[BNW] Re: [OT] Fashion Question

[Gwydion758@aol.com]

>>> > > Oh Scott.  I feel like such a newbie.  What is 'INMNDIPHOTV' and
>> 'YMMV'???
>> > >
>> > Well I'm not Scott and I can't say what 'INMNDIPHOTV' is...
>>
>> I'm not Matt, nor do I play him on TV.
>>
>> That came up forever and a day ago on the Deadlands list.
>
>I think it may have started a *long* time ago (before the internet as we know
>it today was in use, when all electronic mail was downloaded in packets from
>local BBS's... remember that?) as INALBIPOOTV  (I'm not a lawer, but I play 
one
>on TV)  It was used in a similar way to INMNDIPHOTV here, to say "I have no
>offical knowledge of this but if it was up to me"

I think it actually comes from a movie (either "Tunnelvision" or "Kentucky 
Fried Movie") where a man in a lab coat comes on screen and says "I'm not a 
doctor but I play one on TV, and I'm being paid to ask you this important 
question..."  

IIRC (if I recall correctly) this also appeared on a "Firesign Theatre" 
album. 

Jeff