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diff --git a/etc/GNU.JOKES b/etc/GNU.JOKES new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..29a458de1ad --- /dev/null +++ b/etc/GNU.JOKES @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +From: Don Chiasson <G.CHIASSON@DREA-XX.ARPA> +Subject: Some gnu jokes +To: jokes@DREA-XX.ARPA, gergely@DREA-XX.ARPA, broome@DREA-XX.ARPA +cc: G.CHIASSON@DREA-XX.ARPA +Message-ID: <12329394624.13.G.CHIASSON@DREA-XX.ARPA> + + Richard M. Stallman (RMS, widely known for creating EMACS) is writing +a UNIX clone called GNU (which means Gnu's Not Unix--a recursive acronym). +This seems to open the way to a whole gnu class of jokes. For example: + +Q: What do you call a person who hacks while wearing no clothes? +A: A gnudist. + +Q: What do you call an eligible young hacker? +A: Gnubile. + +Q: What is a hacker's favorite candy? +A: Gnugat. (Though it contains little gnutrition.) + +Q: What do you call a computer filled with air? +A: Gnumatic. + +Q: What do you call a novice hacker who keeps pestering you + with foolish questions? +A: A gnuisance. + +Q: What do you call a subtle, clever hack in the favorite language? +A: A gnuanCe. + +Q: What do you use a supercomputer for? +A: Gnumerical analysis. + +Q: What do you call a hacker who collects coins? +A: A gnumismatist. + + Well, there are more, just too gnumerous to tell all at once. I think +I'd better go before someone starts firing gnuclear weapons at me. + Don |