File puptcrit/puptcrit.1003, message 110


From: Gregory Ballora <gregballora-AT-sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:23:30 -0800
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] David Michael Friend


So, what does this have ot do with David Michael Friend? I thought his site was beautiful btw.
Greg

On Mar 4, 2010, at 2:10 PM, Hobey Ford wrote:

> 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  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"
>> 
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: <BNathanson-AT-aol.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:49 AM
>> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
>> 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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