Whats in a Name

penpusher · Post by **penpusher** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:45 pm

......and the rare Indian soldier was always either a turbaned Sikh/Rajput or a Gurkha.The words 'brother'(when talking amongst themselves) and 'sahib'(when referring to any British officer of whatever rank) were always included in what he/they said.

Post by **Grumpy** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:15 pm

Yes......that`s right - and whenever there were Indian soldiers involved there was also a `Pukka Sahib` - that was the really nice English officer.......who usually ended-up dieing heroically !

penpusher · Post by **penpusher** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:29 pm

...and the bossy 'Sahib' who mistreated his troops was always a coward.

Post by **Grumpy** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:07 pm

Yes, that`s right...........Bossy/mouthy types were always cowards.
I haven`t looked at a Commando comic for the best part of forty years but, thinking back on them, they were extraordinarily racist, zenophobic and loaded with extreme racial stereotypes........although not as bad as the Capt. W.E.Johns `Biggles` stories which added anti-semiticism to the list. Different times, different attitudes I suppose.

OverUnderPump · Post by **OverUnderPump** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:31 pm

Wow this has gone OT into a Commando Comic discussion

. As a kid I would always look forward to the one edition a week that my father used to get me.I used to spend hours peering over a Thunderbolt's or a Luger Glisenti's details on the back of the fore and aft covers. Back then, they were my only source of information into the world of firearms and fighting machines. Junkers 52, F4U Corsairs, Stuka's, Lancasters those were the days

regards

OUP

Post by **TwoRivers** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:52 pm

Not having an "Umlaut" on the keyboard, I am going with "ue". "Schuetze" n. simply means "shooter", "Schuetzen" is plural. The verb "schuetzen" means to protect, "Schutz" (no Umlaut) means "protection". All coming from the same root "sh..t" also present in English and originally meaning to "separate from". And there you are; without military history essay from Wiki.Cheers.

Olly · Post by **Olly** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:32 am

Well, as we've all read Laurel and Hardy... the Hardy was the Olly (a big fatso... ) and that's what the good wifey thought of me...
hence the name continues...

art_collector · Post by **art_collector** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:59 am

...well Olly seeing ur reasoning I need to change my name to Lotta (I simply loved her though never saw those comics again after school)

AC

Post by **cottage cheese** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:57 pm

art_collector";p="41029 wrote:...well Olly seeing ur reasoning I need to change my name to Lotta (I simply loved her though never saw those comics again after school)

AC

I'm Obelix then....

Post by **eljefe** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:14 pm

so we start a 'heavies' section on IFG or what?

art_collector · Post by **art_collector** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:08 pm

nanananan ....we dont start a heavies section its awful being fat anyway.

Sid_kapur30 · Post by **Sid_kapur30** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:52 pm

art_collector";p="41054 wrote: nanananan ....we dont start a heavies section its awful being fat anyway.

Its not Awful, dont just say that

OverUnderPump · Post by **OverUnderPump** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:59 pm

Sid_kapur30";p="41057 wrote:
art_collector";p="41054 wrote: nanananan ....we dont start a heavies section its awful being fat anyway.
Its not Awful, dont just say that

Hey Sid,

Does the 30 in your handle imply 30 Kgs by any chance ?
A beer on me, if you tag along on Friday.

Cheers

OUP

Sid_kapur30 · Post by **Sid_kapur30** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:10 pm

OverUnderPump";p="41060 wrote:
Hey Sid,

Does the 30 in your handle imply 30 Kgs by any chance ?
A beer on me, if you tag along on Friday.

Cheers

OUP

Hey mate the 30 refers to my date of birth considering too many Siddharth Kapurs with all of them taking up the decent usernames i had to settle in for this one

a beer on you if i tag along on with you on friday! Hmmm.

I look at it this way. if i bunk office on friday and that too a month before i go on a 10 day leave - I GET FIRED!
i get fired i dont save up money. i dont save up money i dont get to buy a good - new - beautiful air-rifle. i dont get a new air-rifle sometime soon. I'LL REQUIRE MORE THAN A FEW BOTTLES OF BEER

i got it all figured out

. Hic..

Cheers
Sid

OverUnderPump · Post by **OverUnderPump** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:32 pm

Sid_kapur30";p="41062 wrote: Hey mate the 30 refers to my date of birth considering too many Siddharth Kapurs with all of them taking up the decent usernames i had to settle in for this one

a beer on you if i tag along on with you on friday! Hmmm.

I look at it this way. if i bunk office on friday and that too a month before i go on a 10 day leave - I GET FIRED!
i get fired i dont save up money. i dont save up money i dont get to buy a good - new - beautiful air-rifle. i dont get a new air-rifle sometime soon. I'LL REQUIRE MORE THAN A FEW BOTTLES OF BEER

i got it all figured out . Hic..

Cheers
Sid

Shucks bro, I was always under the impression that it denoted a weight class

As for the beer session, lets sit around on Saturday over a few chilled ones and talk a few things through(scope/mounts/dovetail/rifle et all).

regards

OUP

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