Re: [tlug] OT: interesting NY times article:High-Tech Japanese, Running Out of Engineers

[Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com>]

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 01:47:11AM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> Scott Robbins writes:
> 
> 
> Oh, I think you're in good shape, then.  In my wife's house, "hakase"
> is the equivalent of "Stephen John Turnbull" in my mother's.[1]  You know
> you're in big trouble when the sound of your own name is the knell of
> doom.[2]

Old Murphy Brown line, from Frank.  "You've gotta give him a middle
name. Else, how will he know when he's in trouble?"
> 
> Footnotes: 
> [1]  My house?  Me, I'm just a renter.  It's like the old one about
> the new simplified 1040:
> 
>     1.  How much did you make last year?                    _____
>     2.  Send it to the address at the bottom of the form.
> 
I could almost swear that's from a Dave Barry column, but wouldn't bet
money on it. 


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