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From: kbos@carina.unm.edu (K. Mitchell Bose)
Subject: Re: Babe Ruth Candy Bar
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 08:17:16 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <1993Jan8.001923.15230@athena.mit.edu> cmk@athena.mit.edu (Charles M Kozierok) writes:
>In article <1993Jan7.212029.14746@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>>Now, indeed, there was the infamous Reggie bar.
>
>>But what candy bar is Holtzman thinking of wrt Ruth?  Is he thoughtlessly
>>assuming that the Baby Ruth bar is named for the baseball player, rather
>>than the daughter of the president?  Or is this one of those strange
>>urban legends about urban legends, and the Baby Ruth bar really *is*
>>named for Babe Ruth?
>>
>>My vote is that Jerome Holtzman's just plain stupid.
>
>i believe you have chosen wisely.
>i am pretty sure that the bar is indeed not named for George Herman.
>i heard this somewhere in the media not long ago, but i forget the source.

I'll agree with the "Holtzman as chowderhead" theory, but I seem to recall
reading about a local candy bar named after the Sultan of Swat.  I guess it's 
time to beat the old drum and see if Gramps remembers anything of the sort (esp
when this is cross-posted to afu...)


-- 
Kurt Bose (as in Daisy, not Rose) * kbos@carina.unm.edu * Walks: not that sexy.
"Halt!  Based on conclusive dental evidence that truly bites, I arrest you 
 hereby for the murdering of the dead Belzic Tascar.  I am obliged to warn you 
 that my weapons are registered as offensive fronds!!"- R.M.Allen, "Monkey See"
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: PAPAI@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Jonathan Papai)
Subject: Re: Amusing street names
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:19:51 GMT

In article <C0DLMM.M04@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>,bjackson@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Ben Jackson) writes:
>ObBank: Fifth Third Bank of Cincinati.  I've speculated about the name's
>	origin many times.  Does anyone have the real story?  Or even a
>	plausable one?  (that COULD be why they named it 5th 3rd, so it
>	MUST be true)

Ob5th3rdBank: Beavercreek Oh. - An 83-year-old woman has been cited for
inducing panic after a starter pistol she was allegedly showing a bank
teller accidentally discharged, police said yesterday.
Police Lt. Bob Sampson said Catherine E. Ferguson of Beavercreek had
gone into the Fifth Third bank on tuesday and was telling an employee
she believes crime is on the rise.
"She reached into her purse and pulled out this small handgun and said,
"This is what you need," Sampson said.  "Somehow, accidentally, the
starter pistol discharged."
Sampson said several bank employees dived to the floor when they saw the
gun.  After it was discharged, one employee hit an alarm button.
The charge against Ferguson carries maximum penalty of $1000 fine and 6
months in prison.  She is to appear in Fairborn Municipal court Jan.
12.

ObUL: Old folks can get away with stuff that would get youngsters shot.

Jon "Makes deposits to a blood bank" Papai
From: linden@positive.Eng.Sun.COM (Peter van der Linden)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Little Mermaid Video - where's the naughty bit?
Date: 13 Jan 1993 03:20:12 GMT
Organization: Sun
NNTP-Posting-Host: positive

[fellow wants to know where the penis is, on Little Mermaid video].

That would be in the butt, Bob.

No seriously, the much-missed snopes wrote to Disney to complain about
them peddling this smut and erotica, and they changed the artwork.

Peter "snopes also wrote to them asking about freezing Walt's cadaver" vdL

Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: mkjensen@IASTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: AMUSING SIGNS
Keywords: Happy?  We have Oat Bran!!!
Reply-To: mkjensen@IASTATE.EDU 
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 20:13:13 GMT

As far as amusing signs goes, there is a truck stop in Cabazon CA (sp?)
called the Wheel Inn, but the big freeway-visible sign makes it look like
the "Eat Wheel Inn"  This is the truck stop by the Cabazon dinosaurs.

There is also a billboard by this place for the giftshop at the 
"Eat Wheel Inn" that says (and I quote...)  " Happy?  We have Oat Bran!"
Thats all this sign says...
From: twcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Babe Ruth Candy Bar
Date: 10 Jan 1993 22:40:51 GMT
Organization: Department of Redundancy Department
Reply-To: TWChan@lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.12.117

When leecr@microsoft.com (Lee Crocker) verifies that according to the
   Nestle, Baby Ruth bars were named after pres. Cleveland's daughter:

PAPAI@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Jonathan Papai) indulges in a moment 
   of glory, exultation, vindication, and all-around poor gamesmanship
   and writes:
  
  +Well, I guess that puts the old Kibosh on:
  +
  + cscdc@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Dan Carpenter)
  +
  +What have you got to say now [?]

I guess you could say that he had a kibotomy.

Terry "It sure fixed me" Chan
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Berkeley, California  USA  94720  | a postmodern post to without deconstructing.
Organization: University of Central Florida--Computer Services
Date: Friday, 8 Jan 1993 15:06:29 EST
From: Laura Kittleson <LAURA@UCF1VM.BITNET>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Light--but White?
Distribution: world

In article <6284.434.uupcb@ehbbs.gwinnett.com>, curt.tucker@ehbbs.gwinnett.com
(Curt Tucker) says:
>
>I seem to remember hearing something in the last few days about a
>Michael Jackson commercial (British documentary?) being produced
>(by Pepsi?) which features a young actor playing Michael as a
>child. The young actor was alleged to be white.
>
>Can anyone comment on the accuracy, truth, or falseness of this
>account? I don't remember where I heard it.
>
In the last few days (they all blur together) on the Entertainment
channel (E!), the entertainment news show talked about how the
kid playing little Michael is a white child.  So if this is
mere UL and not truth, E! is fooled too or they're having fun
spreading it.  But I'll buy it.

Laura Kittleson, University of Central Florida
laura@ucf1vm.cc.ucf.edu
speaking only for myself.
From: gedwards@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Gordon Edwards)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Amusing street names
Date: 9 Jan 93 00:58:04 GMT
Organization: NCR Engineering and Manufacturing Atlanta -- Atlanta, GA

In <1993Jan7.182848.21855@Cadence.COM> vince@cadence.com (Vince Gibboni) writes:
>    Which leads me to the follow-up question: Can anyone identify a major 
>    city for me that does not have a street named after John F. Kennedy 

There's not one in Atlanta.

-- Gordon

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From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
Subject: Re: Trademarkability of personal names (Was: Re: Babe Ruth Candy Bar)
Reply-To: thf2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:58:24 GMT

In article <C0ox95.EyJ@geovision.gvc.com> pt@geovision.gvc.com writes:
>niepornt@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Marc Nieporent) writes:
>
>>And believe me, McDonalds is VERY aggressive at protecting that
>>trademark.  Use McAnything as the name of your store, and you're likely
>>to find a lawsuit waiting for you.
>
>Evidently, the prez of McDonalds contacted John Sculley (prez of Apple
>Computers) the day of the Macintosh announcement to get him to agree never
>to call his computer `The Big Mac' or anything close to a McDonalds
>trademark.  (Wow - McDonalds Lawyers against Apple Lawyers: The clash of the
>titans)

Throw Disney and IBM in there, and you're really talking. 
-- 
ted frank                     | thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu 
standard disclaimers          | void where prohibited
the university of chicago law school, chicago, illinois 60637
never shout movie in a crowded firestation
From: linden@positive.Eng.Sun.COM (Peter van der Linden)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: The shifty-eyed shifty-shaped Odo
Date: 8 Jan 93 22:49:27 GMT
Organization: Sun
NNTP-Posting-Host: positive

Well, now that everyone who is not US-tv-challenged has seen
"Deep Throat Nine" -- a spin-off of a spin-off of Star Blek,
I have a question or two.

How did the Cardassians carry Odo aboard disguised as a sportsbag
without noticing his weight?   Or does he shift weight as well as
shifting shape?

What happened to the muscle-bound thug who threw the mace through
Odo's head?   They arrested & hauled off the Ferengite, but not
the monster thug.

If Odo can shift his shape to be anything at will, why does he choose
a normal appearance of "lizard-man on steroids"?

I'll tell you something else, that "Doctor Who" was crap as well.
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From: twcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Late breaking potential UL!
Date: 6 Jan 1993 17:40:57 GMT
Organization: Department of Redundancy Department
Reply-To: TWChan@lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.12.117

jlpicard@austin.ibm.com writes:
  +
  +What _I_ wanna know is, what happens if you eat Pasta and AntiPasto at
  +the same meal? 

A pastiche.

Terry "0.5 Italian" Chan
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From: bml@netcom.com (Brian Leibowitz)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Man pays for college with pinball
Keywords: tilt
Date: 11 Jan 93 08:19:51 GMT
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)

Re: gambling
In NY many years ago, pinball machines did not give free games - only extra
balls.  Winning a free game was considered gambling under NY law.
I don't know if this is still the law (or if it was just a conspiricy to
make more money.)  I also remember many communities trying to ban them,
but I don't remember what teh grounds for banning them were.

Brian
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: tel@adimail.uucp (Terry Monks)
Subject: Re: Etymological matters (was Re: African-American-top)
Organization: Automata Design, Inc.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 15:36:41 GMT


Montykins (pashley@sdcc13.ucsd.edu) wrote:
: In article <1993Jan3.040808.3903@Princeton.EDU>, datepper@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Aaron Tepper) writes:
: 
: Now, Latin, _there's_ a sexist language! Explanations as to why
: "poet" and "farmer" look feminine but are really masculine are
: welcomed.
: 
Not that it helps, but I believe poeta is Greek, don't know about
agricola, but I think it's another case of gender being set by
a suffix, isn't ager a field?

My Greek teacher spent a lot of time reminder us that gender and
sex are not related. I don't know what to make of that, it's 
always been important to me.

Terry "Semper Me" Monks
-- 
Terry Monks        Automata Design Inc    (703) 742-9400

Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher)
Subject: Re: Little Mermaid Video - where's the naughty bit?
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 02:08:17 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

Those searching for the phallus on the Little Mermaid video
box are probably out of luck. It did indeed appear on the
original printings of the box, but these were noticed and
changed in subsequent printings. Disney never said anything 
about it, to avoid creating a stir. Look for a tower to the lower
left on Triton's palace, the one with the top that looks a bit
flattened. That's where the phallus used to be.

On the other hand they must have made hundreds of thousands
of these things, so check with friends who bought a copy
early on, or with a rental store which may have an old copy.
And don't worry about not being able to spot it: when you
know it's there, it's very obvious.
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From: itlm013@george.ucdavis.edu (Captain Caveman)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Babe Ruth Candy Bar
Date: 11 Jan 93 20:13:49 GMT
Followup-To: alt.folklore.urban
Organization: Computing Services, UC Davis

In article <1993Jan8.001923.15230@athena.mit.edu> cmk@athena.mit.edu (Charles M Kozierok) writes:
>In article <1993Jan7.212029.14746@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>>Now, indeed, there was the infamous Reggie bar.
>
>infamous? why? did it taste bad? :^)

Absolutely. It was a peanut and chocolate bar.  *Salted* peanuts.  It was,
to put it mildly, disgusting.  I quickly spit it out (quite a feat, con-
sidering I was 12 or 13 at the time, and a veritable Eating Machine) and
never had one again.

I don't think they stayed on the market for very long.

Dennis
dfcleary@ucdavis.edu
From: popec@unkaphaed.gbdata.com (William C. Barwell)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: CD Legends
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 93 22:52:28 GMT
Organization: Unka Phaed's UUCP Thingy, Houston, TX

"Stephen M. Lacy" <sl31+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

> 
> 
> One last thing that has always puzzled me:
> 
> My CD player, and many on the market today, are toted as having "one bit
> digital to analog converters"  Now, anyone who knows diddly about how
> these things work, knows that if you really hooked up a "one bit" DAC to
> the data on a CD, you'd get complete static. So, whats the deal with
> this?  What does it really mean.
> 
> BTW, some brands call this "MASH" (I believe Technics, Panasonic, and
> their subsidiaries)
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> "I'll never see myself in the mirror with my eyes closed." -They Might
> be Giants
> 


About two years ago or there abouts, there were several articles in 
either Stereo Review or Audio magazine explaining all of this in full 
mind-numbing detail.  Check out the library if you are really interested.

--
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Unka Phaed's UUCP Thingy, Houston, TX, (713) 481-3763
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From: diverson@phys.ksu.edu (David Iverson)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: "Mr." Socks?
Date: 5 Jan 1993 21:52:35 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: bohr.phys.ksu.edu

In <726036048snx@sgml.com> brian@sgml.com (Brian E. Travis) writes:

>It seems to me that I heard someone, early on in the Clinton 
>transition, refer to the first cat as "Mr." Socks. Now all I ever 
>hear the horrid thing called is "Socks the Cat"

>Has anyone else heard the more proper form? Either way, I can't 
>wait until the Prez-to-be shows his manhood by whirling the 
>animal around by his ears.

I think the proper appelation is Feline Elect Socks.

-David "there ain't enough room in here to swing a cat"  Iverson

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From: twcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,alt.folklore.college
Subject: Re: Kresge auditoria
Date: 12 Jan 1993 06:58:14 GMT
Organization: Department of Redundancy Department
Reply-To: TWChan@lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.12.117

torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu (Torsten Wesley Adair) writes:
  +
  +BTW, the MIT KA is usually included in most Architecture courses, and should 
  +be pictured in most archtecture books.  Architecturally, MIT has some of the
  +best buildings of any campus in the U.S.

And aesthetically, one of the ugliest.

Terry "Or so it looks from BU" Chan
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From: linden@positive.Eng.Sun.COM (Peter van der Linden)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: A chip on the shoulder
Date: 11 Jan 1993 23:28:32 GMT
Organization: Sun
NNTP-Posting-Host: positive

Any guesses on the origin of the phrase "a chip 
on the shoulder"  -- meaning to be embittered about
something?

It doesn't seem to have an obvious physical origin, unlike
all the other chip expressions: fish and chips, when the chips
are down, a chip off the old blockhead.

Don't anyone suggest a red-hot chip flying from the fire and
alighting (ha!) on someone's shoulder.

Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,rec.sport.baseball
From: pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (Jeremy Mathers)
Subject: Re: Babe Ruth Candy Bar
Reply-To: pynq@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: D. J. Dougherty & Associates
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 15:17:38 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.043649.15214@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> PAPAI@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Jonathan Papai) writes:
...
>ObBaseballUL: When Babe Ruth missed much of the 1925 season with
>reported "stomach flu", he actually had VD.
>
>Jon "714 HR, .344 BA, all before penicillin (sp?) was discovered." Papai

Does this mean that Hank Aaron's entry in the record books (for 715+)
should have an asterisk next to it ("After penicillin") ?

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From: sjsmith@cs.umd.edu (Stephen Joseph Smith)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: THIS  IS  NOT  MY  FAULT  !!!    [was Re: The Fame Game]
Summary: It's Ted Frank's fault
Date: 10 Jan 93 08:25:37 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, University of Maryland at College Park

In several different articles several different people write:
>
>>sjsmith@cs.umd.edu (Stephen Joseph Smith) writes:
>>>"who do you know that is famous?"

This is quoted way out of context.

I DO NOT CARE.

If you know someone famous, GO TELL THEM.

We went through this before.


STAGE 1 OF THE A.F.U "WHO DO YOU KNOW THAT IS FAMOUS?" THREAD:

People actually mention interesting people that you're actually heard of,
and sometimes even have interesting stories to tell about them.


STAGE 2 OF THE A.F.U "WHO DO YOU KNOW THAT IS FAMOUS?" THREAD:

People start mentioning people you've never heard of.  Other people say,
"Who is Xxxx Yyyy?"  Still other people say, "I cannot believe that any
human being has not heard of Xxxx Yyyy."


STAGE 3 OF THE A.F.U "WHO DO YOU KNOW THAT IS FAMOUS?" THREAD:

People start mentioning THEMSELVES.  First it's "I've published three
books," then it's "I wrote a paper that appeared in Communications of the
ACM," then it's "Someone with the EXACT SAME NAME as ME wrote a paper that
appeared in Communications of the ACM and my officemates stuck it on the
door," then it's "I was Junior Miss Tallahassee 1990," then it's "I won a
school spelling bee in 5th grade." 

Ok, now that's over, you've seen all the interesting stuff.  Let's move on
to where-has-snopes-gone?

- Stephen Joseph "Not the one with the Communications of the ACM publication"
		Smith
From: Bruce.Tindall@launchpad.unc.edu (Bruce Tindall)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: origin of which side of the road to drive on
Date: 9 Jan 93 19:55:56 GMT
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service

Is there anyone out there who remembers the day in 1967(?) when Sweden
switched from driving on the left to the right?  I imagine a lot of 
overtime pay was expended on the folks who had to change all the signs,
traffic lights, white paint on the asphalt, etc., and a lot of money was
made by tow trucks hauling away wrecks the next day.

And before that, how were things handled at Swedish border crossings,
where presumably the traffic had to be sorted out and put on the opposite
side?


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From: reid@tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Robert Reid)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Bugger it
Date: 11 Jan 93 14:45:15 GMT
Organization: Applied Research Labs, University of Texas at Austin

linden@positive.Eng.Sun.COM (Peter van der Linden) writes:

>Thirdly I was at graduate school with a man who was cheating the telephone
>system by making collect calls to different public phone boxes in England.

I must have missed something. How does calling public phone boxes in
England collect get you anywhere?

	Robert
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 12:33:13 -0500 
From: "Jonathan R. Ferro" <jf41+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: E sharp

sasbmt@jjoyce.unx.sas.com (Bruce Tindall) writes:
> She said (as Cynthia Kandolf has already mentioned) that on instruments
> such as the trombone and strings, whose outputs are continuous rather
> than discrete, the performer may indeed play E sharp at a different
> frequency from F natural.  In particular, she said, they are likely
> to do this when playing in the key of F sharp major, where E sharp is
> the "leading tone" (i.e., the note just below the tonic, F sharp); by 
> playing it at a slightly higher frequency than they would normally
> play an F natural, they heighten the effect of E sharp as the leading 
> tone.  On the oboe, piano, and other instruments with discrete outputs,
> the issue is moot (well, you could retune the instrument before you 
> started playing, I guess); E sharp and F natural are the same thing in 
> those cases.

Many of the instruments with "discrete" outputs are "set" to sound best
in specific keys, which is why you'll hear that trumpets are "B flat"
instruments (and have an extra sliding part to correct for other keys).
The procedure of matching up all the tones to exactly fit one key is
called "tempering".  The point Bach was making by writing the
"Well-Tempered Clavier" was not just that he could write one piece in
each key, but that they would sound good played on a single clavier
(piano) without retuning, if it had been through the new procedure of
"well-tempering" to average out these corrections.  So, in fact, E flat
and F were definitely different notes until the piano became the
'default' instrument for demonstrating theory.

-- Jon Ferro               Einsprachigkeit ist heilbar
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