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I haven't watched kids TV for a few years now, but at least when I was a kid the
Fruit Loops commercials featured this wacked out, psychedelically colored bird
in a strange world of bright primary colors and geometric shapes. Or at least
that's how I remember it, it was the 60's...
Learning colloquialisms is a nice bonus of this international web site. No
matter good you are at a language, there's a whole second language out there to
learn. I can remember when my kids got a book called "Scheisse! a guide to the
German you don't learn in school". Now they are rude and crude in two languages
instead of just one!
Wendell G
Scott wrote:
> A buddy of mine ("Wiz") is a Viet Nam Marine that is just a mess. One of the
> few *real* cases of PTSD
> I know of. I met him at one of the Marine Corps birthday parties years ago.
> He is a great guy, and electronics wizard (hence the nickname), but about as
> stable as nitroglycerin. Called in an arty strike on his own position, which
> was being over run. Horribly wounded, mentally and physically scarred
> forever.
>
> He is a junkie, cant hold a job down (100% disability, but he tries to work)
> and about every six months or so, he ends up beating the crap out of someone
> (usually a boss or phony Nam vet), and getting tossed into the local "Home
> for the Bewildered." He calls it "Fruit Loop Land" as one of the staples of
> their diet is Fruit Loops. This is an American breakfast cereal, and in the
> nuthouse, it is used as currency, much as cigarettes are used in prison.
>
> Basically, "Fruit Loop" is a colloquialism for someone who outwardly,
> obviously, mentally unstable.
>
> Scott
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Matthias Voss <mat.voss@t-*.de*>
> To: Scott <scottk@hc*.co*>
> Cc: Alton J. Hall, Jr. <ahall@di*.co*>; Michael J. Black
> <mjblackmd@ya*.co*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 11:49 AM
> Subject: Re: I'm not Beethoven
>
> >
> >
> > Scott schrieb:
> > > This guy is a complete sociopath. Psychotic from the socks up. 100%
> Fruit
> > > Loop.
> >
> > Scott, would you like to help me advance my english skills ?
> >
> > Fruit loop , 100 % ???( sounds like half rotten, prealcoholic,
> > vegetable, delta - ;-)
> > - Matthias
>
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