Good Luck Charms

[Frank N. O.]

Pardon the dumb question but what's the definition of a girl landing? Soft and smooth?

Frank

[Baradium]

Pardon the dumb question but what's the definition of a girl landing? Soft and smooth?

Frank

Reference to "you throw like a girl!" as a derogatory remark... as they aren't supposed to be able to throw as good.  Generally something said to boys. 


They say she lands like a girl as if it's that kind of derogatory remark, but she *is* one so no matter how she lands... she lands like a girl!


Likewise, it's the same type of joke if you tell a girl "you throw like a girl!"  You're not saying they throw like the stereotype, it's that they are a girl, so any throw is a "throw like a girl."

[G-man]

Well, that makes more sense...  ah, the Fire Girls, having completed another season, sharing a hangar and catching up on the summer's gossip.....

"And then, you know what he did to me?  He hooked up a HUGE cargo net!  Well!  I was just furious, he never even asked..."

 

"And THEN...they filled the net with all of S'moms boys shit that they jumped onto the hill with and made me sling it down...", Yep I can only imagine, LaFawnduh, Panaca Jane, Mary Jane, another Astar, Jetranger and Longranger---all flown by either mine or Mikes "people", all sharing a hanger.         

[TheSoccerMom]

Pardon the dumb question but what's the definition of a girl landing? Soft and smooth?

Frank

Frank, that's not a dumb question -- it's just SUCH a dumb JOKE!  There's so much testosterone poisoning (the GUYS' description -- honest!-- NOT mine) at work that, any time you want to insult someone, you say they do [whatever] like a GIRL.  It's just perfect -- I mean -- it IS a great joke!

To get to the root of the reason WHY would take a 747 full of psychiatrists, I am sure.  But, in the meantime, the BS continues...  the jokes and pranks continue...  setting people up to get nailed continues... 

And, an interesting side note here, I've noticed that men who can't LAUGH at this kind of loose, joking BS are almost always the same guys who DO have some nasty prejudices.  It makes for a fun "test"!!!!!!!!!  That's why so many of the jumpers like to pimp other people at work, to get them going, and see what they'll say.....  women as well as men!  I actually had to tell one lady this summer that we were all JOKING about what the guys had to do in the airplane, on the way to the fire...  they were baiting her pretty good...  and she thought we were serious!  She was actually getting in a huff.

                                                                                                                                                                       

[RagDragger]

I have a sorta strange good luck charm... it's a bullet, as in a fired from a gun bullet.

Is there another kind?  (Sorry, I'm an incurable smartass.)

[AirScorp]

I have a sorta strange good luck charm... it's a bullet, as in a fired from a gun bullet.

Is there another kind?  (Sorry, I'm an incurable smartass.)

The guitar strings ones 

http://www.dcmusicstore.com/Fender-super-bullet-guitar-strings

[Mike]

Pardon the dumb question but what's the definition of a girl landing? Soft and smooth?

Frank

Frank, that's not a dumb question -- it's just SUCH a dumb JOKE!  There's so much testosterone poisoning (the GUYS' description -- honest!-- NOT mine) at work that, any time you want to insult someone, you say they do [whatever] like a GIRL.  It's just perfect -- I mean -- it IS a great joke!

To get to the root of the reason WHY would take a 747 full of psychiatrists, I am sure.  But, in the meantime, the BS continues...  the jokes and pranks continue...  setting people up to get nailed continues... 

And, an interesting side note here, I've noticed that men who can't LAUGH at this kind of loose, joking BS are almost always the same guys who DO have some nasty prejudices.  It makes for a fun "test"!!!!!!!!!  That's why so many of the jumpers like to pimp other people at work, to get them going, and see what they'll say.....  women as well as men!  I actually had to tell one lady this summer that we were all JOKING about what the guys had to do in the airplane, on the way to the fire...  they were baiting her pretty good...  and she thought we were serious!  She was actually getting in a huff.

                                                                                                                                                                       

I actually used this joke to see if people had the same twisted sense of humor last year,
i.e.:
I'd tell a guy "go over to that Otter pilot and tell her she lands like a girl..."
if he got all offended. . . . I knew he wouldn't fit in.
Keep in mind we all knew Mary thinks the joke is funny (remember all the pink control-lock references and more....)

In all reality, I have found in my CFI days that women actually have quite a good feeling for planes or helicopters. (although a few lacked the mechanical knowledge to back it up)

[Mike]

Well, that makes more sense...  ah, the Fire Girls, having completed another season, sharing a hangar and catching up on the summer's gossip.....

"And then, you know what he did to me?  He hooked up a HUGE cargo net!  Well!  I was just furious, he never even asked..."

 

"And THEN...they filled the net with all of S'moms boys shit that they jumped onto the hill with and made me sling it down...", Yep I can only imagine, LaFawnduh, Panaca Jane, Mary Jane, another Astar, Jetranger and Longranger---all flown by either mine or Mikes "people", all sharing a hanger.         

You KNOW they all talk to eachother in the hangar, right?!!?

Last year they all had boost-pump problems as if they discussed how to mess with us.

This year they all came back with problems with their sliding doors. Janes won't open (broken internally) and 498's almost fell off....
Just wait 'till Lucy and LaFanduh joins them . . . 

[TheSoccerMom]

They DO all talk to each other, I am sure of it.  That's why I always pat the ole girl on her nose and give her a hug...  I don't want her to whine about me to the other girls at night when they meet again for the winter.     

The mechanics all rolled their eyes last fall when I took the Minivan back home..  within minutes of it being pulled inside the hangar, there were 10 guys crawling all over her, and when I had finished telling the head guy where everything was, he said "Well, see ya!", but ---  I had to go give her one last Hug.  He stood there and shook his head, and all the other guys were razzing the HELL outa me.   

You know, it can sure be lonely sometimes, being nuts, but I'm pretty used to it anymore.   

[Mike]

I pet Panaca Jane on her nose quite frequently! 

She seems to like it because she always takes good care of me! 

[TheSoccerMom]

That's what I figure, too!  They are so good to us, so..   we should show our appreciation!   

At least, it's worked so far....   

 

[G-man]

I pet Panaca Jane on her nose quite frequently! 

She seems to like it because she always takes good care of me! 

Me too, with LaFawnduh--she is well loved, although I have on occassion had to kick her in the ass.... then I found out I had misread the wind  (me never..), and had to apologise.. she still loved me.. 

[FB41]

I have a sorta strange good luck charm... it's a bullet, as in a fired from a gun bullet.

Is there another kind?  (Sorry, I'm an incurable smartass.)

Yep... I can think of a few. A "bullet" is used to slide o-rings into place for example and a "bullet" is used as a paragraph indent marker or to make a point.
Does that help cure your disease? 

BTW- To SoccerMom: Me and Randy and our kids are glad that SOB missed too! I can tell ya, gettin' shot HURTS!   

[RagDragger]

Y'know, I think they do talk to each other and conspire to mess with us.  One day my airplane's airspeed indicator failed due to dirt and other crap in the pitot tube, and on the same day the same problem happened to a coworker of mine less than half an hour later!  We've also had a couple planes with starting difficulties, all traceable to the impule couplings on the magnetos.  (Bad batch of mags, or so the theory goes.)  And yes, I've been known to pat ol' 92Dawg on the nose from time to time, especially after a hairy trip home through reduced visiblity, around thunderstorms, and through teeth-jarring turbulence.   Usually don't get all three on the same day, fortunately. 


Oh, and FB41, that's just treating a symptom.  The disease goes merrily on!

EDIT: Thunderstorms, not tornadoes.  Jeez, I am going nuts.

[airtac]

They DO all talk to each other, I am sure of it.  That's why I always pat the ole girl on her nose and give her a hug...  I don't want her to whine about me to the other girls at night when they meet again for the winter.     

The mechanics all rolled their eyes last fall when I took the Minivan back home..  within minutes of it being pulled inside the hangar, there were 10 guys crawling all over her, and when I had finished telling the head guy where everything was, he said "Well, see ya!", but ---  I had to go give her one last Hug.  He stood there and shook his head, and all the other guys were razzing the HELL outa me.   

You know, it can sure be lonely sometimes, being nuts, but I'm pretty used to it anymore.   

Being nuts isn't lonely, you've got me and the voices we hear (you know the ones I mean)