From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:22:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:22:14 -0500 Received: from mail.zmailer.org ([194.252.70.162]:30985 "EHLO zmailer.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:22:01 -0500 Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 16:21:45 +0200 From: Matti Aarnio To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: make mrproper Message-ID: <20010125162145.C25659@mea-ext.zmailer.org> In-Reply-To: <20010124112738.A28476@ksu.edu> <20010124173302.A8027@marvin> <20010125090026.B918@bessie.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010125090026.B918@bessie.dyndns.org>; from jlnance@intrex.net on Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 09:00:26AM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 09:00:26AM -0500, James Lewis Nance wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 05:33:02PM +0000, leo.howell@ntlworld.com 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 ? It does refer to Procter&Gamble household cleaning product titled "Mr Proper", which apparently more recently has been renamed as "Mr Clean". (Or who knows how international companies decide on what to call the products where...) A semi-joke which may or may not make sense to people depending on if they have seen the adverts that at least Finns have seen.. (I guess it was american advertisement dubbed into finnish.) "'make clean' is simple soap wash, 'make mrproper' cleans also tougher stains by using stronger solvents; user is advised to protect themselves." /Matti Aarnio - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/