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Wiki quote:

“Fred, like Barney, was also a member of the Loyal Order of Water Buffalos Lodge and a member of the Loyal Order of Dinosaurs (clearly modeled after Freemasonry; Mel Blanc, the voice behind Barney, was himself a Mason”

Here’s their lodge:

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^ Complete with the twin pillars

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^ Fred Flintstone wearing the Knights Templar hat similar to those jolly fellows:

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Other interesting point, check out the currency used by the Flintstones:

[Image: flintstones.jpg]

SOURCE: http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=734

Freemasonry was very popular among the middle class in the U.S. at the time The Flinstones was written.

It also just as easily been the elks or any other "brotherhood."

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