Fool File, The: [USENET] N. A Notional Repository Of All The Most Dramatically And Abysmally Stupid Utterances Ever.

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:fool file, the: [USENET] n. A notional repository of all the most
dramatically and abysmally stupid utterances ever. An entire
subgenre of {sig block}s consists of the header "From the fool
file:" followed by some quote the poster wishes to represent as an
immortal gem of dimwittery; for this usage to be really effective,
the quote has to be so obviously wrong as to be laughable. More
than one USENETter has achieved an unwanted notoriety by being
quoted in this way.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary

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