Re: Read resource forks wit applescript
Re: Read resource forks wit applescript
- Subject: Re: Read resource forks wit applescript
- From: Christopher Nebel <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 10:21:23 -0700
On Jun 24, 2004, at 2:29 AM, Emmanuel wrote:
At 4:36 PM -0500 23/06/04, John C. Welch wrote:
, and bob's your uncle.
Hey I learned that phrase from Tony the DJ on the Ellen DeGeneres
show. :-)
I learned it from some brit I worked for.
I suppose you all are too young to have known Robert Balfour.
Seeing as how that was in the 1890s, yes, I'd say so. If you have no
idea what we're talking about, see
<
http://www.wordorigins.org/wordorb.htm#bobuncle>. Unsubstantiated, of
course, but still a good story.
"Binky", by the way, is slang for a pacifier -- usually one of the
stick-in-your-mouth things, but potentially anything that keeps the
child contented: a favorite blanket, stuffed toy, etc. I have no idea
where it comes from.
--Chris Nebel
AppleScript Engineering
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