Well, of course. They were very familiar with the term "bug" meaning defect or flaw in an engineered system, so the joke was that here was a flesh-and-blood "bu

Well, of course. They were very familiar with the term "bug" meaning defect or flaw in an engineered system, so the joke was that here was a flesh-and-blood "bug." It's obvious from the phrasing that the term "bug" was commonly used.