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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 02:26 PM
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Poll question: BOB?
Edited on Tue Aug-03-04 02:50 PM by Kellanved
Just wondering.

Explanation:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/02/1091298614078.html?oneclick=true
Edit: this link *should* work without registration.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/02/1091298614078.html

--snip
Last Tuesday's bomb scare contains valuable security lessons, both good and bad, about how to achieve security in these dangerous times.

Ninety minutes after taking off from Sydney Airport, a flight attendant on a United Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles found an airsickness bag - presumably unused - in a lavatory with the letters "BOB" written on it.

The flight attendant decided that the letters stood for "Bomb On Board" and immediately alerted the captain, who decided the risk was serious enough to turn the plane around and land back in Sydney.

Even a moment's reflection is enough to realise that this is an extreme over-reaction to a non-existent threat. "Bob" is common flight attendant jargon for "babe on board" or "best on board," as in: "Look at that Bob in seat 7A."
...
--snap
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 02:27 PM
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1. Bob
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NuckinFutz Donating Member (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 02:27 PM
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2. other..........
my favorite! Battery Operated Boyfriend.
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Q3JR4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 02:53 PM
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9. The best kind if you ask me.
Turns on quickly, you get what you want out of him, and when you're done, you turn him back off.

There is a problem with cuddling (unless you get a rather large model), but other than that....
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fob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 02:28 PM
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3. Bring Own
Bob!
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mrboba1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 02:28 PM
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4. mr-BOB-a1
me!
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Champion Jack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 02:32 PM
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5. Bob in color
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Semi_subversive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 02:36 PM
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6. Big Ol' Butt!
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 02:37 PM
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7. I told you I'd be true....
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 02:38 PM
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8. Bob is a pig!

Our guniea pig that is.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 02:54 PM
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10. Boy on Boy
:)
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No2W2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-04 03:08 PM
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11. I'd automatically think Bob,

only because that's my name.
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bookfreak Donating Member (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-04-04 02:46 AM
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12. BOB
Duh, it's the evil spirit BOB from the Black Lodge (Twin Peaks)

Through the darkness of futures past the magician longs to see
One chants out between two worlds
FIRE, walk with me

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coyote Donating Member (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-04-04 04:22 AM
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13. Bayerische Oberlanbahn?
:dunce:
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-04-04 04:32 AM
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14. good , but then why return to Sydney?
and not divert to Munich?
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-04-04 04:52 AM
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15. Somebody puked when they thought of BOB Dole.
BOB=VOMIT
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Donkeyboy75 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-04-04 05:07 AM
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16. Baby on board, something something Burt Ward
This song practically writes itself!
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Lil Jon Donating Member (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-04-04 05:14 AM
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17. What?
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