Waco Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Oh, I CANNOT WAIT to hear how this plays out at an exercise sometime in the future!!! Note that, although the Navy submitted the request, the Air Force approved it!!! Congratulations, we've now achieved joint lunacy.... Growler Name Chosen Although its been used before, I strongly nominate this patch for the initial cadre... -Waco, laughing so hard it hurts....sorry Kolja... Link to post Share on other sites
yardbird78 Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Growler may not be PC from a scatalogical point of view, but if I remember correctly, wasn't that the name of the submarine in WW II where the commander earned the Medal of Honor by remaining, wounded on the bridge and ordering the boat to submerge? I think his name was Cmdr Howard Gilmore. Seems a pretty honorable name to me, especially to Navy types! Darwin Link to post Share on other sites
Karl Sander Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 (edited) If you think scatological connotations are bad, ask a Brit what "Growler" means. I've been slapped for less in American slang. The rest I'll save the mods of censoring. Waco, ask me at Nellis. Bring your earplugs. Incidentally: if "Growler" official nickname for EA-18G, I hasten to rub in the craw of F-16 fans wha the "official" name of the Viper is... :D :D Edited November 19, 2005 by Karl Sander Link to post Share on other sites
yardbird78 Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 IIRC from my time in the UK, growler, in their slang, references the lower anterior female anatomy. So what? Many common, ordinary, acceptable customs, gestures, words, etc in one country or culture are much less so in other countries. You can't please all of the people all of the time! Darwin Link to post Share on other sites
Karl Sander Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 (edited) IIRC from my time in the UK, growler, in their slang, references the lower anterior female anatomy. So what? Many common, ordinary, acceptable customs, gestures, words, etc in one country or culture are much less so in other countries. You can't please all of the people all of the time!Darwin From what I hear, a slovenly, unkepmt and generally unsavory lower portion of female anatomy. Sufficently unflattering that I sincerely hope I'm still flying 30 year old aestetically challengend Prowlers the first time some poor squadron attempts to take their brand new EA-18Gs into a combined exercise with the RAF. I have a hard enough time looking the RAF in the eyes due to our pansy-fied low level training rules. The last thing I need is to show up flying an air plane named, in effect, the EA-18G "Sk**ky c**t" yet one more example of how far up their ***es our admirals heads are. Either that, or how much they truly hate their own tactical EW community. Either way, I've long since quit being a fan of admirals - overpaid f**k bags.. :D Yep - WE'RE angry (and no, not just short tempered, anarchist Kolja - in fact all the bastards who are supposd to fly the Sk**ky c**nt) Edited November 19, 2005 by Karl Sander Link to post Share on other sites
KingRat Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 From what I hear, a slovenly, unkepmt and generally unsavory lower portion of female anatomy. Exactly right. Though I think it might be more of a British Army (who surpass all other fighting forces in the world in breadth, vulgarity and inventiveness of their slang) thing than an RAF thing. The last time I heard the G-word used was by an ex-squaddie in our office who was describing one he had recently encountered as resembling "two pounds of cheap bacon". Link to post Share on other sites
Josh1971 Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Exactly right. Though I think it might be more of a British Army (who surpass all other fighting forces in the world in breadth, vulgarity and inventiveness of their slang) thing than an RAF thing. The last time I heard the G-word used was by an ex-squaddie in our office who was describing one he had recently encountered as resembling "two pounds of cheap bacon". Holy crap. From an American perspective, the world "Growler" doesn't sound that bad- I had no idea... But that thing about bacon. Yikes. Josh Link to post Share on other sites
RedHeadKevin Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 mmm... 2 pounds of bacon oh wait... that was innuendo? never mind. Link to post Share on other sites
Chappie Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 What is the guy on the patch riding? A giant turd!? I thought they should have gone with another kind of stinging insect...like Yellowjacket. Know what I mean. Growler simply sounds lame. Karl- I personally like "Fighting Falcon". Chappie Link to post Share on other sites
A6BSTARM Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 What is worst that the powers to be are already cycling trained senior personnnel out of the community down to the Hornets and Super Hornets so that they can get time in repair and maintenance along with for some of the NFO's flight time in the back seats of the F's OH THE HUMANITY Link to post Share on other sites
Sunliner Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 Now that Italeri has their Growler kit out...anybody want a group build? We could have it so that you could build/paint/mark it anyway you want....sounds like it could be therapeutic for some people! Two-tone-tactical-t**d-brown camo for example ok...gotta run....no pun intended.... -Mike Link to post Share on other sites
Ant Phillips Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 Now that Italeri has their Growler kit out...anybody want a group build?We could have it so that you could build/paint/mark it anyway you want....sounds like it could be therapeutic for some people! Two-tone-tactical-t**d-brown camo for example ok...gotta run....no pun intended.... -Mike Yeah anyone have a guess at a good FS equivalent for 2 pounds of bacon,,,,, Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 Yeah anyone have a guess at a good FS equivalent for 2 pounds of bacon,,,,, how about FS #2 ??? Link to post Share on other sites
Sunliner Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 "Yeah anyone have a guess at a good FS equivalent for 2 pounds of bacon" We could raid my cousins' ********* stash for some color reference I suppose, but it could get gross. Link to post Share on other sites
GEH737 Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 He's piloting a "Growler" Link to post Share on other sites
Trigger Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 "This is Growler-2, I've blown my o-ring and I'm coming around for an emergency landing." Link to post Share on other sites
yardbird78 Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 This thread is getting hilarious, even though it started out in a fairly serious tone. I can see Karl's point in taking the Growler to a foreign war games exercise. Quote a maintenance type, "I have to go out to the S _ _ _ _ _ C _ _ _ and open an inspection panel and crawl inside to do some work." <_< :lol: Darwin Link to post Share on other sites
Karl Sander Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 This thread is getting hilarious Respectfully disagree. Though, someday when the Good Lord willing, certain Admirals pass on, and yours truly gets caught defacing their graves after a rough night at the nearest Tex-Mex resturaunt, NOW you all will know why. Ba**ards. Link to post Share on other sites
The_Animal Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 (edited) Yep - WE'RE angry (and no, not just short tempered, anarchist Kolja - in fact all the bastards who are supposd to fly the Sk**ky c**nt) Yeah, well, Kolja, at least you'll be able to say you went supersonic in a EA-18G Sk**ky C**T! There's always a silver lining. ~Animal~ barely able to restrain his hysterical laughter. PS: Wonder if that'll enable cherry 02s to be able to claim "Mile-High" club status. Growler is inherently an offensive weapon, so it fits... I just hope that was an unintended pun. B) Edited November 25, 2005 by The_Animal Link to post Share on other sites
Karl Sander Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Yeah, well, Kolja, at least you'll be able to say you went supersonic in a EA-18G Sk**ky C**T! <_< There's always a silver lining. ~Animal~ barely able to restrain his hysterical laughter. PS: Wonder if that'll enable cherry 02s to be able to claim "Mile-High" club status. :P I just hope that was an unintended pun. :P Thanks for effort to find the silver lining - but I've already been supersonic and it involved neither defecation or unkempt naughty bits :lol: Link to post Share on other sites
Pete "Pig" Fleischmann Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 (edited) Wow. There's corn in it too. Good patch. Pig Edited November 27, 2005 by Pete "Pig" Fleischmann Link to post Share on other sites
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