I am going to respond to this by explaining everyone's point of view to each other, and hopefully all will get what everyone else was saying by the time it is all through.
In common parlance, the word Nimrod refers to one who is exceedingly clumsy or else incapable of common logic to the point of detriment but not disaster. This is probably a shaded biblical reference to Nimrod's role in constructing the tower of babel, which (as we all know) was meant to reach to heaven and eventually fell to leave the builders all incapable of speaking a common tongue. To have a Nimrod circling over one's city would be somewhat ironic, not to mention the military force which chose to give this name to their craft. Bugs Bunny once favored this word, along with maroon, as a way of characterizing his enemies. On the other hand, the historic figure of Nimrod was certainly anything but a clusterf*ck in progress. He was a native of what is now Ethiopia and built and empire which spanned through Babylon and Uruk. His name literally means 'let's revolt', or something like that, so there is almost a romantic element to the man and his ambitions. A good article about him can be found here: http://members.aol.com/XianAnarch/nimrod_1.htm. Obviously, the Brits stuck with the latter meaning when choosing this name, but the irony is not lost on those of us over here in America. M -----Original Message----- From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 1:07 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Circumstances not funny but this is "A Nimrod is keeping watch over London " - don't understand why you think this is funny. ?? It's just their name for the aircraft. -Ben ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
