That would, of course, depend on one's point of view. For Barney, it is not the terminus, but the beginning, the commencement, the inception -- or the genesis, one might say. However, we shall not dwell on these proctological issues, as the principle point to be made is that the sphinctorial apparatus is analogous to the freeper we have in mind. He is, in my humble opinion, an OOBFOO>