=?utf-8?Q?=C3=81lvaro?= Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de> writes:
> On 2026-Jun-12, David E. Wheeler wrote:
>> On Jun 10, 2026, at 22:53, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>>> or, actually, the bug's not so old: apparently I broke it in
>>> e78d1d6d4. Where's my brown paper bag?
>> Oh man, now I want to know what this references!
> Is this what you mean?
> https://hackersdictionary.com/html/entry/brown-paper-bag-bug.html
Yeah, pretty much, though Linus didn't get the phrase out of nowhere.
When I use it I tend to think of sports fans whose chosen team is so
bad that they feel a need to wear a bag over their heads when
attending games. Handy example here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Browns/comments/1g7y29b/going_to_the_game_today_bringing_a_blank_brown/
regards, tom lane
