http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catchpole
Catchpole was a Merriam-Webster word of the day. They had this to say:
Imagine chasing a chicken around the barnyard. Catching it would be no
mean feat. And chasing down someone who owes you money is pretty
challenging too. It's no surprise then that these two taxing tasks
come together in "catchpole," which derives from a word that literally
means "chicken chaser"—Anglo-French "cachepole." Before it referred to
the debt police, "catchpole" was used more generally for any tax
collector. That's the sense demonstrated in a 12th-century homily
about the apostle Matthew: "Matheus thet wes cachepol thene he iwende
to god-spellere" ("Matthew who was a catchpole until he turned into a
writer of the Gospel").
On Nov 26, 1:05 pm, "Mark Derricutt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For some reason I'm trying to draw linkages between Dick's, Poles, and
> the character Shaft - but I'm drawing blanks.
>
> Thou I was reminded of the Toyota Bugger
> adds:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Y3AsZ19Hc
>
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Christian Catchpole
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Sorry Dick. If anyone would like to make jokes about Christian
> > Catchpole now, they are more than welcome. Being called Buddha Drop-
> > stick was one of my favorites.
>
> --
> "It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized
> code." -- Bill Harlan
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