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From: "Sherm Pendley" <sherm.pendley@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this>
Subject: Re: OT: Re: Question: I n
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oeb <what.will.i.do.with.a.gig@gmail.com> writes:

> RedGrittyBrick wrote:
>> Sherm Pendley wrote:
>>
>> <snippage>
>>
>>>
>>> Step 4: ?
>>>
>>> Step 5: Profit!
>>>
>>
>> This formula seems to be a widely spread meme on all the
>> intertubes. Where did it come from?
>
> Hmmm, I wonder did it come from here
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underpants_gnomes> or was that episode
> simply referencing an internet expression?

As far as I know, it came from the South Park episode. That's where I first
heard of it, at any rate.

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