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Twenty years ago I contributed a chapter to a book on SQL Server and slipped in a subtle fart joke. Instead of using the then Microsoft standard sample company
by phs318u 7y ago
Twenty years ago I contributed a chapter to a book on SQL Server and slipped in a subtle fart joke. Instead of using the then Microsoft standard sample company called “Northwind”, my example had “Southwind”.
EDITED to add link to Google Books link.
https://books.google.com/books/about/Microsoft_SQL_Server_7_0_Programming_Unl.html?id=SZskAQAAIAAJ https://books.google.com/books/about/Microsoft_SQL_Server_7_...
- degenerate 7y agoReminds me of this clothing brand that got lawyered into the ground by The North Face: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_South_Butt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_South_Butt
- saghm 7y agoTotally random, but apparently a rough translation of the name of the tribe that the state Kansas was named after is "People of the South Wind". I first learned about this from the song by the band Kansas of this name[1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_of_the_South_Wind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_of_the_South_Wind