(idm) RE: idm-digest V2 #405

From Steve Taylor
Sent Sun, Nov 8th 1998, 09:11

        > does anybody know what the name squarepusher
        > means? is it sort of in the same vein as knob twiddling, ie
another
        > name for screwing around with equipment? or maybe it is some
sort of
        > lsd reference, or perhaps tom jenkinson is a bastard and just
likes to
        > go around pushing people he thinks are "square". or maybe it's
just
        > some british lingo i know nothing about. hehe... kinda hoping
its the
        > third one...

        he said in an interview it was because he used to deal acid...

        actually no... a squarepusher is the name used for an archer in
the middle ages... one of those blokes whod stand in those slots in the
tower and fuck people up, its in some dictionarys... thats where he got
it from...

        steve