[ih] For our next argument ....

John Kristoff jtk at dataplane.org
Wed Nov 24 16:14:04 PST 2021


On Thu, 25 Nov 2021 01:03:38 +0100
Toerless Eckert via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org>
wrote:

> "rooter" = brits, "rowter" = colonists ?

Rich Seifert, a colonist, was clearly on the rooter side.  His standard
joke went something like... "I have both types at home.  For a
weekend projects one of them I use int the confines of my garage,
which makes a heck of a racket and a mess all over the floor.  The
other one carves wood."

John



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