<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>The fact that this phrase got daylight so soon after "Maria's" trip = to the woodshed for using the "S" word just got me giggling - sorry, old = memories. It was in fact in about 1980 that Yours Truly was a CW2 Admin Officer for = an Army Armor Battalion. At the time we had a training and S-3 Lieutenant who = favored the generous use of "tits up" to the point of one of the female enlistees within my  Admin section complaining of the = phrase, resulted in a direct order from the Battallion Commander to cease and = desist usage of the phrase amoung Battallion staff. That as I recall was about = the beginning of the political correct BS and someone had to take = action.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yup. It was replaced - with "nipples north". Gee I miss those guys....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You can call me Teabag</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no" title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>Richard Brekne</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 06, = 2001 2:38 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Electric = piano</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>  <P>John Ross wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE">Hi List, <BR>It is a common expression to = me. In the Navy if something, ceased working, <BR>it was said to be tits up. = <BR>Just imagine something being dead, and the position it is normally in, = when <BR>so. <BR>Regards, <BR>John M. Ross <BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada</BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>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. <P>Btw Ed... thanks for the call to cut me some slack... but being = American born and raised I knew what I was saying. <P>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  "<FONT = size=-2>dirty words</FONT>" . :) <BR>  <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <BR>> >>Oh, oh - that must be a Norway-ism.... <BR>> <BR>> Richard! Secure your flame = suit!!>> <BR>> <BR>> Greetings, <BR>>    Yall cut him = some slack,now.  It isn't realistic to think that all <BR>> = nationalities can keep abreast of what is PC in America. <BR>> Regards, = <BR>> Ed Foote</BLOCKQUOTE>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. = <BR>Bergen, Norway <BR><A = href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.u= ib.no</A> <BR>  </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>