Nazi attempt to match the B-17

From: Peter Twydell
Date: 8/18/2004 2:15 PM Central Daylight Time
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In article , Eunometic
writes

canard:
An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story.

[French, duck, canard, probably from the phrase vendre un canard à
moitié, to half-sell a duck, to swindle, from Old French quanart,
duck, from caner, to cackle, of imitative origin.]

So a base canard is a duck with a deep voice?
--
Peter


Stop, you are quacking me up over here.

Dan, U.S, Air Force, retired

On 18 Aug 2004 18:34:35 GMT, (B2431) wrote:

From: Peter Twydell
Date: 8/18/2004 2:15 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

In article , Eunometic
writes

canard:
An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story.

[French, duck, canard, probably from the phrase vendre un canard à
moitié, to half-sell a duck, to swindle, from Old French quanart,
duck, from caner, to cackle, of imitative origin.]

So a base canard is a duck with a deep voice?
--
Peter


Stop, you are quacking me up over here.

Eider know - one mention of canard and everyone is trying to get their
awful puns in. It's criminal I tell you!

Peter Kemp

From: Peter Kemp
Date: 8/18/2004 3:14 PM Central Daylight Time
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On 18 Aug 2004 18:34:35 GMT, (B2431) wrote:

From: Peter Twydell
Date: 8/18/2004 2:15 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

In article , Eunometic
writes

canard:
An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story.

[French, duck, canard, probably from the phrase vendre un canard à
moitié, to half-sell a duck, to swindle, from Old French quanart,
duck, from caner, to cackle, of imitative origin.]

So a base canard is a duck with a deep voice?
--
Peter


Stop, you are quacking me up over here.

Eider know - one mention of canard and everyone is trying to get their
awful puns in. It's criminal I tell you!

Peter Kemp

Well, it is an aviation forum so we are just winging it. 'sides "aweful pun" is
redundant.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

B2431 wrote:

From: Peter Kemp
Date: 8/18/2004 3:14 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

On 18 Aug 2004 18:34:35 GMT, (B2431) wrote:

From: Peter Twydell
Date: 8/18/2004 2:15 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

In article , Eunometic
writes

canard:
An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story.

[French, duck, canard, probably from the phrase vendre un canard à
moitié, to half-sell a duck, to swindle, from Old French quanart,
duck, from caner, to cackle, of imitative origin.]

So a base canard is a duck with a deep voice?
--
Peter


Stop, you are quacking me up over here.

Eider know - one mention of canard and everyone is trying to get their
awful puns in. It's criminal I tell you!

Peter Kemp

Well, it is an aviation forum so we are just winging it. 'sides "aweful pun" is
redundant.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

seems as if there's a whole flock of them to be made.....

redc1c4,
(not that mine will hold a feather to some of them %-)
--
"Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear
considerable watching."

Army Officer's Guide

Subject: Nazi attempt to match the B-17
From: redc1c4
Date: 8/18/2004 1:31 PM Pacific Standard Time

Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear
considerable watching."

Army Officer's Guide

Not in my copy of the Officer's guide. Nothing even close.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

"ArtKramr" wrote in message
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Subject: Nazi attempt to match the B-17
From: redc1c4
Date: 8/18/2004 1:31 PM Pacific Standard Time

Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear
considerable watching."

Army Officer's Guide

Not in my copy of the Officer's guide. Nothing even close.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer


That quote comes from the Army Officers Guide from 1897, I had the bumper
sticker with that same quote over my desk and always enjoyed the look from
all the officers that came to me needing something I had it for 4 years ( 3
squadron commanders, 30 flight commanders, 4 Ops officers) and never had a
negative remark on it. Guess it helped that I was also the squadron
scrounger and accomplished the impossible. That was in the 62nd FS at Luke,
I was the NCOIC of Life Support.
GMAN