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Old Aug 19, 2003 | 12:02 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by airbus320:
You talk about a black cloud hanging over your organization.

OT: What was the name of that cartoon character who walked about with a cloud over his head? Joe??? in what comic strip?
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L'il Abner by Al Capp

http://www.deniskitchen.com/thestore...e_btfsplk.html

JOE BTFSPLK is very simply the world's biggest jinx. He walks around with a perpetually dark rain cloud a foot over his head. Once he appears on any scene, dreadfully bad luck befalls anyone in his vicinity. Though well-meaning and gentle, his reputation inevitably precedes him, so Joe is a very lonely and feared little man. He is also a character with an apparently unpronounceable name, but creator Al Capp pronounced Btfsplk with a "raspberries" sound, also known as a "Bronx cheer."

And he didn't even have IBM to blame...


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