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Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 18:27:42 +0000
From: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
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To: William Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
Subject: Re: MOWOG Mania!
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William Eastman wrote:
> Personally, I think there was some old pattern maker named Mowog who got a
> little carried away one day and BMC came up with this elaborate hoax to
> cover the tracks. Or maybe Mowog is a reference to some unmentionable
> body part or biologic activity in the local dialect carved into the
> patterns by disgruntled worker. (if you are disgruntled when you are
> unhappy, are you gruntled again when things work out?) Makes as much
> sense as anything else.
There was (is?) a building brick manufacturer in the UK called London Brick
that moulded its name into every one of the trillions of bricks they
manufacured. There are claims from time to time of people finding examples
where the lower loop of the 'b' is missing.
PaulH.
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