[Elecraft] Re: Customs

Wed Oct 23 15:21:02 2002

Yes, FUBAR is the term you saying John.. Former Marine also :).. FOOBAR is 
used in programming, at least this is where I've seen it..

-Denis

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 [email protected] wrote:

> 
> 
> On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Geert Jan de Groot wrote:
> 
> > > Dear John Doe,
> > > 
> > > This is to inform you that a package was shipped to you today via
> > > foobar shipper. The tracking number is 1234abcd and can be tracked
> > > via http://www.foobar.com
> > 
> > This should also help Lisa to keep her sanity ;-)
> 
> Agreed.  But, if I remember correctly from my Marine Corps days, the word
> is spelled FUBAR.  I have no idea what the acronym FOOBAR would stand
> for.  I can't come up with words (that make sense) for the two O's.
> 
> For those of you non-military types, FUBAR means
> 
> F(igure it out yourself) U(p) B(eyond) A(ll) R(ecognition)
> 
> It is used to describe a situation that is worse than SNAFU.
> 
> IE;
> 
> "The night before I got married, my friends got me FUBAR."
> 
> and...
> 
> "At the wedding, I was so hung over that I tossed my cookies on the
> bride.  It was a major SNAFU!"
> 
> 
> 73 de John - KC4KGU
> 
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