All your base are belong to us -- an explanation.

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On Fri, 08 Jun 2001 04:51:47 -0500, rsteiner at visi.com (Richard
Steiner) wrote:

>Here in comp.os.linux.misc, wroot at my-deja.com (Wroot) spake unto us, saying:
>
>>shawntaub at yahoo.ca (Shawn Michael Taub) wrote 
>>
>>> All your base are belong to us,
>>
>>Where is this from? I keep seeing it everywhere. Must be a classic.
>>Something Pr. Nixon used to say, perhaps?
>
>It's a line from a poorly translated game (ZeroWing) that was a
>standing joke on some of the Starsiege:Tribes forums a while back. 
>Seems it took on a life of its own, and someone created a whole pile of
>fake photos that showed the phrase in all sorts of interested contexts.
>
>A web site outlining some of the history is here:
>
>  http://hubert.retrogames.com/article.php?sid=1

I particularly like the Mr. T version of the story..

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