Sat Sep 8 03:29:43 EDT 2012 Bob W wrote:
> > From: pdml-bounces at pdml.net [mailto:pdml-bounces at pdml.net] On > > Behalf Of > > Mark Roberts > > > > They're installing a security patch on a cloud instance? That sounds > > like a crime against nature or something... > > > > It's probably a cloud in trousers. > > B Bob, At first, I was puzzled by this reference. Russian poet from early 1900s, Vladimir Mayakovsky had a poem with the title "Clouid in trousers". It was very famous in Russia (it was studied in the middle-school literature classes). However, I didn't expect it to be known in the US. Then, I found that that poem had been translated into English: http://www.unlikelystories.org/old/archives/cloudintrousers.html After just a bit more of searching, I found that there was a play written by American writer Steve Trafford about V. Mayakovsky: http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Trousers-Oberon-Modern-Plays/dp/1840025069/ Then, I found that there are a few other things have the same title, e.g. this musical album: http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Trousers-The-Thin-Man/dp/B00005LB8T/ But, I suspect that you reference might have been related to a photography book by Christopher Doyle: http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Trousers-Christopher-Doyle/dp/1889195332/ Is this right? Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
