On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 11:38:05AM +0000, Curt wrote: > On 2017-09-18, x9p <debian-u...@x9pneu.com> wrote: > > My chosen machine name was "localhost", problem partially lies here. > > Yeah, man. > > My uncle Harry had a similar problem when it occurred to him that--for > reasons of simplicity and because of a failing memory--he might christen > two recently-purchased kittens with identical names. Whenever he called > one of them there would be a considerable delay (each of them assuming > he was calling the other). > > Of course cats never come when you call them anyway (which is a clue > the story may be apocryphal).
The story makes more sense in this context if your uncle names his kitten "Me". Uncle Harry: "Have you seen Me?" Aunt Berta: "You're standing right there." Harry: "Not me. Me." Berta; "Have you been drinking the rubbing alcohol again?"