Ville Herva wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 09:00:26AM -0500, you [James Lewis Nance] claimed:
> >
> > ( mrproper == Mr. Proper )
> >
> > I saw a post from Linus once about this. It is Finnish for "Mr. Clean".
>
> Just to be sure: 'proper' does not mean anything in Finnish (nor Swedish
> for
> My guess is that it is a joke. 'Meister Proper' is the German
> Mister Clean (the big, bald guy on the same-name cleaning
> agent bottle). I'm not sure of the spelling, though. It's been
> a while since I've seen the commercials.
You've spelled it correct.
> I dunno if it's Finnish, tho
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 09:00:26AM -0500, you [James Lewis Nance] claimed:
> >
> > ( mrproper == Mr. Proper )
> >
> > I saw a post from Linus once about this. It is Finnish for "Mr. Clean".
>
> Just to be sure: 'proper' does not mean anything in Finnish (nor Swedish
> for that matter AFAIK) i
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 09:00:26AM -0500, you [James Lewis Nance] claimed:
>
> ( mrproper == Mr. Proper )
>
> I saw a post from Linus once about this. It is Finnish for "Mr. Clean".
Just to be sure: 'proper' does not mean anything in Finnish (nor Swedish
for that matter AFAIK) it just the Europ
Matti,
My recollection as a 50+ american is that the household cleaner Mr. Clean
has been around since at least the 1960's. I remember vividly the TV
advertisements with the bald headed genie (or whatever) with his arms
crossed and inspecting dirt or cleanliness or whatever. With my US-centr
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 09:00:26AM -0500, James Lewis Nance wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 05:33:02PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Long ago, about January 24, Joseph wrote:
> > > >From John Levon on Wednesday, 24 January, 2001:
> > > >Idle curiosity, but what does the "mr" in make mrprope
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 05:33:02PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Long ago, about January 24, Joseph wrote:
> > >From John Levon on Wednesday, 24 January, 2001:
> > >Idle curiosity, but what does the "mr" in make mrproper
> > >stand for ?
> >
> > My guess is that it is a joke. 'Meister Proper
Long ago, about January 24, Joseph wrote:
> >From John Levon on Wednesday, 24 January, 2001:
> >Idle curiosity, but what does the "mr" in make mrproper
> >stand for ?
>
> My guess is that it is a joke. 'Meister Proper' is the German
> Mister Clean (the big, bald guy on the same-name cleaning
>From John Levon on Wednesday, 24 January, 2001:
>Idle curiosity, but what does the "mr" in make mrproper
>stand for ?
My guess is that it is a joke. 'Meister Proper' is the German
Mister Clean (the big, bald guy on the same-name cleaning
agent bottle). I'm not sure of the spelling, thoug
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