[plug] [Fwd: [STOP] "What a pile of australian legislature"]

[Bret Busby]

And here was me, thinking that the australian legislature (which is 
the parliament; cf the Concise Oxford Dictionary) was just another 
crime syndicate, manned by sex perverts.

Perhaps, the correct word to have been used in the message below, is 
legislation.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 6/8/99, 8:30:09 PM, Oliver White <ojw at iinet.net.au> wrote regarding 
[plug] [Fwd: [STOP] "What a pile of australian legislature"]:


> Raoul Golan wrote:

> > Alan Cox, linux kernel hacker extraordinaire, has the
> > following to say (make this phrase stick!):
> >
> > >
> > > http://linuxtoday.com/talkback/19438.html
> > >
> > >  Alan Cox - Subject: Australians (Jun 7th, 11:50:31 )
> > >
> > > Fortunately it takes one line of perl to replace every use of the word
> > > with something else say 'piss' which features in the KJ bible so is 
good
> > > for a laugh with censors, and also 'australain legislature' . Im quite
> > > happy that the kernel contains stuff like
> > >
> > >  /* What a pile of australian legislature */
> > >
> > > We can preserve the event forever in history and maybe try and move it
> > > into mainstream language. I would urge people to refer to all stupid 
paper
> > > pusher decisions as a pile of australian legislature. The more people 
do
> > > this the more likely it is to achieve critical mass and become part of 
the
> > > language where it will stay for years and years as a happy reminder
> > >
> > >  Alan
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Your computer has been Alstoned.

> --
> Oliver White

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