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} Shh-shhh-shh-SHH! You fool! Do you have any idea what
} you might have done? Don't you know that those letters
} stand for what once were the most powerful words in all of
} your puny universe?
}
} Of course not. That's why you asked.
}
} In the ancient days of your small Earth, when I myself was
} a young Oracle, sorcerers and sorceresses would use those
} words to open a gate to the very depths of Hell itself. No
} ordinary mortal would ever dare speak them, as you so
} casually did just now. Even the acronym, BBSAG (pronounced
} just the way it looks) was considered to be a word of great
} power. Legends tell that if a large group of people got together
} and even STARTED to speak the words, it would cause massive
} death and destruction. Evil cheerleaders would wreak havoc
} on high school football games by sneaking over to the opposing
} sideline and leading the crowd in a deadly cheer:
}
} "Gimme a B!" "B!"
}
} "Gimme another B!" "B!"
}
} "Gimme an S!" "S!"
}
} "Gimme an A!" "A!"
}
} "Gimme a G!" "G!"
}
} "What's that stand for?"
}
} "Bw--AAAAAIIIIIIEEEEEEEERRRRRRGGGGGHHH!!!"
} {sounds of massive death and destruction}
}
} (Even today, cheerleaders use a form of BBSAG
} which has greatly evolved over the millenia, and so
} has much less power, although it is no less wretched:
}
} "Gimme a B!" "B!"
}
} "Gimme another B!" "B!"
}
} "Gimme another B!" "B!" (etc.)
}
} "What's that spell?"
}
} "B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B"
} {sound of entire crowd flapping their lips with their fingers}
}
} Don't let yourself be pulled into this. You may not
} get swept into Hades, but you will feel like a complete fool.)
}
} Cheerleaders notwithstanding, the power of BBSAG itself
} has declined over the eons, as those who understood how
} to use its power have all been sucked into Hell. New words
} have cropped up and taken their place, but none have
} ever had the staying power of BBSAG. For example, just
} a few years back, the phrase "President Quayle" struck
} terror into the hearts of millions, but is now considered
} something to brush off and laugh about. Michael Jackson
} for over a decade now has been altering his appearance in
} the hope of eluding the demons conjured up every time his
} own name is used. The word "Whitewater" is being invoked
} so often these days, that while it is still a young word of power,
} it is already losing its effectivness.
}
} As for the meaning of BBSAG, well, I couldn't unleash that
} kind of power into the hands of a mere mortal, could I?
} You'd destroy yourself the first time you tried to use it. Let's
} just say that nowadays, BBSAG can mean anything you want
} it to mean. In your case, I'd suggest Bumbling Brainless
} Supplicant Almost Grovels.
}
} You owe the Oracle an eye of Newt and his political career too.
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