All improv troupes develop inside jokes. It's unavoidable. In the academic year of 1997-1998, the following was posted to the improv bboard:

Elves!

This was immediately followed by:

> Elves!
Chickenwire!

Thus, the list began. And continued. And continued...

Hi Friends:

Doing a bit of winter cleaning, I found this ancient and at times
incomprehensible list of NPP references from Oct., 1997 (!). I thought ya'll
might enjoy this stroll down memory lane--
Somebody send these along to Ayne, and Ron, and Taylor, won't you?

Kat
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The Top 113 NPP References:
Master Them, Master Squibby.
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1. Elves
2. Chickenwire
3. PEZ
4. Anything that tastes like chalk (not discluding chalk)
5. Hamsters (particularly two-headed, radioactive, dead, on fire, gay hamsters)
6. Trout. Never herring.
7. And on that note...
8. Lincoln logs
9. Spillage boy
10. Squibby and Squeaky
11. "You never loved me; let's go to Hell!:
12. Bad Poetry Girl *TM*
13. Black Nazi Skinheads
14. Codependence
15. Aardvark
16. Handcuffs
17. Koo-Koo K'Choo
18. "Water"
19. "It's a disease!"
20. and who could forget Kool-Aid?
21. Vegamite
22. *FWAP!*
23. "Drop that Zero and get with a Hero"
24. Jello
25. Stop that!
26. "Ok, Mr. Quaid, ride the dragon's tongue!"
27. "I only chewed in self-defense!"
28. The Unholy Trinity
29. "quotation marks"
30. i can hear you from here.
31. how's your nose?
32. Lord of the Dance
33. Lord of the Flies (BZZZ)
34. One brain cell.
35. "donovaaaaaaan."
36. The O. (no! don't go to the O! it's eeeeeevil!)
37. no, Jason, we're not *allowing* you to be sorry.
38. Salt and wound.
39. Dude, this is a totally deep hole.
40. Spice Girls form Voltron.
41. any jokes about "seams"
42. "So, when should I open you up and eat you?"
43. Crack!
44. Crack Babies!
45. What are three things [insert name] needs for a good Friday Night?
46. Hey, there's a bed in here!
47. Tick and Host
48. I must commune with Mr. Bean.
49. Inservice, eh?
50. "Just a little spittle..."
51. Jake, Princess Di, and Pain. (see #38)
52. The Gates of Hell - "Abandon all hope..."
53. It's cold outside!
54. Glaciers (oh dear...)
55. Who are you? Where are we? What are you doing?
56. PENIS!
57. Pretty much any other thing that is done at FNI
58. EEEEVVVILLLLLL!
59. I love my dead gay son! (the original source of the hamster)
60. Yes, have some.
61. Freebird!
62. I found my record.
63. I killed the Taylor!
64. AAAAAAAAAASSS!
65. GAMS! (see also #24)
66. The lights go off in here!
67. FUCK YOU, CLOWN! (completetion is left as an excersize to the reader)
68. Cheese whiz
69. SIXTY-NINE, DUDES!
70. "If you put that thing in my face again, I'll bite it off."
71. "Don't be gay, Sparky. Don't be gay, boy!"
72. "Fucko? Wooo!"
73. ANGST! (The Danes call it chicken)
74. The sharp, blunt, pointy stick.
75. boot to the head. (and derivatives therof)
76. "Take your top off!"
77. He's best when he's bound and gagged.
78. Tom gets a date.
79. Sorry, Tennessee!
80. President Cohen
81. "Your own personal fantasies have no place here."
82. Wait for the six page dissertation.
83. Something other than Puck.
84. There needs to be more resonance is your ASSSSS!
85. Crystal healing? Crystal Meth Healing?
86. Perky! Perky! Perky!
87. "Why am I the slut of the Improv group?"
88. -t
89. Rent: The Gathering
90. "Look down, look down, don't look 'em in the eye.."
91. Purple Hair Rule
92. Zamphyr, Master of the Pan Flute
93. "No time for love, Doctor Jones."
94. Snuggle Lovin' 3:16
95. I'm naked beneath this sign.
96. Note to self
97. (visual joke: waving arms at sides) Whhaaaaa!
98. Max and Taylor and thick Yinzer accents
99. Espresso Boy says SHUT UP!
100. Glen orders a martini
101. "Sven?" [pan] "Ja, Ole?"
102. the lions, right? not the cars
103. the safety dance
104. lifesized soap on a rope, shaped like the pope, laced with dope
105. SQUEEK!
106. it's 3am....AGAIN!
107. ......daaaamn.
108. no MasterThwapping
109. FRENCH BREAD!
110. Jalapenos do not prevent transmision of STDs.
111. "You're just using me for my hamster."
112. "Donovan, don't make me force feed you!"
113. "I wore the sleeping bag as a tube top- but I had stockings on, too." (thanks, Will)

Okay, so I need a hobby. But if you read all the way down to the bottom of
this list, then so do you. :P
Luego.