jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
> "Jamie Calder" <JCalder3@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
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>
>>BTW..what does FOB stand for (this ought to be good)?
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>
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> Nothing, in the sense that its not an acronym ("F.O.B."); rather,
> the word "fob" as it applies here basically comes from the old English
> definition of "fob", which was a term referring to a person who is a
> cheat, or sneaky/secretive. In those times, it was common for men to
> have a small, hidden pocket sewn into the waistband of their pants
> which was used to hide valuables. This pocket itself became known as
> a "fob" for the same reason (it was sneaky/deceptive). Because the
> pocket was so small and/or deep, it was usually necessary to attach a
> chain or tie a ribbon to any item you were storing in there in order
> to be able to pull it out without taking your pants off and shaking
> them upside down. :-) The word "fob" came to refer to those chains
> or ribbons. The most common example of this is the term "watch fob",
> since a pocket watch was a valuable item and a very common thing to
> store in such a pocket. That definition of "fob" eventually evolved
> into the current practice of calling most anything that hangs on a
> chain (especially a key chain or key ring) a "fob".
>
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words fail me
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