While the *rode* is indeed wrapped 'round the anchor (and the globe) in the USMC logo it is NOT a "chain". Many different materials may be used in the rode, including chain, but there's no chain in the (USMC) logo - it's a rope rode.. Far enough O.T. for you?
_______________________________________________________________________________ Karl S Huf | Senior Vice President | World Wide Technology 840 S Canal, Chicago, IL, 60607 | phone (312)630-6287 | k...@ntrs.com Please visit northerntrust.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication is confidential, may be privileged and is meant only for the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender ASAP and delete this message from your system. IRS CIRCULAR 230 NOTICE: To the extent that this message or any attachment concerns tax matters, it is not intended to be used and cannot be used by a taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed by law. For more information about this notice, see http://www.northerntrust.com/circular230 P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 07/02/2009 06:25:41 PM: > Note the USMC logo. The anchor chain is wrapped around the anchor. So, > all marines are always fouled up. ;-) > The use of the fouled up anchor as a symbol of the marines goes back to > at least the late 1700's. The term SNFU or SNAFU (I have seen it both > ways although the later is now the more common) may go back that far > also. My father told me that he first encountered the term SNFU as > "Situation Normal Fouled Up" when he joined the Navy in 1932. The other > "F" word would not have been used in 1700 as at that time it was a > device pulled by a farm horse to plant seeds. It didn't take on its > current meaning until some time in the 1800's. Could it be related to > "sowing wild oats"? > How far OT do we want to go with this? :-) > bruce.light...@its.ms.gov wrote: > > one more view - > > 3 of my great uncles were marines - 1 in 1918, WW1 in France. The other 2 > > in the Pacific in WW2. > > All 3 agreed that the terms SNAFU and FUBAR were in general use by the > > enlisted Marines even before their time(s). > > Was the subject of several memorable conversations at family reunions where > > some of the "gentler" family members got offended and left the outdoor > > festivities to the "rougher" members - and us wide-eyed young boys. > > Was probably a similar saying in use in every military back to the Sumerian > > and pre-Confuscian days. > > > -- > Stephen Frazier > Information Technology Unit > Oklahoma Department of Corrections > 3400 Martin Luther King > Oklahoma City, Ok, 73111-4298 > Tel.: (405) 425-2549 > Fax: (405) 425-2554 > Pager: (405) 690-1828 > email: stevef%doc.state.ok.us > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
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