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who is fred?

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by desertbriez, May 31, 2007.

  1. desertbriez

    desertbriez New Member

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    in other words.... why is this FRED's house of pancakes?
     
    #1 desertbriez, May 31, 2007
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    [​IMG] so i'm not the only one who doesn't know who fred is! 19 views and no answer!
     
    #2 desertbriez, May 31, 2007
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    #3 eagle33199, May 31, 2007
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    ahhhhhh! thank you!
     
    #4 desertbriez, May 31, 2007
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    daniel Cat Lovers Against the Bomb

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    In the early days of Prius Chat, the main forum got a lot of off-topic discussion, and some folks were upset at having to see discussions unrelated to the Prius, while other folks felt that an on-line "community" should be able to range beyond one narrow topic. It was agreed that we needed an off-topic forum, and rather than just call it "Off-Topic" or "Other" somebody (I forget who) suggested "Fred's House of Pancakes," as a whimsical name. There is no Fred. I seem to recall that maybe IHOP came up in the discussion, as a place that people sometimes get together to chat over coffee, but rather than use an existing restaurant name, everyone liked FHOP. Those of us that remember this are the early adopters: the people that bought Priuses in the early part of the first year of the current generation, when more doubtful minds still regarded this car as an unknown, and not to be trusted. We are the tree-hugging elite, forward-thinking enough to recognize the future when it was placed before us.
     
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    i can't think of one forum i frequent that doesn't have an off-topic section (ok... i can.... but just ONE!) i think off-topic sections are great because you can take them or leave them.... you're choice!
     
    #6 desertbriez, May 31, 2007
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    The pancake part of Fred's House of Pancakes comes from Oolong, the pancake wearing bunny. In one of the VERY off-topic threads, someone replied simply with the following picture.
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    Heck, I remember blowing Leinenkugel out my nose I laughed so hard.

    From that moment on, we knew the name of the new off-topic forum would reference pancakes.
     
    #7 TonyPSchaefer, May 31, 2007
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    Oolong balanced many objects on his head. But he was probably most famous for the pancakes. They made him famous and he has an entry in Wikipedia. Sadly, he has passed away. But his master has a new bunny, Yuebing. Perhaps the new one will also have a talent for balancing objects on her head. The photo diary is really wonderful. I'm a dog person and I can tell that he really, really loved his rabbit. I wish I had been as faithful taking pictures of my dogs as he did of Oolong.

    There have been no new pictures of Yuebing, the new rabbit, since 2005. I hope nothing has happened to her.
     
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    Came across this by accident. Thought some may enjoy....
     
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    Indeed, I did. Thank you.;)
     
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    The link given in #8 goes to a "buy this domain" link now.

    But oolong has a Wikipedia entry.
     
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    It confers positive things on PriusChat founders for making this large tent. Tent accommodates forward-looking car people who also have widely perspectives on many things. All those get 'play' here, along with deep discussions of the vehicle-in-question.

    >3 million posts suggest a thing is being done well here. For me, there is no better web-place to blather and see what comes of it. Long dedication by my betters here rises above that blather.
     
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    Fred is the guy who says, "I sure like being inside this fancy computer" :ROFLMAO:
     
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