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Silicone != Silicon

• samstave 14y ago
  Off topic anecdotal story: in 1998 we were working late at a small startup in redwood city. After a long day we decided to go to a bar in downtown RWC to play pool and grab a drink. While there, two ladies came in and were walking around in lingerie. We had no clue why they were walking around like this, as this was just a normal bar and not a strip club or dance place of any sort. Shortly, they came over to talk to us and they told us they were selling raffle tickets. I asked them what they were selling raffle tickets for. They stated that they were raffling off the lingerie they were wearing. That you bought tickets and at the appointed time, they would draw a winner and change out of the lingerie and give it to the winner. WTF?! We asked "why?" They said they were students at "silicone [sic] valley college" and this was a way to raise money to put themselves through school. We laughed about it and declined buying any raffle tickets.
• ChuckMcM 14y ago
  I've often joked that the San Fernando valley is "Silicone Valley" and the Santa Clara valley is "Silicon Valley". Perhaps they meant the other one?