FC on old PC [going OT]

James Keasley jamesk at homeric.co.uk
Mon Nov 10 22:57:40 UTC 2003


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"R Sánchez" <reven at reven.org> writes:

> Hi list,
> 
> By the way, for all of us that don't use English as our mother tounge, what
> the *** is the "magic smoke"?

Its the somke that lives inside your expensive electrical toys and
makes them work, if it manages to get out then they won't work anymore.

> Is it just a way of talking?

Just a humourous logical absurdity, when a computer or TV breaks you
often get black smoke released, and the appliance won't work anymore,
ergo the magic smoke has to be kept inside for the toy to work 

- -- 
James						jamesk[at]homeric[dot]co[dot]uk

I was hitchhiking the other day, and a hearse stopped.  I said, 
"No thanks - I'm not going that far."  (Steven Wright)
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