[OT] Yorkshiremen (was RE: PunchedCard v2)
Peter Munro
munro at cognality.com
Tue May 9 18:30:19 UTC 2000
Peter Crowther wrote:
>
> > From: ssadams at us.ibm.com [mailto:ssadams at us.ibm.com]
> [...]
> > And the second Yorkshireman replied, "Cards! You had
> > cards? We had to make our own paper tape out of old
> > copies of The Times cut into strips and glued together
> > with wheat paste.
>
> Speaking as a half-Yorkshireman who is currently living within
> 15 miles of the place... they don't read The Times :-). Strictly
> tabloids only to wrap fish and chips, preferably the Daily Mail.
> In fact, hygiene regulations say you're no longer allowed to
> do even that --- clean paper only. For a while, the paper
> suppliers even printed it to look like newsprint because
> the Yorkshiremen complained so much...
Luxury.
Pete
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