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# When i was a kid
living in (shudder) Basildon there was a road nearby that the council had decided, in their infinite wisdom, to call 'Puck Lane'.

Apparently it is very very easy to remove the front part of the 'P' to make it look like an 'F'.
(Daveybaby, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 14:32, archived)
# PAC MAN
was originally called puck man, and was changed for the same reason.

FACT
(shiftClick shifts it., Tue 4 Nov 2003, 12:31, archived)
# I was under the impression that
Pac Man was so named after the japanese for 'eat', have I been wrong all my life?
(100%hummusfree, Tue 4 Nov 2003, 13:23, archived)
# yes you have
the puck/fuck man thing is true
(I helped save b3ta! manolith hooray for me, Tue 4 Nov 2003, 15:29, archived)
# A village down the road from me
was called cocklake. Guess the erased letter on the signposts.
(PacStar, Wed 5 Nov 2003, 0:32, archived)
# surely
you dont even need to remove any letters...
(jamena, Wed 5 Nov 2003, 18:05, archived)
# ... cock ake ...
;)
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Thu 6 Nov 2003, 13:08, archived)