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    Re: Language slipping? —Christopher Lannan
   In lugnet.admin.general, Christopher Lannan writes: More thoughts- What about the AFOL acronymn "POOP" How many of us can honestly say it wasn't chosen because of its "potty humour" nature. Piece out of other pieces should be pooop, shouldn't it? I (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
   
        Re: Language slipping? —Jeff Thompson
   (...) Oh, good grief. "Poop" is too vulgar for this newsgroup? Yes, the potty-mouth / bodily function humor of the term was entirely the point. See (URL) for a discussion of the history of the term and other acronyms the AFOL community has (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
   
        Re: Language slipping? —Christopher Lannan
   (...) I was being not-too-subtly sarcastic. POOP is just fine. Chris (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
   
        Re: Language slipping? —Jeff Thompson
   (...) Sorry - my irony-detector needs rewiring, obviously. (Slinks off abashedly) -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
 

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