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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!bnr.co.uk!uknet!mcsun!sun4nl!ruuinf!bammerla
  2. From: bammerla@cs.ruu.nl (Boris Ammerlaan)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
  4. Subject: Re: Saying from "Thunderbirds"
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec21.122607.826@cs.ruu.nl>
  6. Date: 21 Dec 92 12:26:07 GMT
  7. References: <1992Dec14.022332.23839@b30.ingr.com> <1992Dec15.140731.23459@b30.ingr.com> <1992Dec15.160223.4760@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> <1992Dec15.173056.852@cid.aes.doe.CA> <alien.01zb@acheron.amigans.gen.nz>
  8. Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science
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  11. In <alien.01zb@acheron.amigans.gen.nz> alien@acheron.amigans.gen.nz (Ross Smith) writes:
  12.  
  13. >In article <1992Dec15.173056.852@cid.aes.doe.CA> ynecgan@cid.aes.doe.CA (Greg Neill) writes:
  14. >>The question is, what does F.A.B. stand for?
  15. >
  16. >Officially, nothing; Gerry Anderson always said that it was just a made-up
  17. >piece of jargon, a future equivalent of "Roger", and the initials were never
  18. >intended to stand for anything in particular.
  19. >--
  20. >...... Ross Smith (Wanganui, NZ) ...... alien@acheron.amigans.gen.nz ......
  21.  
  22. Well, officially, it _DOES_ mean "fabulous". I heard her say it myself.
  23. However, if you want proof, call the BBC; they'll confirm it.
  24.  
  25.  
  26.         Boris Ammerlaan
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