Mildly OT: L.O.O.N. discrepancies

caliburncy at yahoo.com caliburncy at yahoo.com
Sat Sep 22 17:27:20 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 26481

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Neil Ward" <neilward at d...> wrote:
> Good point... and L.O.O.N. is the League Of Obsessed Nitpickers, a 
> group of members of this list who are offered membership on the 
> evidence of their posts on topics such as the number of prefects at 
> Hogwarts.

Okay, against my better judgment (as this is a tiny bit off-topic), I 
nevertheless just *have* to say this.

What really does the second "O" stand for?  Because in various 
manifestos by Anal P. Lardbottom (John Walton) it's the League Of 
obsessIVE Nitpickers, later on became the League Of OVERLY-ObsessIVE 
Nitpickers and now appears to have devolved into the League Of 
ObsessED Nitpickers.  (Neil isn't the only one who's called it this 
either.)

I just find it moderately amusing that our most characteristically 
detail-oriented friends can't keep their own name straight.  <vbg>

Love ya!
-Luke






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