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John Hakemian

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Mar 12, 1996, 3:00:00 AM3/12/96
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On Mar 12, 1996 16:24:05 in article <What does ROTFL stand for?>,
'gpw...@gp.co.nz' wrote:
>Sorry if this seems a bit trivial, but for thr life of me I can't work out

>what
>the letters ROTFL stand for.
Rolling On The Floor Laughing
(It's usually a compliment!)
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gpw...@gp.co.nz

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Sorry if this seems a bit trivial, but for thr life of me I can't work out what
the letters ROTFL stand for. Most others I've worked out, but this has me
stumped. Please shed some light on this.

Cheers,

_ "If a picture paints
| | a thousand words,
| | ___ _ __ ___ ___ _ __ then doodles don't
_ | |/ _ \ '_// _ \ / _ \ '_ \ amount to much."
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Hedgehog

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Mar 12, 1996, 3:00:00 AM3/12/96
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In article <1996Mar12....@gp.co.nz> , gpw...@gp.co.nz writes:
>Sorry if this seems a bit trivial, but for thr life of me I can't work
out what
>the letters ROTFL stand for. Most others I've worked out, but this has me
>stumped. Please shed some light on this.
>

ROTFL=Rolling on the floor laughing

Michael Winckler

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Mar 13, 1996, 3:00:00 AM3/13/96
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Hi there,


Hedgehog (hedg...@scripps.edu) wrote:


>ROTFL=Rolling on the floor laughing
>In article <1996Mar12....@gp.co.nz> , gpw...@gp.co.nz writes:
>>Sorry if this seems a bit trivial, but for thr life of me I can't work
>out what
>>the letters ROTFL stand for. Most others I've worked out, but this has me
>>stumped. Please shed some light on this.
>>
>
>ROTFL=Rolling on the floor laughing

To which I add:

The first Internetism I was not able to 'solve' on my own
(and still one of my favourites) was/is:


ROTFBTC=Rolling On The Floor Biting The Carpet


Enjoy!
mike (Michael J. Winckler)


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Greg Trayling

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Mar 13, 1996, 3:00:00 AM3/13/96
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gpw...@gp.co.nz wrote:
>Sorry if this seems a bit trivial, but for thr life of me I can't work out what
>the letters ROTFL stand for. Most others I've worked out, but this has me
>stumped. Please shed some light on this.
>
ROTFL means "roll on the floor laughing", meaning you burst out laughing
in the middle of your office, bewildering and startling your coworkers
who now question your sanity.
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Matthew T. Russotto

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Mar 14, 1996, 3:00:00 AM3/14/96
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In article <Do6tn...@news.uwindsor.ca>,

Greg Trayling <tra...@server.uwindsor.ca> wrote:
}gpw...@gp.co.nz wrote:
}>Sorry if this seems a bit trivial, but for thr life of me I can't work out what
}>the letters ROTFL stand for. Most others I've worked out, but this has me
}>stumped. Please shed some light on this.
}>
}ROTFL means "roll on the floor laughing", meaning you burst out laughing
}in the middle of your office, bewildering and startling your coworkers
}who now question your sanity.

And here I thought it meant you laughed so hard you fell off your
chair, and kept laughing.
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Matthew T. Russotto russ...@pond.com russ...@his.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue."

James

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Mar 19, 1996, 3:00:00 AM3/19/96
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> Sorry if this seems a bit trivial, but for thr life of me I can't work out what
> the letters ROTFL stand for. Most others I've worked out, but this has me
> stumped. Please shed some light on this.

Rolling On The Floor Laughing

HAAAA HEEEE HOOOO HOOOO

syuen

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Mar 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM3/22/96
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gpw...@gp.co.nz wrote:

>Sorry if this seems a bit trivial, but for thr life of me I can't work out what
>the letters ROTFL stand for. Most others I've worked out, but this has me
>stumped. Please shed some light on this.
>

>Cheers,
>
> _ "If a picture paints
> | | a thousand words,
> | | ___ _ __ ___ ___ _ __ then doodles don't
> _ | |/ _ \ '_// _ \ / _ \ '_ \ amount to much."
>| |__| | __/ | | (_) | __/ | | | - HEADLESS CHICKENS
> \____/ \___|_| \___/ \___|_| |_|
>
>E-mail : jer...@gp.co.nz
>

it stands for "rolling on the floor laughing"
-syuen

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