do you have the  exact reference to Edison on that?   would like to track
this further
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From: "Roy Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] the first computer bug! - history


> In message <002e01c377d0$5aacc1c0$6564a8c0@WONSILTP>, Mark Wonsil
> <[log in to unmask]> writes
> >Ed wrote:
> >> we used to have a mouse that would get into the vadic modem and pee
> >> all over it thus shorting out the circuit board....
> >
> >It wouldn't be the first time that pee was the cause of handshaking
> >trouble...
>
> Our canteen got infested - we'd ask for a hot dog with onions and all
> the trimmings, but hold the mouse turd.....
>
> Re the bug, BTW - I'm sure the story is true, but Edison is quoted as
> 'getting the bugs out' of his first incandescent bulbs, so the usage
> wasn't exactly new....
>
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