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Subject: Re: History
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Date: Wed, 16-Sep-87 14:15:55 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 16 14:15:55 1987
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I learned the term from my father who learned it in the Marines.

Cleaned up a bit :-) "*Fouled* Up Beyond All Recognition"

I always assumed that foo is much beter than fu for a filename and
thats why it is foobar on computers.

Bob Campbell                Some times I wish that I could stop you from 
Hewlett Packard             talking, when I hear the silly things you say.
hplabs!hpda!campbelr                         - Elvis Costello