I just glanced at the sports page of the local paper. One of the
headlines talked about a foul shot by some high school's star player
clinching the "OT win". Took me a couple of cycles to remember what
other things OT can mean. Time to go fix supper.

Bob
(shutting down here)

"yetanotherBob" > wrote in message
...
>I just glanced at the sports page of the local paper. One of the
> headlines talked about a foul shot by some high school's star player
> clinching the "OT win". Took me a couple of cycles to remember what
> other things OT can mean. Time to go fix supper.
>
> Bob
> (shutting down here)

Yo. 'Sup.

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:49:56 -0500, yetanotherBob
> wrote:

>I just glanced at the sports page of the local paper. One of the
>headlines talked about a foul shot by some high school's star player
>clinching the "OT win". Took me a couple of cycles to remember what
>other things OT can mean. Time to go fix supper.
>
>Bob
>(shutting down here)

Which reminds me... what does the OB in "OB: food" mean?

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On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:56:07 -0800, sf wrote:

>Which reminds me... what does the OB in "OB: food" mean?

Obligatory.

Christine

<sf> wrote in message ...
> On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:49:56 -0500, yetanotherBob
> > wrote:
>
>>I just glanced at the sports page of the local paper. One of the
>>headlines talked about a foul shot by some high school's star player
>>clinching the "OT win". Took me a couple of cycles to remember what
>>other things OT can mean. Time to go fix supper.
>>
>>Bob
>>(shutting down here)
>
> Which reminds me... what does the OB in "OB: food" mean?

ObFood : 'obligatory food reference'. An old rfc tradition.
Many people hold that, whenever one happens to post off
topic, one is supposed to add something that has to do
with food, ideally something that is actually interesting
and/or useful.

Is this the meaning?

Pasted from the rec.food cooking FAQ

elaine

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:59:16 -0700, Christine Dabney
> wrote:

>On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:56:07 -0800, sf wrote:
>
>>Which reminds me... what does the OB in "OB: food" mean?
>
>Obligatory.
>
Thanks. I really didn't know!


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On Dec 20, 2006, yetanotherBob wrote:

> I just glanced at the sports page of the local
> paper. *One of the headlines talked about a
> foul shot by some high school's star player
> clinching the "OT win". *Took me a couple of
> cycles to remember what other things OT
> can mean. *

I recall a few years ago hearing a radio ad I was
half paying attention to. The announcer referred
to "windows". I though he was referring to software. He was actually
referring to panes
of glass.

In article >,
Steve Wertz > wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:56:07 -0800, sf wrote:
>
> > Which reminds me... what does the OB in "OB: food" mean?
>
> Obstetrics.
>
> ObFood: Ahh, forget it.
>
> -sw

ROFL!!!

You are so naughty. ;-D
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In article >,
"elaine" > wrote:

> <sf> wrote in message ...
> > On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:49:56 -0500, yetanotherBob

> > Which reminds me... what does the OB in "OB: food" mean?
>
> ObFood : 'obligatory food reference'. An old rfc tradition.
> Many people hold that, whenever one happens to post off
> topic, one is supposed to add something that has to do
> with food, ideally something that is actually interesting
> and/or useful.
>
> Is this the meaning?
>
> Pasted from the rec.food cooking FAQ


ObXXX: is common on many newsgroups, not just rfc.

Dan Abel wrote:
> In article >,
> "elaine" > wrote:
>
>> <sf> wrote in message ...
>> > On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:49:56 -0500, yetanotherBob
>
>> > Which reminds me... what does the OB in "OB: food" mean?
>>
>> ObFood : 'obligatory food reference'. An old rfc tradition.
>> Many people hold that, whenever one happens to post off
>> topic, one is supposed to add something that has to do
>> with food, ideally something that is actually interesting
>> and/or useful.
>>
>> Is this the meaning?
>>
>> Pasted from the rec.food cooking FAQ
>
>
> ObXXX: is common on many newsgroups, not just rfc.

And even appears in The Jargon File:

http://catb.org/jargon/html/O/Ob-.html

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