Thoughts of LoWriter

Pointing Out the Obvious

One useless fact at a time.

Before Frequently Asked Questions was such a common phrase that it had an abbreviation (it used to be called "help," but people began discovering that this was a useless function, so they re-named it and put the information from it in the form of questions that have no index so that you have to read them all, which is so much more useful, I must say), my friends in HS used to write FAQ on things. Why? Well, because boys and girls, instead of saying (as in Seasame Street is brought to you today by the letters) F, A, and Q, say fa (as in falalalalalalalala) and then say Q (as in the letter). If you're at work, you may only want to say this metaphorically (or possibly in your head) and not while the boss man is around. And now it's on every website in the country. Way to be people. The Internet: Spreading four letter words across the globe, three letters at a time.