What is a dingo?
About the "dingo thing". To quote Queen 'stina:

"A dingo is (as in reference to the board) a creature that makes some of your posts disappear. This happens usually to longer posts. Usually it is only part of the post that is "eaten" but the dingoes have been known to eat posts whole. The term dingo comes from the Buffy episode "Inca Mummy Girl". The band playing at the Bronze [Oz's band] was called "The Dingoes Ate My Baby". The term was first used on the board by Muffy, the Vampire Annoyer. Dingoes seem to have a taste for certain people's posts more than others. You've been warned!!!"

--so sayeth the Queen

However, the SDA (Society for Dingo Advancement) had taken it upon themselves to try to ease the amount of dingo attacks by showing them the respect they deserve. They are taken in, trained, and when they are ready they can be adopted by any Bronze patron who can love them and give them a good home


And some more background....

What does the term "Dingoes ate my Baby" come from? Is it Seinfeld? The Simpsons?

In 1980, a family camping near Ayers Rock in Australia claimed to have their baby, Azaria, kidnapped by a dingo. The mother, Lindy Chamberlain, was convicted of murdering her child, whose body was never found. (The child's clothes were found months later by some people camping near Ayers Rock). Lindy was later paroled. Her story was made into the 1988 movie, "A Cry in the Dark" starring Meryl Streep.


For some real, factual information regarding dingoes, check out a true Dingo Site.

Disclaimer: Board dingoes are not guaranteed to act like real dingoes. They can be even worse. :o)


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