Re: Origin of the Cutie Pie (CP)

["George Anastas" <ANASTASG@facmgmtserver.fm.csus.edu>]

The story I heard was Q for charge, time for time and pi for 
geometry.

Bob Ryan at RPI in Troy, New York told me that one 1,000 years ago 
(1968).

Happy Holidays to Everyone!!!!


George

Date:          Fri, 20 Dec 96 15:13:30 -0600
Reply-to:      radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
From:          TSNKW@ccmail.ceco.com
To:            Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Subject:       Origin of the Cutie Pie (CP)

     
     
     I can't resist telling the story I was told in college (years ago) by 
     a reputable professor dealing with this issue of the cutie pie.  It is 
     a slight variation of the one told earlier on Radsafe dealing with the 
     "wife."
     
     The inventor (can't remember if the professor knew his name) worked 
     late in his lab one night putting the finishing touches on his new ion 
     chamber.  (In fact, he had been working late for several nights.) 
     Finally, when he got home, his wife said, "Where have you been 
     spending all of these evenings, do you have a cutie pie somewhere?"  
     Somewhat irritated by the question, the husband responded, "Ya, right, 
     I've got a cutie pie in my lab."  Supposedly, later, he chuckled at 
     what he said, and decided to call the new instrument a "cutie pie."
     
     Is the above story true?  I have no idea.  But it satisfied the 
     students' curiosity at the time ... and makes for a nice story during 
     the holiday season ... at least maybe for an HP. 
     
     Kit Weaver
     tsnkw@ccmail.ceco.com

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