# Aint it a Pip?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 10, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-a-pip/1021897 "2025-08-10T01:15:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 12, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-it-a-pip/1021897/21 "2025-08-12T00:18:15Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> _Thanks, beck for a pip of a thread!_

pip pip pooray

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Sources certify the Pips named themselves after a cousin, James “Pip” Woods, not to be confused.

Looking that up, I was astonished to learn the group goes back to 1952. Gladys was eight.

That’s a long time in Pip-years.

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