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Bill Keyes aka the Ferret-Meister wrote:
> =

> Michael Olsen <glassguy@lamar.ColoState.EDU> writes:
> >OK, I'll bite!  Mein deutsch ist sehr schlecht und I've asked a native
> >German sprecher who says it's not German.  I've also seen a couple of
> >bumperstickers with variations all ending in -gruben.
> >Was ist die bedeutsamme auf diese wort, bitte?
> =

> I always saw it as "funkengruven"... ie "funk 'n' groovin'"
> Like a pun on fahrvergnugen from the old VW commercials.
From "Skeleton Key, A Dictionary for Deadheads", by Steve Silberman & David=
 Sheck:

Fukengr=FCven =80 Say, "f*ckin' groovin!" A bumpersticker conceived during =
the summer of '90 =

by Geoffrey Miller, when he found himself on [grateful dead] tour with no m=
oney. "I was =

in the parking lot and saw the stickers that said 'Darkstarvergnugen' and =

'Philvergnugen.' I thought of groovin', which was something people could re=
late to."

Miller's original plan was to make "Fukengr=FCven" t-shirts, but they would=
 have been too =

bulky to hitchike with, so he brought a Volkswagen Farvergnugen decal to Wa=
lt Fedorich, =

a sticker-and-sign printer in Binghampton, NY, who promised he could print =
high-quality =

stickers in a few days. Miller altered the design of the VW original, addin=
g the lines =

to look like "trails."

The story goes on to tell about how he sould out his entire allotment of on=
e thousand =

stickers during four shows. Now you know, "the rest of the story."

[Typos are mine, all mine!]

/danno

Michael Olsen <glassguy@lamar.ColoState.EDU> writes:
>OK, I'll bite!  Mein deutsch ist sehr schlecht und I've asked a native 
>German sprecher who says it's not German.  I've also seen a couple of 
>bumperstickers with variations all ending in -gruben.
>Was ist die bedeutsamme auf diese wort, bitte?

I always saw it as "funkengruven"... ie "funk 'n' groovin'"
Like a pun on fahrvergnugen from the old VW commercials. 

HTH!

Bill.

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Dan Notov <danno@large.com> wrote in article <32C97FFF.2F56@large.com>...
Fukengr�ven � Say, "f*ckin' groovin!" A bumpersticker conceived during the
summer of '90 
by Geoffrey Miller, when he found himself on [grateful dead] tour with no
money. "I was 
in the parking lot and saw the stickers that said 'Darkstarvergnugen' and 
'Philvergnugen.' I thought of groovin', which was something people could
relate to."

I've seen exactly *ONE* sticker that said "F*ckengruven"  Most of the other
have said "F*kengruven".  Isn't that pronounced Fyoo-ken-groov-in?  Never
made much sense as the F*ckngruven stickers...

-- 
Jeremy Pankratz
pankratz@cs.colostate.edu

"Cops are like taxi's, except they're free!" -- Ken Webster

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Philvergnugen? That sound like the German "Viel Vergn"ugen" (have much fun).


Jeremy Pankratz (pankratz@cs.colostate.edu) wrote:
: Dan Notov <danno@large.com> wrote in article <32C97FFF.2F56@large.com>...
: Fukengr�ven � Say, "f*ckin' groovin!" A bumpersticker conceived during the
: summer of '90 
: by Geoffrey Miller, when he found himself on [grateful dead] tour with no
: money. "I was 
: in the parking lot and saw the stickers that said 'Darkstarvergnugen' and 
: 'Philvergnugen.' I thought of groovin', which was something people could
: relate to."

: I've seen exactly *ONE* sticker that said "F*ckengruven"  Most of the other
: have said "F*kengruven".  Isn't that pronounced Fyoo-ken-groov-in?  Never
: made much sense as the F*ckngruven stickers...

: -- 
: Jeremy Pankratz
: pankratz@cs.colostate.edu

: "Cops are like taxi's, except they're free!" -- Ken Webster

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