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Date:         Tue, 9 Jul 1996 09:01:54 -0700 (PDT)
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From:         "Steven Johnson" <sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com>
Subject:      Re: Funny Bus Story [f]

So Thom Fitzpatrick says:
> 
> >> "barney," but nobody seems to use that...
> >> 
> >
> >This term has also transferred over to the snowboarding world.  Although as
> far as 
> >I can tell it has lost the negative association it used to have for
> surfing.  Now 
> >it just seems to mean "board babe" (no political incorrectness intended)
> although 
> >this may be a purely Canadian phenomenon.
> >
> >And what do big purple dinosaurs have to do with surfing anyway?
> 
> Sorry, but the term pre-dates the purple dinosaur poof by about 20 years.


Barney the (PBS)dinosaur never entered my mind.  I was thinking Barney
(The Flintstones) Rubble the entire time.


:)


Just say "NO" to cutsey dinosaurs.  ;p


Steven 
Sacramento, CA
sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com
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