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Re: Thank God for Lugnet
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Fri, 4 Dec 1998 03:46:29 GMT
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On Fri, 4 Dec 1998 03:15:36 GMT, mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller)
wrote:

> Larry Pieniazek <lpien@ctp.IWANTNOSPAM.com> wrote:
> > That's what I thought the first three times I saw Jasper say it, too.
> > But now I think it's deliberate.
> 
> Looked on dejanews. Earliest references I could find come from the very
> beginning of Dejanews ('95), so it's Ancient history. Most early mentions
> are on rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan, although there's also a mention

Which is one of my prime lurked-froups :)

> crossposted to sci.math, alt.stupidity, and rec.org.mensa by Ross Garmil,
> someone employed (1) here at BU (2), who says:
> 
>  "Or am I just being too philosophical for this froup?  And why do we call
>   it a froup and not a group?  I think it was Renes Decartes who first
>   said, "a froup is a group, unless it's a froup." And he was a
>   mathemetician, even though people laughed at him for having the name
>   Rene."
> 
> So, uh, that doesn't clear it up at all, really.


> (2) which I find amusing in a small-world sense, because he just yesterday
> asked a question to the help queue for one of the machines I administer.
> If Jasper doesn't reveal the mystery, perhaps I'll ask him.
I'll consider me asked. :)


Well, I suppose it's a local phenomenon, and not a
usenet-Regular-Expression. I'll try and keep it to rasfwrj :)

Jasper



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  Re: Thank God for Lugnet
 
(...) Oh, BTW: The original origin is probably a HHGttG reference (That Ford Prefect, he's a real frood, you know? very together.) Jasper (28 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: Thank God for Lugnet
 
(...) Say, that reminds me of Floot Roops, one of my favorite breakfast cereals. --Todd (28 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: Thank God for Lugnet
 
(...) Looked on dejanews. Earliest references I could find come from the very beginning of Dejanews ('95), so it's Ancient history. Most early mentions are on rec.arts.sf.written....rt-jordan, although there's also a mention crossposted to sci.math, (...) (28 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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