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Re: "WOOT"

On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Chris Lindemer wrote:

> Ysobelle at aol_com wrote:
>
> >I am the Midwife of Woot. It came here through me.
> >
> >
> >And yes, one day, I'll share the story.
> >
> >

> It's one of those things we geeks had, it was all our own.  Then,
> people like you came along and ruined it for all.  Well, not all.  In
> fact, you just ruined it for the geek contingent, the rest of the
> world is now better off (uh...yeah) for it.  Still, we geeks tend to
> be a greedy bunch, especially when it comes to our linguistic
> bastardizations.

finally! someone admits the geekorigins of w00t. (:

> For C-Stone I branded my car with the "1337 h4x0r" markings, trolling
> for geeks.  Nobody came up to me or anything, but, ah, I really didn't
> expect it.  Miseur So Briquet did ask if I raced the car or
> something...I don't remember exactly, but he did notice the markings.
> =)

hey, i would've come up to you, or at least thought about it.

and i would've worn my 'go away or i will replace you with a very small
shell script' shirt.

there's fridge poetr, fridge code - why not OTR fridge words? how fun
woudl that be? take teh lyrics and make them into word magnets- you could
write psuedo otr songs (:

> -Smitty the Elitist Geek/Fanboy

rhys. just a geek.

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