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PAPOON:

An FT character who ran for PRESIDENT. He's NOT INSANE!

"Park and Lock it! Not Responsible" A common yell in FT plays. PICO and ALVARADO yell it a lot. According to the BBOP book, when Peter BERGMAN was young, he and a kid named Bruce Berger opened up a parking lot one night in an empty lot across from an Emporium show in the Midwest. As Peter put it, "We made $50 wearing Cleveland Indians baseball caps, yelling, "*Park and Lock It! Not Responsible!"

PHENOMENA:

Look's like you've got your phenomena scrambled. See EGGs.

PICO:

ALVARADO's friend, as in "It's Pico and Alvarado". Another street in Los Angeles.They are also historical references: Pico and Alvarado were the last two Mexican governors of Alta California. There really is an intersection at Pico Blvd, and Alvarado, which used to boast, among other things, a decent Salvadoran restaurant. Much of the area was burned to the ground during the recent Disturbances... (let's just call them, the PHENOMENA :-)

PICKLES:

Lots of pickles in FT. ROCKY ROCOCO is always carrying some around in a brown paper bag, and often wears Pickle on a Rope perfume. "Pickles down the rat-hole!", says HEMLOCK STONES. On the old "Dear Friends" shows they used to have a squeeky pickle that you could hear every so often.

PIG NITE:

A fraternity party tradition: The idea is that you have a party and that each fraternity brother is supposed bring the ugliest girl he can find. The one with the ugliest girl gets some sort of prize. That is Pig Nite. Attended by NICK DANGER.

PIZZA:

Nick's Swell Pizza has a phone number very similar to NICK DANGER's, when George TIREBITER tried to order one. On TWO PLACES we also hear:

  SCHNIFTER: Das ist immer alles Aulung und ist rauch mit and potzen
  Volkswagen und niemann stint und "Swell Pizza!!"

Nick also fools ROCOCO in YOLKS by pretending to be a pizza delivery boy.

PLAYER:

Another EVERYMAN, in the record "Eat or Be Eaten", who, like BABE, has his adventures in a car.

POOH:

Winnie the Pooh has influenced a number of FT lines. For example, Tom Teslacle says "It goes in and out like anything," which is a misquote of Eeyore (see TESLACLE'S DEVIANT) In addition, the FT would sometimes read directly from the Books of Pooh for each other's birthdays.

POOH STICKS:

How the FT guys referred to the yarrow stalks used to throw the I CHING. Gary Fritz writes of the origin of this term from POOH: Pooh Bear tripped while carrying a fir cone over a bridge, and noticed that it eventually came out the other side. Then, being ever the scientist, he dropped two, to see if one came out before the other -- and one did! This was then developed into a game where Pooh, Piglet, Christopher Robin, and the rest of the crew would drop sticks in the water and see whose came out first. And they called the game "Poohsticks."

POOP:

A character in many FT plays, who gives speeches with numerous spoonerisms and Freudian slips, eg. "In the words of the Foundry, er.. Founder, Ukaipa Heep,". Appears as Principal Poop in DWARF.

PORRIDGE BIRD:

A (mythical?) bird which lays its EGGs in the air. Why? See WDTPBLHEITA.

PORGIE:

Porgie TIREBITER. One of George Leroy TIREBITER's many personas. Apparently motivated by Archie & Jughead, and by the old "Henry Aldrich" radio shows. The old radio show always started out:

   MOTHER: Henry! Henry Aldrich!
   HENRY:  Coming, Mother!

PRESIDENT:

A popular ride in the FUTURE FAIR. You get to ask a question of the computer-operated President, and get a free simulfax copy of your question, together with his answer. CLEM broke the President by asking him about PORRIDGE BIRDs. ...PAPOON also ran for President!

PROCTOR:

Philip Proctor, one of the FT members. Plays the POOP, among many.