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Subject:	dissin' clones (was: VERY-shifty scans)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Sun, 1 Aug 1999 18:39:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Larry Pieniazek writes: > [...] > They make Best schlock look good. Heh heh. Good one! :) That reminds me, I'm always so chuckled-up by bastardizations such as Microsoft ==> Microslop, Microshaft, Mickeysoft, etc. MS Internet Explorer ==> Internet Exploder, Internet Exploiter, etc. MS Back Office ==> Back Orifice Is there a canonical list yet anywhere of (clean) bastardizations of clone-brand names? For example... Best Lock ==> Best Schlock Blocko ==> Schlocko Mega-Bloks ==> Mega-Blahs, Mega-Barfs, etc. Better Blocks ==> Worser Blocks, Bitter Blocks, etc. Shifty ==> Crufty, Stiffed-me, etc. Tyco ==> Typo, Psycho, etc. --Todd

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		Re: dissin' clones (was: VERY-shifty scans)
(...) HP-SUX, Slowlartus, AOHell, Nutscrape, Losedows, Lose NT, Nice Try, etc.etc.etc... Jasper "I'm sure you'll be able to figure most of them out.." Janssen (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Dissin' MS (was: dissin' clones)
(...) Just heard another one at the NELUG get-together last night... :) MS Outlook ==> MS Look Out --Todd (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Re: VERY-shifty scans (Re: "Shifty" rip off brand)
I have 2 or three of these in the flesh and they are terrible. I got one as a gift from a very kind person who knew I would find them interesting and the other two I traded for at the LL Legofest, they were brought over from Japan, so they've been (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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