-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday, October 19, 2002, Tim Musson wrote...
WM>>> Another term to puzzle a newbie! Although I've been using TB! WM>>> for well over a year I've no idea of the origin of this WM>>> piscatorial reference. MDP>> It was first awarded by Leif to Nick Andriash on July 24th 2000 MDP>> with the immortal phrase "Moderator slaps Nick with a trout". It MDP>> is a way of conveying a tongue-in-cheek reprimand for a slight MDP>> transgression. > IIRC 'trout' is also an old word for a really nasty flog. It's also a fish ;) A popular IRC client (mIRC) has a 'slap' command which uses the same thing (maybe where it was originally obtained?). - -- Jonathan Angliss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Fingerprint: 676A 1701 665B E343 E393 B8D2 2B83 E814 F8FD 1F73 iQA/AwUBPbHpZiuD6BT4/R9zEQK24gCcD7Fk3mWwSvcdxMC7Fv72q/mMouEAnAwX j1VYHbDV7wXUwlB8fYnjBihy =8OT2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
