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  • reesetee 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. :-) Mar 9, 2009

  • lutraphile *in response to bilby asking from where the expression originated. Mar 5, 2009

  • lutraphile david foster wallace. Mar 5, 2009

  • reesetee *smiles bluely* Apr 2, 2008

  • chained_bear Wow. I think bilby was just in howling fantods, there, for a moment.

    Uhhh... reesetee? Your teeth are blue. Apr 2, 2008

  • reesetee *eats dark blue–frosted cupcake; smiles* Apr 2, 2008

  • bilby *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). Apr 2, 2008

  • plethora Perhaps the dark colour will make bilby less visible in the dark. Always handy for nocturnal animals, I'm sure. Apr 2, 2008

  • chained_bear 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. Apr 2, 2008

  • reesetee Correction: *picks up dark blue-frosted one*

    It has lots of butter in it--surely that would make one's coat shinier. Apr 2, 2008

  • plethora All that icing cannot be good for bilby's fur, surely. Apr 2, 2008

  • bilby Pink? Blue? I'm being bullied by the Baby-Shower Bandit. Apr 2, 2008

  • reesetee *replaces pink-frosted one, picks up blue-frosted one* Apr 2, 2008

  • bilby No, no! Not pink! No! Apr 2, 2008

  • reesetee You have a problem with my cupcakes?? *slowly picks up a pink-frosted one* Apr 2, 2008

  • bilby What is it with cupcakes this week? You're despatching them in all directions. Apr 2, 2008

  • reesetee What? I was just going to feed them a treat. Maybe a cupcake. Apr 2, 2008

  • bilby Be warned, I have the Royal Society For Prevention Of Cruelty To Fantods on speed-dial. Apr 2, 2008

  • reesetee Would you like some? I can quiet them a bit. Apr 1, 2008

  • yarb How bizarre. I don't have fantods, and if I did they certainly wouldn't howl. Apr 1, 2008

  • reesetee Oh, why thank you. ;-) Apr 1, 2008

  • bilby Did help. But you can keep them ;-) Apr 1, 2008

  • reesetee This might help, bilby. Apr 1, 2008

  • bilby Where does this expression originate? Apr 1, 2008

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