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 09:54:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:54:29 -0500 Received: from host55.osagesoftware.com ([209.142.225.55]:59399 "EHLO nic.osagesoftware.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:54:22 -0500 Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010125094703.00b7db50@mail.osagesoftware.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:54:11 -0500 To: Matti Aarnio From: David Relson Subject: Re: make mrproper Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20010125162145.C25659@mea-ext.zmailer.org> In-Reply-To: <20010125090026.B918@bessie.dyndns.org> <20010124112738.A28476@ksu.edu> <20010124173302.A8027@marvin> <20010125090026.B918@bessie.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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-centric upbringing, I think that Mr. Clean originated here and then went overseas, with appropriate translations of the product name, hence the appearance of Mr. Proper. That's what I know about Mr. Clean vs. Mr. Proper. I believe it correct, but I'm not a Procter & Gamble historian. David At 09:21 AM 1/25/01, Matti Aarnio wrote: >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/ -------------------------------------------------------- David Relson Osage Software Systems, Inc. relson@osagesoftware.com Ann Arbor, MI 48103 www.osagesoftware.com tel: 734.821.8800 - 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/