Kent West wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user:
> Ron Johnson wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 03/26/07 03:55, Dan H. wrote: >> >>> After this thread has been going on for months, I decided to find out if >>> "sponge burning" is some kind of idiomatic expression because I'd never >>> heard it before. >>> >>> So I googled "sponge burning". >>> >>> But all I got were references to this thread, dozens of them, and >>> nothing else. Does this mean that this thread has now become the de >>> facto definition of sponge burning, whatever it means? >>> >> >> Yes. IIRC, it started out referring to Sponge Bob Square Pants. >> > > Actually, it started out as a discussion related to an article on > Slashdot/digg/something similar about nuking sponges in a microwave oven > in order to kill the bacteria/germs on the sponge. Associated Press. > When the article > first came out, it did not specify to make sure the sponge was wet, and > subsequently there were many reports a day or three later about dry > sponges catching fire. I don't recall why that topic made it to this > list, nor why it morphed into such a very off-topic thread, but it's all > archived if you're really curious. Definitely break out the gmane for that one... -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
