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.
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
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