The WTF NSFW thread

glatt · 07-23-2010, 09:41 AM

OK, this got me thinking about the origin of that phrase. I've always credited Flint with coming up with it. I searched and I think the earliest use of it on the Cellar is in this thread from 1/10/2007 by Flint.

It's spreading elsewhere on the internet. Some dwellars have used the phrase in other forums since then. But I found one Google hit for the phrase back in October of 2005. Over a year before we first see Flint using it on the Cellar. Bizarre. And here, in late 2007 that same board discusses who came up with the phrase. So it's out there, and has been for a while.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-23-2010, 10:32 AM

Uh, what phrase is that, the linky no worky.

Lamplighter · 07-23-2010, 10:33 AM

Not something to be proud of

xoxoxoBruce · 07-23-2010, 10:37 AM

Nevermind, I didn't see the third link.

Lamplighter, Flint is an artist, the Mapplethorpe of prose.

07-23-2010, 10:32 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Uh, what phrase is that, the linky no worky. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-23-2010, 10:37 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Nevermind, I didn't see the third link. Lamplighter, Flint is an artist, the Mapplethorpe of prose. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-23-2010, 09:41 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	OK, this got me thinking about the origin of that phrase. I've always credited Flint with coming up with it. I searched and I think the earliest use of it on the Cellar is in this thread from 1/10/2007 by Flint. It's spreading elsewhere on the internet. Some dwellars have used the phrase in other forums since then. But I found one Google hit for the phrase back in October of 2005. Over a year before we first see Flint using it on the Cellar. Bizarre. And here, in late 2007 that same board discusses who came up with the phrase. So it's out there, and has been for a while.

07-23-2010, 10:33 AM	#3
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Not something to be proud of

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