The Mouse at Unicode Committee

the most important part of the history of Unicode is the time that a mouse fell out of a light fixture and got added to the count of members present at a Technical Committee meeting https://www.unicode.org/L2/ L2016/16325.htm#149-A94 Mouse now present. 6,502 members represented. [149-A94] Action Item for Landlord: Capture and exile the mouse that just fell out of the light fixture.

A screenshot of a social media post recounts a bizarre Unicode Technical Committee incident where a mouse fell from a light fixture and was humorously counted as a present member. The attached meeting record makes the absurd story funny by documenting the mouse as an action item for the landlord. It is shared as a reaction to overly formal bureaucratic treatment of a ridiculous situation.

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