Off-topic, but interesting never-the-less... >From wikipedia:
"Quite often domestic audiences have affectionately referred to the BBC as the Beeb, or as Auntie; the latter originating in the somewhat fuddy duddy Auntie knows best attitude dating back to the early days when John Reith was in charge." "Auntie: The Inside Story of the BBC" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128867/ On 3/20/06 6:59 AM, "phlbrck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:36:34 -0500, Michael Spencer wrote: >> More importantly, I'd like to know just what sort of program 'Auntie' >> might be? :-) > > Me too, that's why I downloaded it in the first place. Auntie displays > headlines from the BBC. Don't know how the name got invented. > > Ken Philbrick > _______________________________________________ > Littlesnitch-talk mailing list > Littlesnitch-talk@obdev.at > http://at.obdev.at/mailman/listinfo/littlesnitch-talk -- Andrew J. Cowell http://www.ajcowell.info [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________________ ³God does not play dice with the universe: He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.² (Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens, ISBN: 0552137030) _______________________________________________ Littlesnitch-talk mailing list Littlesnitch-talk@obdev.at http://at.obdev.at/mailman/listinfo/littlesnitch-talk
