Gil, I won't doubt you for a moment. But as one who went into the store all the time in the '60s, this *urban legend* really did have legs. It was *their* sales people that told me what it stood for!
Bob -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 4:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FW: Mainframe Jobs Going Away In a recent note, Richards.Bob said: > Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:37:15 -0500 > > Give the man a Kewpie Doll! > Snopes calls this urban legend: Linkname: Urban Legends Reference Pages: Business (E.J. Korvette) URL: http://www.snopes.com/business/names/korvette.asp E.J. Korvette was founded in 1948 (two years before the Korean War) by a Jewish World War II veteran named Eugene Ferkauf. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html LEGAL DISCLAIMER The information transmitted is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Seeing Beyond Money is a service mark of SunTrust Banks, Inc. [ST:XCL] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
