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Mailing lists (was Re: origins of "Fibblesnork")
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Sun, 9 Jan 2000 18:27:03 GMT
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> the d's, so I changed it to "Fibblesnork" and started using the pseudonym
> "Todd Fibblesnork" on reader-response mail that I filled out at work, to see
> how many mailing lists I'd get on after filling out just one card (I circled
> all the numbers on that one card). I got stuff mailed to me from dozens of
> companies for more than 6 years from that one card. :) When it came time
> to make a LEGO product guide in 1995-6, it seemed like a fun name to use for
> that.
It makes me wonder how those lists are monitored. When I send away for
cereal box premiums or other things, I use the name "Zonkers". With a
last name like Yulish, you'd think somebody would catch on that this
just doesn't seem right. But hey, if they want to send stuff to Zonkers
Yulish, be my guest.
Adam
bwappo@ee.net
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| (...) LOL!!! I just liked the way the 'bble' sounded. I've always liked words like "rubble" (Barney Rubble) and "bubble", and there supposedly was a video game by Toru Iwatani (the creator of Pac-Man) named "Libble Rabble." A friend of mine actually (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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