Rusty hinge

Trying to send you stellite but your email address doesn't work jim

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pentagrid
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Try de-foobaring him??

Mark Rand RTFM

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Mark Rand

with a pair of rusty tongs?

BTW it should be spelt "fubar" as in f***ed up beyond all recognition...

Similarly, "snafu" (situation normal, all f***ed up).

Regards, Tony

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Tony Jeffree

Not so, It's from hacking culture:-

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Dave Osborne

...but fubar goes back a long way...2nd world war army slang - see:

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So likely what happened is that the foobar variant was simply a corruption of that.

Regards, Tony

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Tony Jeffree

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