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To: lancer
By the way, reading this article, it dawned on me where the expression "poobah" might have come from: pbuh....?

Nope, 'Poohbah' is the name of one of the characters in 'The Mikado' by Gilbert and Sullivan. He had a vast array of titles, such as Lord Chief Justice, Master of the Buckhounds and Groom of the Back Stairs, as well as the handy catch-all post of Lord High Everything Else.

95 posted on 02/05/2006 2:16:41 PM PST by Da_Shrimp
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To: Da_Shrimp

Sure, but where did Gilbert and Sullivan get that name...hmmmm? (I'm just playing with the name; it struck me as sounding like PBUH.)


104 posted on 02/05/2006 6:39:39 PM PST by lancer (If you are not with us, you are against us!)
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