From: utzoo!watmath!rtris Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: acronyms Article-I.D.: watmath.4978 Posted: Tue Apr 26 15:35:36 1983 Received: Wed Apr 27 00:57:49 1983 How about some alternate interpretation for common abbreviations such as: Mips : Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed or IBM : Incredibly Big Machine or Indestructible Bowel Movement Ralph.