Trivia...Word and Phrase Origins

[No_Desk_Jobs]

Climbing like a raped ape is a terribly entertaining (to me) and self explanatory euphemism for describing a high rate of climb.

 

[V1cutsrfun]

Ok, which airline is it that had the (adlib) call out "through 10 with a hen"?

 

[Rik717pilot]

tips: To Insure Prompt Service

 

[Rik717pilot]

Well, this thread came to a resounding close... but I digress..

 

[Tail Gunner Joe]

This thread is so full of cr*p and mistruths, I am waiting for someone to tell me that Sir Thomas Crapper invented the toilet.

 

[ils2minimums]

This thread is so full of cr*p and mistruths, I am waiting for someone to tell me that Sir Thomas Crapper invented the toilet.

Negative, it was PHENEAUS TERRANCE SHlTTER...

 

[Oh-ryan]

now I could be incorrect, but I am pretty sure that "SNAFU" is an acronym for Situation Normal; All Fuked Up.

It's used constantly on television, especially on news broadcasts. The president even uses it once and a while. I wonder if they really understand that they are covertly using the horrid "F" word on national television.

 

[Rik717pilot]

Of course there is F.U.B.A.R and F.I.G.M.O. as well as B.O.H.I.C.A., which is what AA did to TWA!

 

[Gorilla]

Hugh, I'm pretty sure that the terms Tally Ho (enemy in sight) and No Joy (cannot see enemy) are fox-hunting terms dating back centuries from jolly old England. The Brit pilots in WW2 adapted the terms when they spanked the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain. Because they were unique, and short and sweet, they were adapted by U.S. forces in the spirit of commonality.

Worth more research, I'll see if I can't find out what the real story is.

 

[infiniti757]

No Joy

The military defines no joy as not being successful or having no information. Supposedly this comes from the poem Casey at the Bat, by Ernest Thayer.

Casey Strikes out after much fanfare and the last verse goes like this.

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville—mighty Casey has struck out.


Hence the term No Joy for lack of success, and from there you get the average weekend warrior saying it just to sound cool, some of whom probably don't even like baseball let alone know the origins of the term.

Oh if you've never heard of Casey heres a link:
http://ops.tamu.edu/x075bb/poems/casey.html