"Sea Wasp" <seawasp@wizvax.net> wrote in message
>
> There was a paper in England, many years ago, which ran a regular
> contest in which a particular person would be visiting some location.
> The first person to recognize that person could win five pounds (which
> was worth a bit more then) just by going up to them and saying "You
> are (name) and I claim my five pounds."
>
> Thus the habit on Usenet, whenever you "recognize" someone as being
> someone outlandish, of saying the same phrase.

History is amazing.

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