Re: Teddy RE: Mercury Commercial Woman

"BT" <BTTalbot2003@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Griffin Spencer wrote:
>> The Hip Lord Teddy of RedSoxia wrote:
>>
>> > Probably not since I have no freakin' clue what you are talking about.
>> >
>> > Remember, I am NOT in New England, so I do not see the same commercials as
>> > you.
>>
>> Then it must've been Don. Sorry for the false PINGing.
>
> Before I get slammed, let me say that I've seached in tons of online
> internet abbreviations dictionaries before asking--what does PING stand
> for?

It doesn't stand for anything. 'ping' is the Unix command for sending a
network packet to a machine to see if it's there (presumably analogous
to a sonar ping). It's morphed into a Usenet tradition for bringing a
topic to someone's attention.

--
Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/
Smoke yourself thin
.

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