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   Message 143,923 of 144,831   
   Jenny Telia to Snidely   
   Re: UMSCRIBE - Sir Clive   
   24 Sep 21 12:38:33   
   
   From: jnytelia@gmail.com   
      
   On 23/09/2021 06:14, 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.   
      
      
   Or, to quote the Monthy Python parrot sketch:   
      
   "This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to   
   meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you   
   hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is   
   metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the   
   bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and   
   joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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