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On Wed, 3 Sep 97 10:39:55 HST ross@math.hawaii.edu (David Ross) writes: >John Kim wrote: > >> Just keep in mind that just a little more than a decade ago, >> 20MB meant a great big winchester drive about the size of a >> phonograph player (do you realize a generation is growing up who >> don't understand the phrase, "sounds like a broken record"? :) > >Er, I'm not sure I've ever understood this phrase myself, and I'm >old enough that I still use a 1935 Smith Corona manual typewriter to >crank out my email. > >In our vinyl-collecting household, a broken record sounds like: > > **crack** > uh oh (soft hi voice) > OH, SH*T! MATHIAAAAAAAAS!!! (loud adult voice) > >I don't think this is what the phrase's originators had in mind:-) > >- David > I don't get it. Clue me in please. Paul