1. [E - 8 to 10 May 1998] fu... (was: hello, anyone out there?!)
- Posted by Jeff Zeitlin <jeff.zeitlin at MAIL.EXECNET.COM>
May 12, 1998
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Last edited May 13, 1998
On Mon, 11 May 1998 00:00:12 -0500, Kasey <kaeyb at GEOCITIES.COM>
wrote:
>Daniel Berstein wrote:
>> >Just curious, has there really been no messages to the listserve
>> >in about 24hours, or is there a s.n.a.f.u. somewhere?
>> Well, I'm here... at least ;)
>> I have a question, can someone explain to us, non-english native =
speakers,
>> all those acronyms (hope is right that word) you usually use? It took =
me
>> about 1 year to get that SOHO meant Small Office Home Office. I'm =
still
>> caught by IMHO.
>> Regards,
>> Daniel Berstein
>> daber at pair.com
> They already answered IMHO. but in case your currious
>snafu =3D situation normal, all f*(&ed up.
>fubar =3D F***'ed up beyond all recognition.
>couple of my favorites (wich is good seing how often i find myself
>having use for them. :)
There's actually a whole series of them. In order of severity
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All F***** Up
BOMFU - Beginning Of Major F*** Up
TARFU - Things Are Really F***** Up
GATFU - Getting Altogether F***** Up
NICFU - Now It's Completely F***** Up
FUBAR - F***** Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
=20
According to some military types I know, it's a "logarithmic
progression" which to them means that BOMFU is x times as bad as
SNAFU, and TARFU is x times as bad as BOMFU (and therefore x^2
times as bad as SNAFU), and that situations usually degrade in a
similar timeframe, so that the interval between later stages is
smaller than between earlier stages - to the point where the
degradation from GATFU often bypasses NICFU and goes right to
=46UBAR.
--
Jeff Zeitlin
jeff.zeitlin at mail.execnet.com
