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ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

I think I'll name her "Bob". [:D]

That is not nice considering she served both in the European theatre and the Pacific theatre.

Now clearly you've been on the forum to get the "Bob" joke. [:-][:D]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

I think I'll name her "Bob". [:D]

ORIGINAL: Orm

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ORIGINAL: Orm



That is not nice considering she served both in the European theatre and the Pacific theatre.

Now clearly you've been on the forum to get the "Bob" joke. [:-][:D]

I am afraid I have not been on this forum enough so I didn't get the joke. [:(]

It is only recently that I have had the energy to delve deeper into this forum. So I lost out.

Edit: I suspected that it was some sort of joke but I had no clue. So I attempted to give a clue about the ship at the same time as I fumbled the joke.

And now I do not even know what I am writing. [:D]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: Orm

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Now clearly you've been on the forum to get the "Bob" joke. [:-][:D]

I am afraid I have not been on this forum enough so I didn't get the joke. [:(]

It is only recently that I have had the energy to delve deeper into this forum. So I lost out.

Edit: I suspected that it was some sort of joke but I had no clue. So I attempted to give a clue about the ship at the same time as I fumbled the joke.

And now I do not even know what I am writing. [:D]

Many years ago , a much beloved denizen of the original "The Thread!!!!" created a thread that he called "Bob", so that he and the other players in his "2x2" PBEM could inform each other of who's turn it was. This became the source of much amusement over the years. "I think I'll name this thread BOB" has often used as the punchline when some one says "name this fred". This fellow , known as "the penguin" , or his log-in name of Fabertong , started a procedure to see who can get his post as the top one of "THE THREAD"'s next page. (AKA as a UNP). His particular technique was to do a chain of posts, one right after the next , usually with one word, spelling a message. In the USA this is called "A Burma shave sign" after a 1940's road way advertising trick of one sign after the other , each containing part of the message , ending with "use Burma shave!".

Sorry for assuming you'd been around long enough (from the date of your joining and the post count) to be familiar with this. [8|]

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ORIGINAL: Orm


I am afraid I have not been on this forum enough so I didn't get the joke. [:(]

It is only recently that I have had the energy to delve deeper into this forum. So I lost out.

Edit: I suspected that it was some sort of joke but I had no clue. So I attempted to give a clue about the ship at the same time as I fumbled the joke.

And now I do not even know what I am writing. [:D]

Many years ago , a much beloved denizen of the original "The Thread!!!!" created a thread that he called "Bob", so that he and the other players in his "2x2" PBEM could inform each other of who's turn it was. This became the source of much amusement over the years. "I think I'll name this thread BOB" has often used as the punchline when some one says "name this fred". This fellow , known as "the penguin" , or his log-in name of Fabertong , started a procedure to see who can get his post as the top one of "THE THREAD"'s next page. (AKA as a UNP). His particular technique was to do a chain of posts, one right after the next , usually with one word, spelling a message. In the USA this is called "A Burma shave sign" after a 1940's road way advertising trick of one sign after the other , each containing part of the message , ending with "use Burma shave!".

Sorry for assuming you'd been around long enough (from the date of your joining and the post count) to be familiar with this. [8|]

warspite1

No idea what you are talking about - this is the truth about Bob....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLTR8qYWJbQ

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

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ORIGINAL: AW1Steve





Many years ago , a much beloved denizen of the original "The Thread!!!!" created a thread that he called "Bob", so that he and the other players in his "2x2" PBEM could inform each other of who's turn it was. This became the source of much amusement over the years. "I think I'll name this thread BOB" has often used as the punchline when some one says "name this fred". This fellow , known as "the penguin" , or his log-in name of Fabertong , started a procedure to see who can get his post as the top one of "THE THREAD"'s next page. (AKA as a UNP). His particular technique was to do a chain of posts, one right after the next , usually with one word, spelling a message. In the USA this is called "A Burma shave sign" after a 1940's road way advertising trick of one sign after the other , each containing part of the message , ending with "use Burma shave!".

Sorry for assuming you'd been around long enough (from the date of your joining and the post count) to be familiar with this. [8|]

warspite1

No idea what you are talking about - this is the truth about Bob....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLTR8qYWJbQ

Out of your strait jacket so soon? [:D]

Sorry for assuming you'd been around long enough (from the date of your joining and the post count) to be familiar with this.

ORIGINAL: Orm

Sorry for assuming you'd been around long enough (from the date of your joining and the post count) to be familiar with this.

Yes. But during the first years I was only at the MWIF forum, then I joined the MWIF Beta Test forum and eventually I joined the general forum.

Here I only went when I wanted to know something specific about the PTO. Or, as entertainment, read a AAR thread.

The game I have own for a while but I have yet to begin a game in earnest since I fear that all my available time will be consumed by it.

ORIGINAL: Orm

Can you name the ship?


Would it help if I tell you that this Italian Lady was born in Britain and served in the US navy during the war?

ORIGINAL: warspite1

I trust Blackadder was a hit over the other side of the pond?

ORIGINAL: wdolson

ORIGINAL: warspite1

I trust Blackadder was a hit over the other side of the pond?

It's one of my SO's all time favorite programs....

Bill

ORIGINAL: warspite1

I trust Blackadder was a hit over the other side of the pond?

ORIGINAL: wdolson
It's one of my SO's all time favorite programs....

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Which series is her favourite? It usually comes down to II (Elizabethan) or IV (First World War) for most people.

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

USS Hermitage AP54 formerly CONTE BIANCAMANO . Sorry. I completely forgot you asked the question.

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

I trust Blackadder was a hit over the other side of the pond?

ORIGINAL: wdolson
It's one of my SO's all time favorite programs....

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Which series is her favourite? It usually comes down to II (Elizabethan) or IV (First World War) for most people.

I just asked: IV is her least favorite, II and III are tied for first with I getting close to the top for good writing but poor production quality. Alas she's not a fan of war. She came of age during the Vietnam draft and a lot of her male friends were consumed with fears of getting drafted (one of her cousins joined the air force to avoid getting drafted and when it looked like he was going to get shipped out to Vietnam he took such a large dose of LSD he had a psychotic break and they medically discharged as unfit, he was in the hospital a month).

Bill

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Can you name the ship?