From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2006-08-02T07:19:32+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] New Ruby Culture T-Shirts!

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 07:05:03AM +0900, Luke Kanies wrote:
> I'd love to have a Ruby shirt that said "Ruby's Big in Japan", or "Ruby: 
> It's Big in Japan".  It feels like an inside joke, even though I'm 
> pretty sure it's not a joke at all.  Still, it's got references to Punk, 
> Tom Waits, and Ruby; what else could you want?
> 
> I've made that comment, half-joking, and sometimes people will break 
> into wild laughter, and I never really know why.

It's probably because of the song, which is funny in and of itself.

Ruby = :"big in Japan"

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