From: Beaver_Fever@live.com   
      
   On Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 1:09:01 PM UTC-7, Beaver Fever wrote:   
   > On Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 4:00:41 AM UTC-7, Peter Boulding wrote:   
   > > What I learned on the internet today:   
   > >   
   > > The metasyntactic variable "foo" (or "fu", as in fubar) is older than I   
   > > expected, going back to the 1930s. Which sort of makes sense of the slang   
   > > term used in WW2 for the UFOs that were frequently--if briefly--sighted by   
   > > pilots: "foo fighters".   
   > >   
   > > ... Which could explain the band name. But wait: what's this?   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > "... either Jell-O and Foo (a non-dairy whipped topping that we made from a   
   > > powder) or ton cake (it's bigger than a pound cake), which was nothing more   
   > > than a sheet cake with some baker's sugar sprinkled on it...   
   > >   
   > > "About ten minutes later, the calls for dessert started, and I had the   
   > > waiters send out the trays of plates with cake on them. As I knew would   
   > > happen, there were immediate cries for 'Foo! Foo'", done in a high falsetto   
   > > voice. I also knew that Arnie would clamp down on it. He jumped up and   
   > > yelled back, "No, you don't get Foo, not after last week! No more Foo until   
   > > you learn to behave yourselves!" Last Sunday the dessert was Jell-O and   
   Foo,   
   > > and had resulted in a Foo Fight at the end. In fact, it was about even odds   
   > > that when Foo was served, a Foo Fight would ensue."   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > The above excerpts from a frat house episode, set in the 1970s, come from a   
   > > lengthy and well-written self-published do-over tale titled "A Fresh   
   Start".   
   > > I love the idea that the band name refers to this kind of foo fight, but   
   > > can't find any other references to "a non-dairy whipped topping which we   
   > > made from a powder" called, or known as, "Foo" -- not even in Wikipedia's   
   > > chunky "Foo" disambiguation page -- and am therefore wondering if the   
   author   
   > > is pulling my leg.   
   > >   
   > > Anyone remember such a confection or, rather, the name "Foo" being applied   
   > > to Instant Whip, Miracle Whip, Angel Delight, or similar ersatz foods?   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > --   
   > > Regards, Peter Boulding   
   > > pjbn...@UNSPAMpboulding.co.uk (to e-mail, remove "UNSPAM")   
   > > Fractal Music: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?b   
   ndID=794240&content=music   
   > what a terrible band   
      
      
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   Been keeping my head down the past few days   
      
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