MooneyMitch Posted January 16, 2021 Report Posted January 16, 2021 A pilot friend of mine had the vaccine injection today. She asked if I thought it was ok if she flew her airplane today....... I told her maybe wait a day or so............ 4E5AAA15-9469-4F46-B1A6-2FC69F1C4DBA.mov 1 1 Quote
MooneyMitch Posted February 12, 2021 Report Posted February 12, 2021 Since I’m an aviator, and this joke is from an aviator, which to my way of thinking , makes this applicable to an “aviation jokes”...... 1 5 Quote
Nick Pilotte Posted February 13, 2021 Report Posted February 13, 2021 178 Seconds to Land - A Parody I couldn’t get this video to embed on my phone but I thought it was funny. 1 Quote
Skydancer2992 Posted February 25, 2021 Report Posted February 25, 2021 Too bad I will miss it. 2 1 Quote
MooneyMitch Posted March 2, 2021 Report Posted March 2, 2021 Why am I a pilot and not a doctor..... When young, I decided to go to Medical School . At the entrance exam we were asked to arrange the letters NPEIS and form the name of an important body part which is most useful when erect. Those who said spine are doctors today. The rest of us went to flight school. 3 Quote
MooneyMitch Posted March 2, 2021 Report Posted March 2, 2021 I found out this guy is a pilot, so this is aviation related............ Listen women.mp4 2 Quote
DXB Posted March 9, 2021 Report Posted March 9, 2021 Applies to you guys too - except maybe @carusoam 1 Quote
A64Pilot Posted March 29, 2021 Report Posted March 29, 2021 On 4/29/2015 at 9:01 AM, Wildhorsesracing said: If male pilots sit in a cockpit, where do female pilots sit? In the Military the answer would be the crew compartment, apparently millions of dollars were spent changing every Military manual in existence in order to remove that “offensive” term. Turnine Inlet Temperature was also considered offensive do to its Acronym of TIT, so much more money was spent to change it to Inlet Turbine Temperature or ITT so as not to be offensive. ‘You can’t make this stuff up. 1 Quote
Hank Posted March 29, 2021 Report Posted March 29, 2021 41 minutes ago, A64Pilot said: In the Military the answer would be the crew compartment, apparently millions of dollars were spent changing every Military manual in existence in order to remove that “offensive” term. Turnine Inlet Temperature was also considered offensive do to its Acronym of TIT, so much more money was spent to change it to Inlet Turbine Temperature or ITT so as not to be offensive. ‘You can’t make this stuff up. "Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense." 1 Quote
carusoam Posted March 30, 2021 Report Posted March 30, 2021 I’m pretty uncomfortable with the spelling... But easily got used to it in discussions around here... If I use ITT, will everyone know what I’m talking about? Best regards, -a- 1 Quote
midlifeflyer Posted March 30, 2021 Report Posted March 30, 2021 6 hours ago, carusoam said: I’m pretty uncomfortable with the spelling... But easily got used to it in discussions around here... If I use ITT, will everyone know what I’m talking about? Best regards, -a- We'll just think you're dyslexic. TIT as the name of a a system doesn't mean something else (middle school sense of humor notwithstanding) any more than "screw" means more than what you call or do with a metal pin having a helix pattern and slotted or star-shaped head (oops! another bad word!). There are plenty of words and phrases which have multiple connotations. Language can indeed be insulting, and using it in jokes not funny at all, but let's not get carried away. 1 Quote
HRM Posted March 30, 2021 Report Posted March 30, 2021 6 hours ago, midlifeflyer said: There are plenty of words and phrases which have multiple connotations. Don't forget international marketing. Many examples of companies back in the day, before they got savvy, who came up with terms for their products that turned out to be offensive in foreign locales. Years ago, COMSOL Multiphysics, a Swedish finite element analysis program, was called "FEMLAB". I had an early copy of it and wrote to the company that 'FEMLAB' might not be the best choice of name in the male-dominated US engineering milieu. I don't know if that email did anything, but they did change the name. There was another instance over the years where a new research group's acronym (like TIT above) was ill-conceived for the American taste--they changed it after having it brought to their attention. Gottah love the Comedy Planet, you cannot make this stuff up. Quote
Hank Posted March 30, 2021 Report Posted March 30, 2021 33 minutes ago, HRM said: Don't forget international marketing. Many examples of companies back in the day, before they got savvy, who came up with terms for their products that turned out to be offensive in foreign locales. Years ago, COMSOL Multiphysics, a Swedish finite element analysis program, was called "FEMLAB". I had an early copy of it and wrote to the company that 'FEMLAB' might not be the best choice of name in the male-dominated US engineering milieu. I don't know if that email did anything, but they did change the name. There was another instance over the years where a new research group's acronym (like TIT above) was ill-conceived for the American taste--they changed it after having it brought to their attention. Gottah love the Comedy Planet, you cannot make this stuff up. The classic was Chevrolet marketing the Nova, named for the exploding star, in Central America. "No va" of course is Spanish for "it doesn't go" . . . . . 1 2 Quote
Air pirate Posted March 30, 2021 Report Posted March 30, 2021 So it’s okay to say Dolly Parton has a great set o ITTs ? Quote
AH-1 Cobra Pilot Posted March 31, 2021 Report Posted March 31, 2021 The US Navy had a Team create a version of OSHA for our facilities and ships. After looking at the resulting acronym, they decided to call it a program, though, which is also a stupid sounding acronym for the Navy: Navy Occupational Safety and Health Inspection Program(S) 2 Quote
skydvrboy Posted March 31, 2021 Report Posted March 31, 2021 One company I worked for refereed to their employees as associates. We all got a kick out of the associate satisfaction survey the first year it was sent out. The next year they changed the name to the associate engagement survey. Quote
Hank Posted March 31, 2021 Report Posted March 31, 2021 19 minutes ago, skydvrboy said: One company I worked for refereed to their employees as associates. We all got a kick out of the associate satisfaction survey the first year it was sent out. The next year they changed the name to the associate engagement survey. Where I used to work, the Safety Dept. became Safety, Health & Environment. I sent several acronym-laden emails to them and they rapidly became Environment, Health & Safety! Quote
AH-1 Cobra Pilot Posted March 31, 2021 Report Posted March 31, 2021 Midway through flight school, a consultant to the Navy insisted a student's self-esteem would be hurt by calling a training event failure a "down". So with her suggestion, a failure would be called a 'signal of difficulty'. Would you rather be 'Downed' or 'SODded'? Quote
BKlott Posted April 3, 2021 Report Posted April 3, 2021 Did you hear the one about the guy who bought an airplane so that he could save some money? 1 Quote
Awful_Charlie Posted April 21, 2021 Report Posted April 21, 2021 Just about aviation: https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=sjT2Y_1618753383 1 Quote
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