>Sorry I took a while to get around to checking all the links.  The
>person who wrote this is still a frequent poster in r.a.c.*.  I'll see
>what he recalls and let you guys know.

Tom Galloway wrote:
}I recall the where exactly; the University of Michigan Student Union.
}The when is up in the air. I was first there in 9/88, but don't recall
}just when he spoke. The earliest saved Usenet reference is May 1, 1989
}in one of Jeff Meyer's .sig quote compliations, and by that time he
}and I frequently took each other's .sigs and added them to our own
}collection. So it's fairly likely he got it from me, which'd put it
}sometime between 9/88 and 4/89.
}
}tyg