My name is easy to pronounce for native English speakers. Just try saying "Crackle".

Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 10:57:15 -0600 (MDT)
From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Richard.Kreckel@Uni-Mainz.DE
Subject: Re: Symbolic algebra

I once heard on TV that your father was the center of the universe and
his name was "Snap".  The TV said, "Snap, Kreckel's pop, makes the
world go round."

;-).
Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 13:30:08 +0200 (CEST)
From: "Richard B. Kreckel" <kreckel@ginac.de>
To: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Symbolic algebra

On Sun, 7 May 2000, Richard Stallman wrote:

> I once heard on TV that your father was the center of the universe and
> his name was "Snap".  The TV said, "Snap, Kreckel's pop, makes the
> world go round."

Hmm, am I supposed to read this phonetically? "Snap, crack, else pop"?
Sorry for being dumb.  Maybe I should consider buying a TV set...

  -richy.
Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 21:40:49 -0600 (MDT)
From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Richard.Kreckel@Uni-Mainz.DE
Subject: Re: Symbolic algebra

    > I once heard on TV that your father was the center of the universe and
    > his name was "Snap".  The TV said, "Snap, Kreckel's pop, makes the
    > world go round."

It was just a joke on the advertising slogan "Snap, Crackel, Pop",
which I thought everyone in the world would have heard of.

      Maybe I should consider buying a TV set...

No, preserve your innocence!
Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 12:17:02 +0200 (CEST)
From: "Richard B. Kreckel" <kreckel@ginac.de>
To: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Symbolic algebra

On Thu, 11 May 2000, Richard Stallman wrote:
> It was just a joke on the advertising slogan "Snap, Crackel, Pop",
> which I thought everyone in the world would have heard of.

My father hasn't heard of it either.  The question recurses down to his
father now.
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