Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

On 17/05/25 13:56, The Horny Goat wrote:

On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 08:38:11 -0800, Paul S Person
<psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
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Having said that, I still acknowledge that Catch-22 is an
important literary work. In fact, when I released my mailing list
manager, I called it MajorMajor.

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Was it ever promoted to MajorMajorMajor?

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No - Major M Major (where his middle initial was of course M for
Major) was promoted to Major Major Major Major (after all you
couldn't have Captain Major Major Major could you?)

A point of clarification: there is a mailing list manager for Unix
called majordomo. That's what prompted me to call my mailing list
manager MajorMajor.
The manual for MajorMajor includes this quote from Catch-22:
       A lesser man might have wavered that day in the hospital
       corridor, a weaker man might have compromised on such
       excellent substitutes as Drum Major, Minor Major, Sergeant
       Major, or C. Sharp Major, but Major Major's father had
       waited fourteen years for just such an opportunity, and he
       was not a person to waste it.
While I'm at it, here's the next paragraph from the manual.
When Major Major grew up, he joined the Army. Four days later, he was
  promoted to the rank of Major by a computer error. As a result, his full
  name became Major Major Major Major.
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Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW