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(idm) RE: idm-digest V2 #405

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1998-11-08 09:11Steve Taylor (idm) RE: idm-digest V2 #405
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1998-11-08 09:11Steve Taylor> does anybody know what the name squarepusher > means? is it sort of in the same vein as
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(idm) RE: idm-digest V2 #405
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> does anybody know what the name squarepusher > means? is it sort of in the same vein as knob twiddling, ie another > name for screwing around with equipment? or maybe it is some sort of > lsd reference, or perhaps tom jenkinson is a bastard and just likes to > go around pushing people he thinks are "square". or maybe it's just > some british lingo i know nothing about. hehe... kinda hoping its the > third one... he said in an interview it was because he used to deal acid... actually no... a squarepusher is the name used for an archer in the middle ages... one of those blokes whod stand in those slots in the tower and fuck people up, its in some dictionarys... thats where he got it from... steve