[GreenKeys] Fwd: Quick Brown Fox question

Sun, 5 May 2002 11:11:17 -0700

>Anyone heard of this tale?...  I assume the other word was "butt"
>
>Received: Sun, 05 May 2002 06:28:42 PDT
>From: [email protected]
>Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 17:55:33 EDT
>Subject: Quick Brown Fox question
>To: [email protected]
>
>hi!
>
>i saw your "paper tape" description on your website as i was trying 
>to explain this topic to my wife who had never seen a paper punch 
>sample. thanks for showing this on the web! i have a question that, 
>hopefully, you can answer. my father has no recollection of the 
>topic of my question.
>
>my father was a lifetime employee of Western Union and as a child i 
>recall many stories told between employees of WUTC. its common 
>knowledge that the "resistor code" memory-vice has two versions... a 
>vulgar one and a sweeter one. i vaguely remember the same story for 
>the "quick brown fox" where the word "back" was originally to be the 
>equivalent of the dog's rear-end. an elderly employee of WUTC swore 
>on his grave that Western Union management sent memos to employees 
>that the word "back" was to be used instead of the rear-end 
>equivalent. do you know of any such info to verify this?
>
>Anthony Garza
>KRBL Radio
>Lubbock, Texas


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