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From: mikechat.remove@bluedwarf.spam.net (MJP)
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Subject: Re: Rate the Nerd Boy strips!
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 00:31:18 +0100, "Rainer Rosenthal" <r.rosenthal@web.de> wrote:

>
>Alien Eggman 
>
>> ... you'll notice the hanging
>> chad from the back side...
>>    +--------------+   <
>>    | ( )     hsuB |   <
>>    | ( )    suseJ |   <
>>    | ( ) kereD oB |   <
>> -->| ( x )yoBdreN |   <
>>    | ( )    retho |   <
>>    +--------------+   <
>
>This is surely funny. But, erm... "chad" isn't
>in my dictionary. Just a guess: Do you mean,
>the voting paper can be viewed from behind and
>so it's not secret?
>
>Well, this could be a possible explanation. But
>please look at the backside of this posting,
>where I give two other explanations and a nice
>little ob-Ascii.
>
>R@ineR
>
>
Main Entry:chad
Pronunciation:*chad
Function:noun 
Etymology:origin unknown
Date:1947

 : small pieces of paper or cardboard produced in punching paper tape or data cards;  
also : a piece of chad
  chad-less \-l*s\  adjective