Hello Avi, On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 16:19:41 +0200 GMT (17/11/2004, 21:19 +0700 GMT), Avi Yashar wrote:
>> )<)))'> AY> Roelof and Marck and maybe Mary, I've been wanting to ask about that AY> trout. I know that this is not a term that was made up here on tbbeta, AY> but I am still curious. What does a trout have to do with top posting AY> and missing signature delimiters? The trout is the fish used in the Asterix comic books by the fish dealer called Verleihnix in German (don't know his name in other languages). He slaps people with this dead and wet and apparently smelly fish when they do something wrong. Some people say this is the origin of "trouting" by moderators. Others say the word has its origin in the usenet and has nothing to do with Asterix and Obelix, and Leif was the first one to use it on a TB list. -- Cheers, Thomas. "Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough." (Lynnette, age 8) Message reply created with The Bat! 3.0.2.4 Rush under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.2.8 Rush | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
