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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>fool file</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="fool.html" title="fool"/><link rel="next" href="Foonly.html" title="Foonly"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">fool file</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fool.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Foonly.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="fool-file"/><dt xmlns="" id="fool-file"><b>fool file</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet] A notional repository of all the most dramatically and
abysmally stupid utterances ever. An entire subgenre of
<a href="../S/sig-block.html"><i class="glossterm">sig block</i></a>s consists of the header &#8220;<span class="quote">From the fool
file:</span>&#8221; followed by some quote the poster wishes to represent as an
immortal gem of dimwittery; for this usage to be really effective, the
quote has to be so obviously wrong as to be laughable. More than one
Usenetter has achieved an unwanted notoriety by being quoted in this
way.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fool.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Foonly.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">fool </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Foonly</td></tr></table></div></body></html>