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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: Andrew's new Z-machine... (was Re: Hugo vs. TADS/Inform)
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Rhodri James (rhodri@wildebst.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin) wrote:

> > Now, what I want to know is, what's a Z bed? I recently bought an album 
> > from a delightful British a capella folk group -- Artisan. One of their 
> > songs was something about a "zed bed". I looked at the lyrics sheet and 
> > saw that it was "Z bed", which is consistent, but doesn't tell me what
> > the thing is.

> > They were making fun of it. Apparently you have to inflate it.

> Then they were confusing it with an airbed, I would guess.  Z beds are
> actually a variety of camp bed (I think), the sort that has three hinged
> sections to the base and so folds up into a Z shape.

Ok. No, I was misunderstanding their lyrics. (It's folk music, not an RFC.)

It wasn't one of the better songs, anyway.

--Z

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