Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 17:10:31 -0500
From: Hobey Ford <hobeyone-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] David Michael Friend


Its unncanny what one can pick up on puptcrit. I'm... well... Flabbergasted!

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Bil Bug <thatpuppetguy-AT-q.com> wrote:
> 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 =A0nineteenth
> 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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> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:49 AM
> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] David Michael Friend
>
>> Hi Wayne,
>> =A0 =A0 I am stealing that name for a new character, Frank Lee Flabbergasted.
>> =A0 =A0 Bob N
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