Mae West

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(person) by soren.harward (2 y) (print) ? 1 C! I like it! Sat May 20 2000 at 0:05:33

Actress in the early 1930's known mostly for her terrific figure and ability to turn any phrase into a sexual innuendo by mere voice inflection. Things got so bad that the studios had advisors stand off-camera and listen to make sure that she didn't inadvertantly make some innocuous lines sound dirty. Is almost single-handedly responsible for bringing about the Hays Code.

Outstanding Mae West movie lines:

"When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad, I'm even better."

"Is that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?"

"All right boys, what are you studying?"
"Arithmetic."
"Well, I was always good at figures."

"Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried."

"It's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men."

And my personal favorite:
"How tall are you son?"
"I'm six feet and seven inches, ma'am."
"Let's forget about your six feet and talk about your seven inches."

(thing) by robwicks (16.6 hr) (print) ? I like it! Thu Jul 20 2000 at 18:19:41

One of the tier 1 MAE (Metropolitan Area Exchange) locations. MAE West is located in San Jose, California and consists of 5 OC3c circuits between FDDI switches at each end (according to www.mae.net). An excerpt from the aforementioned website:

Tier 1 MAE locations are regarded as "national" connection points and have a combination of the following characteristics:

One or more of the major ISPs (e.g., Sprint, MCI, UUNET, ANS, Netcom, BBN, PSI) connect to the MAE

There is a high speed FDDI switch installed offering dedicated higher speed connections

The sites designated as Tier 1 MAE locations are MAE EAST, MAE CENTRAL, and MAE WEST
Generally, routers with very large routing tables are needed at Tier 1 MAE sites. Examples of these routers are Cisco 4700-M or Cisco 7xxx series routers.

(thing) by geeklizzard (4 y) (print) ? I like it! Thu Jun 07 2001 at 16:31:04

RAF pilots in World War II nicknamed the inflatable life jacket they were issued the "Mae West". The movie star Mae West had a 43-inch bust.

The U.S. Navy and Air Force picked up the term, and it's still widely used.

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Hays Code	The Breast Equation	You wear your breasts to their full extent	Skydiving
Jayne Mansfield	sex	MAE	The Motion Picture Production Code
Marilyn Monroe	Who are the people in your neighborhood?	How to jump out of a plane, and what it's like	Charlie McCarthy
Will Hays	You remember how to whistle don't you?	one-liner	Peel me a grape
Jerry Orbach	Sexual innuendo	Scented Herbage of my Breast	martini
Recognizing parachute malfunctions	Heinz Pickle Pin	Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?	parachute

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