From: "Bil Bug" <thatpuppetguy-AT-q.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 15:38:17 -0600
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] David Michael Friend


The name Flabbergasted has a rich history dating back to the age of the 
Teutonic Knights (pronounced by the Gaulic Flaubergastonet precursors to our 
modern "Flabbergasted", "twoo-Tohnic", referring either to this Orders 
penchant for wearing complementary heraldic colors or their late afternoon 
"pick me ups" preceding the dinner hour).

Originally, Flaubergastonet from the the escargot and Beaujolais region of 
Cooqin France, one might also find related family patronomics in 
Flaubert-Gaston-et- (a Canadian variant found in the early  nineteenth 
century in Newfoundland where they became lost whilst traveling from Iceland 
to Panama City by way of the northern route).

Flabbergasted, I believe, refers to a story regarding the family name source 
of the progenitor whose distinct lack of battle prowess was thought to be 
caused either by a condition of overweight or lack of stamina (hence 
"short-windedness").

Wayne "who, being distracted from other more pressing matters, finds time to 
flaunt his knowledge of the esoteric"

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From: <BNathanson-AT-aol.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:49 AM
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Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] David Michael Friend

> Hi Wayne,
>     I am stealing that name for a new character, Frank Lee Flabbergasted.
>     Bob N
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