From: bellemarecd@gmail.com   
      
   On 9/23/2021 12:14 AM, Snidely wrote:   
   > Michael Trew  scribbled something on Wednesday the 9/22/2021:   
      
   >> What does "UMSCRIBE" mean?  I've seen this enough times, but have   
   >> yet to figure it out.   
      
   > It's an AFCA meme, going back into the dark ages.  Google Groups   
   > seems to limit "the past" to about the year 2000, so good luck   
   > finding the first use.   
      
   > In this case, Sir Clive Sinclair has unsubscribed to The Earthly   
   > Present.  He has fallen off the roof, in reference to an old joke   
   > not unique to AFCA.   
      
   I have always thought it was from German, something like "umschreiben"   
   (which might sometimes be translated as "sum up", according to   
   Wordreference).   
      
   Draw a circle round him thrice,   
   For he has et his earthly bread   
   And now drinks beer in paradise.   
      
   --   
   Oh look, there's me coat.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)