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The comment in the article deserves to be on that list: "I was at Sun headquarters for several of these, but the most participative was in 1992, the water figh
by bhaumik 13y ago
The comment in the article deserves to be on that list:
"I was at Sun headquarters for several of these, but the most participative was in 1992, the water fight between Sun Labs and SunSoft. The goal was to get the President of the respective business unit soaked, and elaborate measures were taken to prevent it, even enclosing Ed Zander in a plexiglass container. Sun t-shirts were distributed to either side and employees showed up in shorts and eye protection. There were super-soakers and waterballoons aplenty. When it was over, there wasn’t a dry eye in the place."
- laureny 13y agoI was at that water fight. I was headed to a party afterwards so I stopped at a liquor store to buy a sixpack. The lady at the counter looked at me very weird, asking me repeatedly if I was okay. I didn't think much of it and just answered "sure". Just before I packed my beers, her manager stepped over to me and asked me the same thing, so this time, I was getting a bit irritated. He then explained to me "Sir, it's just that your eyes are very red and your clothes appear to be damp, so we're not sure we should be selling you alcohol right now...". It took some explaining.
- lostlogin 13y agoI'm not sure that "there wasn't a dry eye in the place" is the correct expression. Unless it was very moving and sad. Or is this just a local usage (New Zealander checking in).
- ehsanu1 13y agoIt's just referring to the futility of the eye protection (mentioned just before) against all that water.