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Things you used to be able to type into the Unix C shell, and
	the responses you got (and sometimes still get):

% If I had a ( for every $ Congress spent, what would I have?
Too many ('s.
  
% man: why did you get a divorce?
man:: Too many arguments.
  
% scan for <<"Arnold Schwarzenegger"
^D
"Arnold Schwarzenegger": << terminator not found

% echo '[q]sa[ln0=aln256%Pln256/snlbx]sb3135071790101768542287578439snlbxq'|dc
GET A LIFE!

% make fire
Make:  Don't know how to make fire.  Stop.
% why not?
No match.

% sleep with me
bad character

% cat "food in cans"
cat: can't open food in cans

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