--- On Tue, 9/9/08, Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > Careful.  You keep talking like that and Bob Nimby
> will write a scathing email
> > telling you that since he doesn't need it, neither
> does anyone else.
> 
> Well maybe I don't need Bob Nimby.
> 
> Who's Bob Nimby?

No one.  'Bob' is a generic name.  Nimby refers to "NIMBY" -- Not In My 
BackYard -- the selfish habit of people who shut down needed works because 
they're personally inconvenienced.

Cheers,
Ovid
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