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Re: origins of "Fibblesnork"
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 12 Jan 2000 16:11:41 GMT
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Selçuk <teyyareci> <SGORE@SUPERONLINE.COMstopspammers>
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message
news:FnzEED.EFs@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Matthew Miller writes:
> > So "fibblesnork" is either a pig that tells mostly-trivial lies, or • perhaps
> > a verb meaning "to make a snorting sound in an untruthful or misleading
> > way".
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> LOL!!!
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> 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."
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> A friend of mine actually came up with the word in 1989 (as a suggestion • for
> a last name), except that he said "Fiddlesnork" or "Fiddlesnort" (I can't
> remember which) and not "Fibblesnork." I liked it better with the b's • than
> 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.
>
> --Todd
I remember a message (in RTL or here?) that gave me a big laugh, which
stated that Todd might found the word "fibblesnork" while busy in WC after
eating enough "über garlic pickles" ..:-) (inspiration is obvious, right?)
Selçuk
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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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