[plug] Anagrams things...

[Rob Potter]

On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Greg Mildenhall wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, alex polglaze wrote:
> > Bret Busby wrote:
> > I agree with you. These things had me tricked for quite a while. I
> > originally thought IMHO must be a version of Linux. Then I had a
> > lightning bolt as to what it really was. I now write them down when I
> > crack them and keep my e-mail translator close by when reading PLUG
> > mail.
> 
> The only one that I had real dificulty working out was TANSTAAFL.
> That one was surely designed as a techie's ritual handshake.
> I think we say the expression differently here than in the US, and we
> don't use it often. 6 cool points to anyone who can work it out without
> being told.
>> -Greg
> 
> 
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch!

At least that one makes sense.  The rest of the time it is just shorthand
(a legacy from the days of slow modem connections and tiny bandwidth) or
an attempt to keep the un-initiated from knowing what was going on.

Rob