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    06-Oct-94 11:03:47
Sb: #Words
Fm: Sean Hannon 74743,1316
To: Jochen Anteberger/ 73064,3302
>occasions to hock (sp?) computers. Pardon me for the non sequitur, but you reminded me of a theatrical bio I read in a program where the woman said that she did her first commercial "hocking dogfood"! Both of you mean "hawk" [from `hawker' one who sells, and coming from hawker falconer, peddlar of hawks.] To "hock", when used as a transitive verb, means to throw up. But then again, the image of Commodore marketeers hocking computers seems to be a fitting, if twisted, form of penance… Sean Hannon Ad Rats – Stamford, CT