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bilby commented on the word howling fantods
Where does this expression originate?
April 1, 2008
reesetee commented on the word howling fantods
This might help, bilby.
April 1, 2008
bilby commented on the word howling fantods
Did help. But you can keep them ;-)
April 1, 2008
reesetee commented on the word howling fantods
Oh, why thank you. ;-)
April 1, 2008
yarb commented on the word howling fantods
How bizarre. I don't have fantods, and if I did they certainly wouldn't howl.
April 1, 2008
reesetee commented on the word howling fantods
Would you like some? I can quiet them a bit.
April 1, 2008
bilby commented on the word howling fantods
Be warned, I have the Royal Society For Prevention Of Cruelty To Fantods on speed-dial.
April 2, 2008
reesetee commented on the word howling fantods
What? I was just going to feed them a treat. Maybe a cupcake.
April 2, 2008
bilby commented on the word howling fantods
What is it with cupcakes this week? You're despatching them in all directions.
April 2, 2008
reesetee commented on the word howling fantods
You have a problem with my cupcakes?? *slowly picks up a pink-frosted one*
April 2, 2008
bilby commented on the word howling fantods
No, no! Not pink! No!
April 2, 2008
reesetee commented on the word howling fantods
*replaces pink-frosted one, picks up blue-frosted one*
April 2, 2008
bilby commented on the word howling fantods
Pink? Blue? I'm being bullied by the Baby-Shower Bandit.
April 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word howling fantods
All that icing cannot be good for bilby's fur, surely.
April 2, 2008
reesetee commented on the word howling fantods
Correction: *picks up dark blue-frosted one*
It has lots of butter in it--surely that would make one's coat shinier.
April 2, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word howling fantods
Don't do it, bilby. Don't trade places with what I been through. (said in best Oprah Winfrey-in-The-Color-Purple voice)
I finally clicked on the link at the bottom of this page and decided I really like this word after all.
April 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word howling fantods
Perhaps the dark colour will make bilby less visible in the dark. Always handy for nocturnal animals, I'm sure.
April 2, 2008
bilby commented on the word howling fantods
*adds to speed-dial* Self-Defence Tips Against Far-Flung Cupcakes In Scurrilous Shades Of Blue (recorded message, $1.95 per minute but my fur is worth it, sheesh).
April 2, 2008
reesetee commented on the word howling fantods
*eats dark blue–frosted cupcake; smiles*
April 2, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word howling fantods
Wow. I think bilby was just in howling fantods, there, for a moment.
Uhhh... reesetee? Your teeth are blue.
April 2, 2008
reesetee commented on the word howling fantods
*smiles bluely*
April 3, 2008
lutraphile commented on the word howling fantods
david foster wallace.
March 6, 2009
lutraphile commented on the word howling fantods
*in response to bilby asking from where the expression originated.
March 6, 2009
reesetee commented on the word howling fantods
Actually, the first recorded user was Charles Briggs in his two-volume book The Adventures of Harry Franco in 1839, according to the link I cited below. And indeed, I heard this phrase long before DFW was old enough to hunt & peck on a keyboard, rest his soul. :-)
March 9, 2009