Re: [WDSCI-L] Happy New Year!

[Michael Ryan <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And of course, das Fester means "that creepy uncle", but that's a different
thread.

On 1/2/05 12:39 PM, "Elvis Budimlic" <ebudimlic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> As always, interesting stuff Vern!
> To add my bit to this interesting piece of trivia, das Fenster literally
> means the Window in German (pulling this from elementary school classes).
> So, literally de-window-ation :)
> 
> Happy new years and wish you all the best!
> 
> Elvis
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: RE: [WDSCI-L] Happy New Year!
> 
> i wondered about that, too. Maybe he means, get it OUT of Windows?
> 
> BTW, the 30 years War was touched off by what is called the Defenestration
> of Prague (1618). A couple vice-regents of the Austrian emperor were thrown
> out a window in the castle in Prague, over an issue of religious freedom.
> Britannica says they were not severely injured (the first such action in
> the 1400s had a number of people thrown onto some sharp spikes). That is a
> nice way of saying it - one source says they were thrown into a ditch,
> another that they were thrown into a pile of garbage, mostly straw, that
> had collected in the moat. But where did used straw come from, eh?
> 
> So this looks like a Czech tradition - what's your heritage, Joe?
> 
> ;-)
> 
> At 07:05 AM 1/2/2005, you wrote:
>>> And to usher in the new year, I have a new tagline...
>>> 
>>> Joe
>>> 
>>> -- Defenestrate WDSC!
>> 
>> Throw it out the window?
>> 
>> --
>> Jeff Crosby
>> jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Opinions expressed are mine only and not necessarily the views of my
>> company.  Unless I say so.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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