Re: Oooopeenn Ooofffiice

[Alejandro González Hernández - Imoq <imoq imoqland com>]

On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 11:30, Tom Ball wrote:
> "Wig out" means to go insane in a very public manner.  This expression
> dates back to the 18th century when all "civilized" men wore wigs (they
> shaved their heads to keep lice away), and so to be seen in public
> without one's wig suggested you were crazy.  
> 
> I'm not sure this expression makes sense when applying it to software
> behavior -- we may tend to treat our programs as human-like, but I doubt
> anyone will consider shaving their heads for lice (although maybe that's
> what re-engineering is :-).

*ROTFL*

Thanks for the explanation, Tom.

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