3/8/24 14:23, William H. Mitchell wrote:
> A story that Steve Zimmerman once told--and I can’t remember if in-person at a Usenix, on a mailing list, or on Usenet--was that on some Chinese restaurant menu he found this item: "Sliced Children with Tomato Sauce".  (Note: "children", not "chicken"!)  For fun, Zimmerman tried to order it, asking to be sure it was in fact sliced children, not sliced chicken.  The waiter carefully explained it was a typo, became very apologetic for disappointing him, etc. :)
>
> Every once in a while I look for that post but I’ve never found it.  I wonder if anybody else from the recalls it from the 80s.
>
> Google says, 'No results found for "sliced children with tomato sauce".'
>
> FWIW, Here’s a search that turns up a few things related to CCA Emacs: https://groups.google.com/g/net.emacs/search?q=steve%20zimmerman%20cca%20emacs
>
> My recollection is that Zimmerman passed away while relatively young, but hopefully I’m wrong.  I didn’t find him on LinkedIn just now.
>
>> On Mar 6, 2024, at 9:50 AM, Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote:
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>> CCA - a.k.a. zimmerman emacs.
>>>>
>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 11:43 AM ron minnich <rminnich at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> CCA EMACS? That's a name I have not heard in a long time ...
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>> I forgot if I'm not allowed to load images, sorry if I just made a mistake.
>>
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