RE: [SLE] The Linus Letter
Dave could probably explain it better, but it had to do with a television show in England (sometime back in the 60's I believe) which aired a documentary about harvesting spaghetti from trees. I only know about because my wife is English - but I can't remember the whole story right off... I was just surprised to see it in Dave's email signature:) Mike ------------------------------------------ Cleary_Mike@emc.com ------------------------------------------ "A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse.: - anon -----Original Message----- From: Tom Wesley [mailto:tawesley@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 3:24 PM To: Dave Smith; suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] The Linus Letter -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 02 April 2002 8:31 am, Dave Smith wrote:
On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 02:57:50PM -0500, Cleary_Mike@emc.com wrote:
"Spaghetti growing on trees..." Kind of dating yourself aren't you? :)
No, the 'Spaghetti Incident' was 18 years before I was born, but it's so famous...
Anyway, I thought it might be fun to see how many people understood the comment... I'm quite lost?? 'Spaghetti Incident'????
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From waht I remember is that they actually covered trees in spaghetti and did it documentary style. I believe from mylimited memory on this tat they went to a village in the Alps, although I could be wrong here.
It was done with a serious tone :). Matt On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 Cleary_Mike@emc.com wrote:
Dave could probably explain it better, but it had to do with a television show in England (sometime back in the 60's I believe) which aired a documentary about harvesting spaghetti from trees. I only know about because my wife is English - but I can't remember the whole story right off...
I was just surprised to see it in Dave's email signature:)
Mike ------------------------------------------ Cleary_Mike@emc.com ------------------------------------------ "A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse.: - anon
-----Original Message----- From: Tom Wesley [mailto:tawesley@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 3:24 PM To: Dave Smith; suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] The Linus Letter
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On Tuesday 02 April 2002 8:31 am, Dave Smith wrote:
On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 02:57:50PM -0500, Cleary_Mike@emc.com wrote:
"Spaghetti growing on trees..." Kind of dating yourself aren't you? :)
No, the 'Spaghetti Incident' was 18 years before I was born, but it's so famous...
Anyway, I thought it might be fun to see how many people understood the comment... I'm quite lost?? 'Spaghetti Incident'????
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On Wednesday 03 April 2002 00:03, matthew johnson wrote:
From waht I remember is that they actually covered trees in spaghetti and did it documentary style. I believe from mylimited memory on this tat they went to a village in the Alps, although I could be wrong here.
It was done with a serious tone :).
Found elsewhere on the net: April 2 1957 : The B.B.C. made "April Fools" of many television viewers last night by showing a film apparently of spaghetti growing on trees. It was broadcast at the end of the "Panorama" programme with great seriousness and a commentary by Richard Dimbleby, who referred to the exceptionally mild winter which had resulted in the unusually heavy spaghetti crop. The film depicted women gathering the "crop" and laying it in receptacles. Most viewers who phoned in seeking an explanation, took the joke good-humouredly, but there were a minority who thought it was childish and irresponsible. Best regards, David List
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