[ExI] C does not stand for the speed of light... (Colbert)

[Emlyn]

It's a generation gap, not a culture gap. I watched sesame street,
pronounced "zed" as "zee" for years...

Emlyn

On 03/05/07, Josh Cowan <jcowan5 at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Perhaps you'd have preferred a "Wiggles" reference? At least that deals
> with the geographical issue.
>
> Josh
> On May 2, 2007, at 7:00 PM, Damien Broderick wrote:
>
> > At 10:28 PM 5/2/2007 +0200, Amara quoth Colbert:
> >
> >> C does not stand for the speed of light, c is for cookie."
> >
> > I stared at this in dumb bewilderment for a while. This is a joke?
> > This is supposed to be hilariously *funny*? But obviously it was, so
> > it occurred to me that it must be some tag familiar to generations of
> > USians. Isn't there a show that kids watch called "Sesame Street"?
> > And lo! google tells me this refers to the refrain of something
> > called the Cookie Monster. Talk about generation gap...  And it can
> > only get more severe.
> >
> > Damien Broderick
> >
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