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From: R Daneel Olivaw <Danny@hyperspace.vogon.gov>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 21:30:11 +0200
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Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:01:45 +0200
> R Daneel Olivaw <Danny@hyperspace.vogon.gov> wrote:
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> [Unquoted sig not present, but a quote from a song "Message in a
> Bottle" from 1977?]
>> Hmm, your .sig is all about pollution of the seas.
> 
> Call the police.
> 

Oh I knew where the quote came from - the sig is

> Woke up this morning, don't believe what I saw.
> Hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore.
> Seems I'm not alone in being alone.
> Hundred billion castaways looking for a call.
> 		-- The Police, "Message in a Bottle"

it just struck me that a hundred billion bottles washing up on the shore 
has different connotations nowadays.

oh, and that track was released in 1979.