@starsandrobots @carnivillain It was inspired by the Ren & Stimpy cartoon "Yak Shaving Day", but the analogy has never made sense to me
@carnivillain so where do you think the phrase "yak shaving" started? hmm
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@starsandrobots@carnivillain Canonical source reference is this 2000 email describing its origin and meaning: http://projects.csail.mit.edu/gsb/old-archive/gsb-archive/gsb2000-02-11.html … -
@starsandrobots@carnivillain (Er, that doesn't mention Ren and Stimpy but I think people assume that's where he got it from!)
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