On All The Tropes, Bob Schroeck Wrote:Dunno about today, but back when I was in college, "Fred" was the metasyntactic variable for a random person or name -- similar to Alice and Bob. "When in doubt, Fred" would frequently come up when a name was needed in various contexts. I swear, half the NPC character sheets I created for my college D&D campaign started with names like "Fred Cleric" or "Fred MU" just so I didn't spend the first 10 minutes of character generation trying to think up a name.
That, combined with my re-watching a particular couple of Looney Tunes cartoons last week, sent my mind down a very odd alley...
"I will hug them and pet them and call them Fred and George."
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
Boycotting ALL products from the USA as long as that country's leader continues to lie about my native country.
Government of Canada: How to immigrate to Canada
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
Boycotting ALL products from the USA as long as that country's leader continues to lie about my native country.
Government of Canada: How to immigrate to Canada
Government of Canada: Claiming refugee protection (asylum) from within Canada