---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment John Ross wrote: > Hi List, > It is a common expression to me. In the Navy if something, ceased working, > it was said to be tits up. > Just imagine something being dead, and the position it is normally in, when > so. > Regards, > John M. Ross > Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada Correcto!! It is a US Navy expression... or at least thats where I heard it first. The way I got it was that origionally thats what certain ships looked like when they went belly up. Belly up just didnt describe the sight correctly so .... "tits up" came into being. Btw Ed... thanks for the call to cut me some slack... but being American born and raised I knew what I was saying. Nobody can seriously take offence at THAT expression now can they ? I mean what kind of connections does one have to make in their brains to arrive at the conclusion that these are.... shsshhhhhh "dirty words" . :) > > > >>Oh, oh - that must be a Norway-ism.... > > > > Richard! Secure your flame suit!!>> > > > > Greetings, > > Yall cut him some slack,now. It isn't realistic to think that all > > nationalities can keep abreast of what is PC in America. > > Regards, > > Ed Foote -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/72/36/9c/52/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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