On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 01:08:04 +0700, Thomas Fernandez wrote: > 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.
Thanks for the concrete information, Thomas. That was, despite the humor or perhaps because of its unavoidable humor, what I was looking for. -- Avi Yashar Windows XP Pro SP2 and The Bat! Pro 3.0.2.8 ________________________________________________________ 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/
