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24 December 1999, 07:20 AM
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Kirby,
Does that mean I can give up my day job? Oh, right, I don't have a day job. Best, Mike
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"A 1997 study in Great Britain found that the average house cat brought home more than 11 dead animals (including mice, birds, frogs and more) in the course of six months." Only 11? My cat calls that a "warm-up". 
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24 December 1999, 08:26 AM
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That MDD has gotta stand for "Mad Dog Dailey". You guys are cracking me up today. ROFLMAO VBR  Kirby
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24 December 1999, 12:21 PM
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I believe before the days of radiotelephony it was common practice for the flight leader to wave a dead fox round his head on sighting the enemy. (The fox was chosen due to its red colour making for easy visibility in the air.) In WWII the fox was dispensed with but the connection lived on.
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24 December 1999, 01:01 PM
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Mike,
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! You're right, I brain-farted on that one. OOOPPPSSS. Vig, Instead of the pelt maybe he just blew a fox hunting horn, some pilots were FULL of hot air!: ) Okay how's this, the Flamethrower was a term that came from WW1 due to the nature of the weapon. IT WAS FIRST USED BY GERMAN TROOPS (Huns) DURING THAT WAR. VBR, Jim |
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Hopefully the enemy was sighted frequently, otherwise that fox would have gotten a bit gamey just lying in the cockpit.
BTW, napalm was a WWI invention (German, I think). The term is a contraction of the main ingredients, naptha and palm oil. Und lass uns nicht fergissen die schoene "Lili Marlene".
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"A 1997 study in Great Britain found that the average house cat brought home more than 11 dead animals (including mice, birds, frogs and more) in the course of six months." Only 11? My cat calls that a "warm-up".
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25 December 1999, 04:46 AM
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Oh come on, that is a washing powder jingle, surely?
regards Darryl
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