> jon louis mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snipped all but:>
> by the way; what is maru?
IIRC, Rob wrote a nice post about that when I was a
List newbie and asked the same thing; I won't be
anywhere near as thorough, but, in short:
Maru is part of a Japanese ship's name, as in
'Kobayashi Maru.' On-List, it's used as part of a
post signature title, and usually relates to the
content of the post, with humor, silliness or even
seriousness "value-added." If you look back at Rob's
recent posts, you'll see. Double and triple entendres
are additional admirable features, worth more points
in the ongoing "I'm terribly clever, don't you agree?"
games. <evil grin>
Of course, some of us will toss in commentary about
other, perhaps related threads in-passing, as it were,
to show that while we didn't respond to a post or
thread, we did read it, and thought our views ought to
be expressed (rather like coffee?).
The sub-Brin List, also known as The Culture,* uses
ship name designations from Ian Banks series, frex
'GCU Stupendous,' or 'GSV Mettlesome.'
*<ducks and runs laughing!>
Debbi
Helpful Not Meddlesome Maru ;)
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