So, I’m chatting with several people via AIM, and one person gives the “I’m going to go now to do such and such” and I’m like “Ok”. This is paraphrasing of course to protect the innocent. I closed that window.
So, anyways, I’m telling person number one that it’ll probably take a long time for an image to appear on a website because they have to make sure it doesn’t have any wang in it.
At this point the other window pops up again, as new, and naturally draws focus, causing me to type and send “it doesn’t have any wang in it” after the other person’s “see ya later”.
So I sent a completely random “it doesn’t have any wang in it” to someone I just met. Then they signed off.
Um, in my household, “wang” is when a food or drink is really zingy, either spicy or tart or something. Somehow, I’m guessing that isn’t what you mean by wang.
I always wondered… didn’t Wang Computers… have like ONE DAMN GUY… who KNEW English??? Someone who would say… “Hey guys. We can’t use THIS name! Do you KNOW what that means in America???” I mean… do some frickin market research!
1948 - The Core Memory is invented by Mr. An Wang , an immigrant from Shanghai, studying at Harvard’s Computation Laboratory. Later Mr. Wang will establish WANG Computers.
Mr. Wang received his Ph.D. in applied physics from Harvard University in 1948 so I would think he certainly knew English.
I couldn’t find when WANG Computers was founded but he founded Wang Laboratories in 1951. Was wang common slang back then? Even if it was common, maybe it was pride?
Some of their sales reps used to give away buttons and t-shirts that said, “Ask me about my Wang.” So I suspect that Dr. W knew about the double-entendre and did not mind.
You think thats bad, I was once telling my friend a story and an IM window of a prudish friend popped up without my noticing, so I told the other friend “and we had sex 5 times.” Ever since then that friend has been a bit iffy with me.
This is a bit of a hijack, but I came across this the other day. Concerning Harry Potter, this is what happens if you replace the letter ‘d’ in the word wand with the letter ‘g’.
Oh hell, I send people messages like that all the time out of the blue. People often get a laugh out of it, and if they don’t, I do.
Just send a random person a message on your buddy list saying “Why would you hire a mime to shave your ass?”, and follow it up with “Wrong window.” Instant fun!
I once complained to the third shift chef at Miller’s Bar, that the pot roast didn’t have enough pot in it. She said the second shift chef smoked it all.