As heard on 123.3........

On Tuesday, 20 October 2020 at 11:31:52 UTC+1, Airport Bum wrote:
A very good friend of mine, now deceased, had a code phrase for “I’m on final glide“, it was “black lace panties“! To which his lovely crew would respond with “woo hoo!� or some other exclamation of joy. Many of you know who I am talking about....

At least he didn't copy Napoleon's on-the-way back message to Josephine!

On Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 6:46:32 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Tuesday, 20 October 2020 at 11:31:52 UTC+1, Airport Bum wrote:
A very good friend of mine, now deceased, had a code phrase for “I’m on final glide“, it was “black lace panties“! To which his lovely crew would respond with “woo hoo!� or some other exclamation of joy. Many of you know who I am talking about....

At least he didn't copy Napoleon's on-the-way back message to Josephine!


I always got a chuckle from Oskar Kilo’s radio messages..............OK’s.....OK .......then his crew would cheerfully reply.....OK!
JJ

On Tuesday, 20 October 2020 09:46:32 UTC-4, John Galloway wrote:
On Tuesday, 20 October 2020 at 11:31:52 UTC+1, Airport Bum wrote:
A very good friend of mine, now deceased, had a code phrase for “I’m on final glide“, it was “black lace panties“! To which his lovely crew would respond with “woo hoo!� or some other exclamation of joy. Many of you know who I am talking about....

At least he didn't copy Napoleon's on-the-way back message to Josephine!

OK, I'll bite. What was Napoleon's message to Josephine??

On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:08:41 -0700, Charles Petersen wrote:

On Tuesday, 20 October 2020 09:46:32 UTC-4, John Galloway wrote:
On Tuesday, 20 October 2020 at 11:31:52 UTC+1, Airport Bum wrote:
A very good friend of mine, now deceased, had a code phrase for “I’m
on final glide“, it was “black lace panties“! To which his lovely
crew would respond with “woo hoo!� or some other exclamation of joy.
Many of you know who I am talking about....

At least he didn't copy Napoleon's on-the-way back message to
Josephine!

OK, I'll bite. What was Napoleon's message to Josephine??

Go here and scroll down past the photo of a letter he sent her. What he
wrote is definitely NSFW and probably not for here either:

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/...rte-josephine/

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At 20:11 20 October 2020, Martin Gregorie wrote:
At least he didn't copy Napoleon's on-the-way back message to
Josephine!

OK, I'll bite. What was Napoleon's message to Josephine??

Go here and scroll down past the photo of a letter he sent her. What
he wrote is definitely NSFW and probably not for here either:

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/...rte-josephine/

Martin is altogether too coy! The (reputed) message was
"Not tonight, Josephine!"
What I have heard for years is tactfully referred to by the
Chicago Tribune c.10 years ago:

"According to legend, French emperor Napoleon finished a military
campaign and wrote a love letter to empress Josephine that read,
«Ne te lave pa. Je reviens». (Don't bathe. I'm coming home)."

For those still in need of explanation, may I suggest that his
concern was that she should not smell too much of soap!
J.

On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:37:25 +0000, James Metcalfe wrote:

At 20:11 20 October 2020, Martin Gregorie wrote:
At least he didn't copy Napoleon's on-the-way back message to
Josephine!

OK, I'll bite. What was Napoleon's message to Josephine??

Go here and scroll down past the photo of a letter he sent her. What he
wrote is definitely NSFW and probably not for here either:

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/...rte-josephine/

Martin is altogether too coy! The (reputed) message was "Not tonight,
Josephine!"

Take a look at that URL and scroll down past the B&W image of a letter:
The message I meant is a whole lot more explicit than the rather innocent
"Not tonight Josephine", which, taken out of context, could have been
said in a Victorian drawing room. Additionally, that last well-known
message is, ahem, unlikely, given that Nappy was in Russia when he wrote
the letter in question while Josie was, or should have been, in Paris
(but she did get around a bit).


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At 22:24 20 October 2020, Martin Gregorie wrote:
...Take a look at that URL and scroll down past the B&W image of a letter:

The message I meant is a whole lot more explicit than the rather innocent

"Not tonight Josephine", which, taken out of context, could have been
said in a Victorian drawing room. Additionally, that last well-known
message is, ahem, unlikely, given that Nappy was in Russia when he
wrote the letter in question while Josie was, or should have been,
in Paris (but she did get around a bit).

I *did* scroll down!
Maybe you missed the irony of the part of my message which you
didn't quote ("...soap..."). Perhaps the irony was too subtle, but it
was as far as I was prepared to go, on a public forum.
J.

On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:32:10 +0000, James Metcalfe wrote:

I *did* scroll down!
Maybe you missed the irony of the part of my message which you didn't
quote ("...soap..."). Perhaps the irony was too subtle, but it was as
far as I was prepared to go, on a public forum.
J.

No, I got the 'soap' all right, but didn't think it was as NSFW as his
kissing sentence.


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On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:32:10 +0000, James Metcalfe wrote:

Maybe you missed the irony


Could also tie in with the differences between American and British
English, when I was working in NYC in the mid 70s, periodically I'd
notice these differences:

"Move your ass" was evidently an acceptable way for a New Yorker to ask
somebody to make room on a bench or sofa, but would be rude in London.

"Oh, bloody hell, Martin!" as a response to a (work) request to use a
different approach to a task is/was quite OK in London, but seemed to
strike New Yorkers as quite out of order.


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