From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-10-01T08:33:01+09:00
Subject: Re: "Succinctness is Power", by Paul Graham

Robert Dober wrote:
> On 9/30/06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:
>>
>> MonkeeSage wrote:
>> > Giles Bowkett wrote:
>> >> These puns are real howlers, but topics like this are the reason I
>> >> haunt this list.
>> >
>> > Polar bear walked into a bar and said, "give me a...glass of iced
>> > water".
>> > Bar tender said, "Sure, but why the big pause?"
>> > Polar bear said, "Oh, I was born with them"
>> > Wocka wocka wocka!
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Jordan
>>
>> Yeah, they've bruined me for any other mailing list.
> 
> 
> My good old friend Websters (m-w.com a must for all non native speakers,
> and
> maybe even for the natives ;)
> does not seem to know about the verb "to bruin", could you enlighten a
> stupid please?
> 
> Cheers
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
> 
A bruin is another name for bear. Surely you've had something ruin your
whole day. I would imagine that if you were eaten by a bear, your whole
day would be bruined.