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From: karam@sce.carleton.ca (Gerald Karam)
Newsgroups: comp.org.ieee
Subject: Re: Whatever happened to...
Summary: he never really existed... (humour in a jugular vein)
Message-ID: <741@sce.carleton.ca>
Date: 16 Dec 89 15:35:34 GMT
References: <736@sce.carleton.ca> <127.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP>
Reply-To: karam@sce.UUCP (Gerald Karam)
Organization: Systems Eng., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Canada
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In article <127.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP> mvac23!thomas@udel.edu writes:
>Anyone remember the exploits of a gentleman who was in IEEE and
>was known to cause all sorts of mischief to members of the board,
>etc. by making threats to them and so forth?  I remember looking
>forward to my monthly issue of The Institute to see what he had
>be up to the month before. Sorry, the name escapes me right now,
>as I haven't seen it for about six months or so.  Anyone know
>what he is up to these days, or did he just "quietly" go away?

the name you are referring to was "Irwin Feerst". but he never
really existed.  he was just a product of headquarters staff to 
keep us entertained :-)

OR,

maybe the IEEE police finally got him. you mean you've never
heard of the IEEE police? they come after student and section 
chairs who don;t submit their annual reports and financial
statements on time :-)

OR,

maybe he was just a message from GOD reminding us to be open-minded
and professional :-)

anyway, who knows, maybe some big LA movie maker will buy the
film rights and we'll see the story all over again.  the problem is
who would they get for the lead role?

(and that's what you get when i read the unix news on a saturday)

gerald

karam@sce.carleton.ca
karam@sce.uucp


p.s. does anyone else remember where "humour in a jugular vein" 
     comes from?