[at-l] The Rat's Ass Society: A personal view

[David Hicks" <daveh@usit.net (David Hicks)]

I knew what its meaning was in the late 50's & the 60's in the USMC --
assume that was still close to the original meaning.

I was just checking the waters, re: what it means to whom now.

BTW re: "the folk process at work" -- I still remember the process where a
son, or husband, would say something like "I'm PO-ed" or "What a SNAFU."
Then a mother or wife would ask what it meant.  The son, or husband, would
say "Oh it means 'Put Out' or 'Situation Normal All Fouled Up."

Chainsaw

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Mayer" <jmayer@rochester.rr.com>
To: "David Hicks" <daveh@usit.net>; "Paul Magnanti" <paulmags@netzero.net>;
"'Hal Wright'" <knowhal@netreach.net>
Cc: "Appalachian Trail List (E-mail)" <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] The Rat's Ass Society: A personal view


> FUBAR is pretty standard in computer science circles, even though I think
> it's an old military "term".  It often gets broken down into "fu" (or
"foo")
> and "bar", which are then used as nonsense words.  I think the original
> meaning got pretty well lost in translation.  Oh well, it's the folk
process
> at work.
>
> On the other hand, Mags seems to be using it in something closer to the
> original sense.
>
> -- Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Hicks" <daveh@usit.net>
> To: "Paul Magnanti" <paulmags@netzero.net>; "'Hal Wright'"
> <knowhal@netreach.net>
> Cc: "Appalachian Trail List (E-mail)" <at-l@backcountry.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 11:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [at-l] The Rat's Ass Society: A personal view
>
>
> > I haven't heard FUBAR for years.
> >
> > Where did you hear it?  Is it in common use in some circles?  Which?
> >
> > Chainsaw
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul Magnanti" <paulmags@netzero.net>
> > To: "'Hal Wright'" <knowhal@netreach.net>
> > Cc: "Appalachian Trail List (E-mail)" <at-l@backcountry.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 6:58 PM
> > Subject: RE: [at-l] The Rat's Ass Society: A personal view
> >
> >
> > >
> > > >>-- Hal / Pokey, ATSH, AHC, RAS, SNAFU
> > >
> > >
> > > Hey..sometimes I belong to the FUBAR group myself. Usually when the
> Murphy
> > > collorary kicks in...
> > >
> > > Mags....
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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