Re: Macintosh Clone for $4189!

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From: Ken McLeod
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1989 10:22

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In article <352@lloyd.camex.uucp> kent@lloyd.UUCP (Kent Borg) writes:
>In article <4228feef.a590@mag.engin.umich.edu> billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu (b
illkatt) writes:
>>There is one born every minute -W.C. Fields.
>
>P.S. The "P.T." stood for "Phinias Taylor" in Mr. Barnum's name, what
>did Mr. Fields' "W.C." stand for?
>
>Kent Borg
>kent@lloyd.uucp
>or
>...!hscfvax!lloyd!kent

  Could be Whiskey Cocktails, or Whipping Children, or even William Claude.
  Who Cares?
  A better trivia question would be: what was his *real* last name?
  (it was NOT "Fields".)
  An even better question would be: why is this in comp.sys.mac??

-k


P.S. Bonus points will be awarded for cross-posting followups.
     "An Italian film director" is _not_ sufficient.


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From: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Macintosh Clone for $4189!
Summary: Mac clone, m.c., w.c. fields, brooke shields, low yields
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Date: 24 Mar 89 10:22:49 GMT
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