The first, second and third metasyntactical variables . . . . .

[hugh_davies.WGC1RX at xerox.com]

FOO BAR is a phoneticisation of FUBAR, which is itself a military acronym
for [Fucked|Fouled] Up Beyond All [Repair|Recognition].

A FUBAR is the stage beyond a SNAFU - Situation Normal; All [Fucked|Fouled]
Up.

But where does BAZ come from?

for (foo = 0; bar <= 32767; baz++){}

Hugh.