Re: make mrproper

[Thunder from the hill]

> My guess is that it is a joke.  'Meister Proper' is the German
>   Mister Clean (the big, bald guy on the same-name cleaning
>   agent bottle).  I'm not sure of the spelling, though.  It's been
>   a while since I've seen the commercials.
You've spelled it correct.
> I dunno if it's Finnish, though.  Never been there.  Maybe it was
>   put in by a German developer.  Maybe not.  It was there when
>   I started.
Sure it was, since Mr. Proper already existed in the sixties...
People who don't know what it means usually use make spotless. 
I have also already seen Mr. Proper in the US, and some other countries
seem to have it, too.

Cheers!
Thunder