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Nudists are people who wear one-button suits.
... But we've only fondled the surface of that subject.
-- Virginia Masters
Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do
the work.
-- John G. Pollard
Bizarreness is the essence of the exotic.
Spend extra time on hobby. Get plenty of rolling papers.
Proposed Additions to the PDP-11 Instruction Set:
BBW Branch Both Ways
BEW Branch Either Way
BBBF Branch on Bit Bucket Full
BH Branch and Hang
BMR Branch Multiple Registers
BOB Branch On Bug
BPO Branch on Power Off
BST Backspace and Stretch Tape
CDS Condense and Destroy System
CLBR Clobber Register
CLBRI Clobber Register Immediately
CM Circulate Memory
CMFRM Come From -- essential for truly structured programming
CPPR Crumple Printer Paper and Rip
CRN Convert to Roman Numerals
Deck Us All With Boston Charlie
Deck us all with Boston Charlie,
Walla Walla, Wash., an' Kalamazoo!
Nora's freezin' on the trolley,
Swaller dollar cauliflower, alleygaroo!
Don't we know archaic barrel,
Lullaby Lilla Boy, Louisville Lou.
Trolley Molly don't love Harold,
Boola boola Pensacoola hullabaloo!
-- Walt Kelly
Chicken Little only has to be right once.
Wednesday, 15 April 2026 Michael J. Chappell Contact me at:
mcsuper5@freeshell.org