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Re: fleebnorker
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 14 Sep 2001 06:00:09 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Trevor Pruden writes:
> In lugnet.org.us.michlug, John Spencer Rezkalla writes:
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> > Trevor Pruden wrote:
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> > > Did you like the automatic fleebnorker? :^D
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> > Trev,
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> > I'm sorry, I have to confess a little ignorance on this one. What
> > exactly
> > is a "fleebnork"? I've seen that term occasionally thrown around on the
> > space newsgroup, but I feel like I must have come in late and missed out
> > on some sort of newsgroup inside joke.
> >
> > Hmm, I just did a quick search on that term on Lugnet. Are they some
> > sort of barnacle-like spaceborne parasite that attaches to the hulls of
> > Lego spacecraft (represented by trans-green scorpions)? I see one on
> > your ship.
> >
> > Origins? Story Behind? Anyone? Bueller?
>
> I beleve that Mark Sandlin coined the term. You were correct in your
> assumption. It seems the best way to keep the fleebnorks are bay and from
> getting into the exaust ducts is to burn them out with a plasma torch.
> Traditionally this is reserved for the lowest of the lowest ranks, or for
> grand admrials that have been temporarily demoted to first luetenant,
> fleebnork division. In my case, this heavy freighter has both military
> convoy and cunsumer trade purposes, and so an automated version is necessary
> due to the automated nature of the ship as a whole (few crew dudes).
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=6707
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tpruden/AstroLift-HF310/tdf_hf_7.jpg
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> Pretty nifty, huh?
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> :^)
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> ~Trev
> Astro Lift Co.
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