more Dave's than women - was Re: Ancient History

[Andrew Black]

Andrew Black wrote:
> On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 12:35:05PM +0100, Steve Mynott wrote:
>> Photos of which appear at
>>
>> http://london.pm.org/nx_meetings/1998_aug.shtml
> 
> And the  Dave > Women assertion was true


I am curious about the origin of the phrase "more Dave's than women".
I thought it was a reference to the shadow cabinet when David Cameron 
became leader.

But the following quote suggests it is older than that

http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/narbonic_plus/series.php?view=archive&chapter=16753
 > Re more Daves than women: that is known at CMU as the
 > Dave-to-girl ratio.  It was a big event when the
 > campus ratio finally dropped below 1.