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Keep it up, Muzak!
But Captain, that wood take research and that duzn't sound very artistic... though your modeling the clothes of a BOFH (as sjm so accurately uncloaked) is setting a trend.
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A 'yart' call should be accompanied by the relevant link to the archival post... it kinda takes the edge off of the assignee and the assignor.My hand's up and my head's nodding, FWIW  I like the occasional bit of thread resurrection achieved by adding new posts to an old thread, too - at least where the old thread isn't too huge. A link to a past thread doesn't have to be taken as in any way fobbing off people or as suggesting the subject has been exhausted. The thing is this place does have a history, and it's full of goodies. And I'm as happy providing links to AWAD as to external sites. Why should I not be? As to the errrm meta information, well, I only found out what *rimshot meant about a week ago, by doing an AWADtalk Search for "rimshot" and "mean" (I think). No problem - David (dxb) had asked the same question not very long ago. YART has been defined so many times, I feel sure I could do the same with that word. Knowing how to Search is the thing then, but - let's face it - that's a generally useful Web skill rather than an imposition. There's gold in them thar Searches. Do Max Q's (and Jo's) helpful hints still exist somewhere? 
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I had never come across "BOFH" before this thread [and don't find it on a search of AWAD either]. To placate my ingorance -- oops, I meant my curiosity -- and maybe to save others the time and trouble, I did a Google search and came up with:
"Simon Travaglia is the author of the famous Bastard Operator From Hell (BOFH) humor strip".
Is this what you were referring to, or is there another meaning still?
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"Simon Travaglia is the author of the famous Bastard Operator From Hell (BOFH) humor strip".
That is indeed the BOFH I had in mind. Like CapK, Travaglia is a Kiwi, ex-pat I think.
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Dear musick: I enjoyed BOFH, but what is 'shufty"?
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Dear musick: my compliments to Eric Partridge, but I'd like to see him use a shuftiscope
on a case of diarrhea. He might get an eyeful.
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Like CapK, Travaglia is a Kiwi, ex-pat I think
But I'm sure he's already spoken for, sjm.
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But I'm sure he's already spoken for, sjm.
May the hooks of a thousand lines pierce your tyres.
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