I'm a Texan, and an Aggie, and I LOVE a good Redneck or Aggie joke (or about
Tx).
I used to watch Dukes of Hazzard all the time, so this joke "hits close to home"
-- it's a great one!
Lance (the Redneck) :-)
Josh McCaffrey wrote:
>
> On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, you wrote:
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> > On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> > > I lifted below news release parody out of a Linux-oriented email
> > > newsletter I subscribe to called CONSOLE :
> > >
> > > http://console-newsletter.hypermart.net/subscribe.htm
> > > http://console-newsletter.hypermart.net/
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
> > >
> > > New Linux Distro: Red Neck Linux
> > >
> > > Red Neck Computers, Inc., of Chattafoocheeble, Alabama, starting
> > > shipping version 1.0 CD-ROMs of its new Red Neck Linux
> > > distribution
> > > yesterday. "We feel that RNL is a major step forward in bringing
> > > cheap, powerful, easy-to-use software to the millions of
> > > technophobes
> > > living in the South," Sandy Watkins, PR manager for Red Neck
> > > said in a
> > > press release.
> > >
> > > RNL features:
> > > * The X Winder System
> > > * DukesOfHazzard command line shell
> > > * Netscape 4 with preset bookmarks to such sites as The Big
> > > Show,
> > > How to Attract Your Cousins, Bubba's Farm Report, Branson.net,
> > > The
> > > Stag Beer Homepage, 101 Recipes for BBQ Sauce, Dukes of Hazzard
> > > Fan Club, and the Hee Haw Syndication TV Schedule.
> > > * Deer Hunter, Bass Fishing, and Civil War General games
> > > * Daisy Duke pin-up preset for root winder
> >
> > Guess it's a good thing that those of us from Alabama have a sense of humor.
> > Funny I don't seem to be laughing.
> > -- LIFE'S LAWS
> > Psychiatrists say that 1 of 4 people is mentally ill. Check three
> > friends. If they're OK, you're it.
>
> Oh, yeah, I'm in Atlanta, GA. While I feel that Alabama jokes are
> not in such horrible taste, and there's probably not so many
> Alabama-Linux users, this joke, however funny it may be, is a bit
> stereotypical, if not disrespectful. Funny none-the-less, however.
>
> L-M content:
> Just bumped up my RAM to 64MB's. Proccessor still at 133, graphics @
> 2MB's. Playing around w/ different window mgrs. KDE still very
> user friendly. Gnome/Enlightenment a bit harder to figure out.
> STILL LOVIN' LINUX!!!
> -Josh
>
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