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- From: daves@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Dave Stow)
- Newsgroups: alt.org.pugwash
- Subject: Re: pugwash
- Keywords: pugwash
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.194726.12246@comp.lancs.ac.uk>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 19:47:26 GMT
- References: <1992Nov21.165904.21498@dragon.acadiau.ca> <1992Nov21.181844.13982@random.ccs.northeastern.edu>
- Organization: Department of Computing at Lancaster University, UK.
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- In article <1992Nov21.181844.13982@random.ccs.northeastern.edu> wand@ccs.northeastern.edu (Mitchell Wand) writes:
- >There used to be a series of conferences involving scientists, writers, other
- >academics, etc., trying to work for world peace. They were called the Pugwash
- >Conferences, because the first (I think) was held in Pugwash (Nova Scotia).
-
- Ah! All becomes crystal...
-
- I thought it was going to be a group celebrating the now sadly lost
- Captain Pugwash animated series that used to run here in the UK many many
- years ago...
-
- Rumour has it that it was banned when someone finally spotted that two of
- the main characters were called master-bates and seamen staines... (read it
- out loud if you don't get it...!)
-
- I guess nothing to do with this then...?
-
- :-))
-
- Dave
-
- (Obviosuly these are my opinions - who else would have 'em?!)
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