Sprecken vous bollox

My missus told her friends I was a cunning
Linguist, I have no idea what she's on about.

This Latin's all Greek to me.

Illegitimi non carborundum

cribbs74 wrote:Most recently the title of this has tickled me!

German, French and English..... Not bad John I guess you are on point today.

Exactly which part of that was English? By the process of elimination, I'm guessing it's Bollox. Whatever that is.

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cribbs74 wrote:Most recently the title of this has tickled me!

German, French and English..... Not bad John I guess you are on point today.

Exactly which part of that was English? By the process of elimination, I'm guessing it's Bollox. Whatever that is. [/quote

Colloquial English Rusty with a slight change of spelling to protect the innocent.
Soft fleshy items belonging to both of us and I suspect dangling between the legs most Kentucky Derby winners...

ian1954 wrote:Illegitimi non carborundum

I got it! I got it!

"Don't let the bastards wear you down." - Words of American AFL Union leader John L. Lewis circa 1935

John Goddard wrote:What gobbledygook has tickled you guys
Recently?

Two of my favorites, especially popular with the self-infatuated in the American business community:

'Quantum leap', to mean a large change or change in magnitude. A quantum leap is the smallest change possible (for an electron's state). I was always tempted when someone advocated a 'quantum leap' during a meeting to ask if they really wanted us to make the smallest change possible.

'Impact' used to imply some great significance to a minor effect. Substituting electric hand dryers for paper towels does not have an 'impact'. If you want to see an impact, visit Meteor Crater in northern Arizona, or shoot a watermelon with a .45 caliber automatic.

ahrma_581 wrote:

John Goddard wrote:What gobbledygook has tickled you guys
Recently?

Two of my favorites, especially popular with the self-infatuated in the American business community:

'Quantum leap', to mean a large change or change in magnitude. A quantum leap is the smallest change possible (for an electron's state). I was always tempted when someone advocated a 'quantum leap' during a meeting to ask if they really wanted us to make the smallest change possible.

Don't worry, you'd be met with glazed eyed stupid.

'Impact' used to imply some great significance to a minor effect. Substituting electric hand dryers for paper towels does not have an 'impact'. If you want to see an impact, visit Meteor Crater in northern Arizona, or shoot a watermelon with a .45 caliber automatic.

Haha, excellent examples, both of which I'd like to do.

Then there are the "buzz words" such as PARADIGM which floated around a few years back'

"If you can't impress 'em with intellect baffle 'em with BS."

Nerdly engineer types are good at that.

Reading all this, has made me feel ........."empowered"!
Bob

Your Dad's words in the first post are a close quote of one of my favorites by Abraham Lincoln. "It's better to remain silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"

Dave

Liking it Lads
Keep em 'actually' coming in an 'unprecedented' 'iconic' manner.

BTW I was sat behind a coach (bus) recently I laughed when I saw the Company's name IMPACT.

When I think about my engines, is it "Out of the box"?

Congratulations, John, you've started an EPIC thread highlighting the modern misuse of language. From tweeners to the under 25 crowd's use of language is an epic fail.

"Eschew obfuscation"

Didn't you mean "espouse elucidation" when referencing a humerous fumblerule?