On 2017-09-18, Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 11:38:05AM +0000, Curt wrote: >> On 2017-09-18, x9p <debian-u...@x9pneu.com> wrote: >> > My chosen machine name was "localhost", problem partially lies here. >> >> Yeah, man. >> >> My uncle Harry had a similar problem when it occurred to him that--for >> reasons of simplicity and because of a failing memory--he might christen >> two recently-purchased kittens with identical names. Whenever he called >> one of them there would be a considerable delay (each of them assuming >> he was calling the other). >> >> Of course cats never come when you call them anyway (which is a clue >> the story may be apocryphal). > > The story makes more sense in this context if your uncle names his > kitten "Me".
You're right. Your skit reminds me a little of "Who's on first?" > Uncle Harry: "Have you seen Me?" > Aunt Berta: "You're standing right there." > Harry: "Not me. Me." > Berta; "Have you been drinking the rubbing alcohol again?" > -- "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." Groucho
