Re: [Zero] 20 years and counting

Sorry to burst the bubble, guys, but if a Euro-woman thought you were all "cute" and "american" back in the 1980s, she was likely comparing you to Ronald Reagan or Michael Jackson, our giant cultural symbols of the day, neither of which could possibly end well. Then again, if she was really Euro-fun and not faking the accent to amuse a bunch of CS geeks, she may have been comparing you to Duran Duran.

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From: zero-bounces@spoetzl.net <zero-bounces@spoetzl.net>
To: Rich Holloway <rlholloway@bellsouth.net>; Zero List <zero@spoetzl.net>
Sent: Sun Jun 08 13:57:59 2008
Subject: Re: [Zero] 20 years and counting

* A 'best costume prize' consisting of an A&P Frozen Pizza (possibly won by Halla Abdalla-- don't remember)



No No NO. The best costume prize was won by some European chick (french I believe) who stumbled into our party through no fault of her own (came with someone from the department, but was not a CS geek) who thought we are all "cute" and very "american". And at the time I seem to remember that her translation of what we were saying was probably NOT the same as we intended.

She probably thought we wanted her to cook a pizza for us! ;-)

Pete