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From: ccc@bu-cs.UUCP (Cameron Carson)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: An Open Letter to Santa
Message-ID: <811@bu-cs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 12-Dec-85 16:06:59 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 12 16:06:59 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 19-Dec-85 04:19:13 EST
Organization: Boston Univ Comp. Sci.
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Dear Santa,

I have /bin a very good boy this year.  I have rarely
thrashed the other childern, I booted the neighbors' PUP
only when it really deserved it(though I was tempted to
socket more often), and I cheerfully submit to error-correction.
Mom hasn't had to get after me for abusing the cat's and
the tail's, and I cover my mouth when I -HUP.  Neither have
I sed any bad words (though if Daddy curses, I don't see why
I can't). I feed the aardvark and make sure there is
plenty of water in his troff.  After my parent has his tee, I
bring him his pipe and after dinner I alway put the forks in
the sync without tip'ing them over into the wc.  Maybe I am an
IMP when I getenv'ious, but icheck myself regularly.  I don't
track dirt into the HOME - I avoid mud in my PATH rather than play init.
And don't forget what helpful little man I was when Mommy was sick and
would contantly hack and COFF.

You might consider bringing me some games, like some dominoes
that are in boxes or some cards that rindex.

But what I would really like this Xmas is a pet; maybe a real live
yacc, or a flock of snowy egrep's, or maybe even a large mouse (though I
don't really know what I'd use a ratfor).

All I know is: you'd better bring me something good, or ls...

Cu later,
Cam

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Cameron C. Carson
Distributed Systems Group
Boston University ACC

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