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Subject: "Pipe" makes Popmedia appearance Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 22:27:11 -0700
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IN case you missed it on ABS -

http://www.reason.com/hitandrun/

April 18, 2003
Warning: Reference to Obscure 1980s Counterculture In-Joke Ahead

Could it ... could it be? Was Saddam really "BOB" all along?

[Via Jim Treacher. Blame him.]
Posted by Jesse Walker at 11:40 AM | Comments (9)

Points to:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030417/168/3tt8o.html, where this picher was)
Vandalized mural of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) is seen in a street in Baghdad, Thursday April 17, 2003. U.S. Special Forces on Thursday captured Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, a half-brother of Saddam Hussein and a major catch in the effort to roundup members of the former regime. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

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Comments: Warning: Reference to Obscure 1980s Counterculture In-Joke Ahead

that or a grammy-award winning 1990s hip-hop ironically no-joke reference, i'd say.
Posted by at April 18, 2003 11:58 AM

I resent the reckless use of a perfectly good name. Posted by Bob at April 18, 2003 12:17 PM

This must be undersplained to those of us out of the loop. (The picture has something to do with Dallas? Outkast?) Posted by Joe at April 18, 2003 12:40 PM

Looks like someone wandered off the Luck Plane. Posted by Jay D at April 18, 2003 12:47 PM

Bob "J.R." Dobbs works in mysterious ways. See Also: Outkast's B.O.B.
Praise Bob.
Posted by Will at April 18, 2003 12:52 PM

Come on, cut the guy some slack...
Posted by Joe 124623 at April 18, 2003 12:52 PM

Before we get too esoteric here. A bit of an explaination... http://www.subgenius.com/
Posted by Jay D at April 18, 2003 12:54 PM

He is a little late. July 5, 1999 was when he was to come back was it not? Posted by troubalert at April 18, 2003 01:05 PM

On a slightly related note, the Illuminatus Trilogy should be required reading for anyone interested in obscure cultural/countercultural references. Posted by geophile at April 18, 2003 01:34 PM

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