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| Exascot | 27th Oct 2011 09:32 |
Royal Air Force Banter
| Warmtoast | 27th Oct 2011 11:04 |
...and to think I thought the world had come to it's end when we ceased using Discumbency, Pigwidgeon and Imbrangle in our conversations and correspondence!
| Mushroom_2 | 27th Oct 2011 11:37 |
...and to think I thought the world had come to it's end when we ceased using Discumbency, Pigwidgeon and Imbrangle in our conversations and correspondence!
My memory's not what it used to be - I had to look 2 of those up.:sad:
| bobward | 27th Oct 2011 12:14 |
It's been inevtiable since Call My Bluff ended on BBC 2......
| J.A.F.O. | 27th Oct 2011 12:23 |
since Call My Bluff ended
Ah, alas and alack.
| Exascot | 27th Oct 2011 14:58 |
When guiding clients here on walks I often say that this is just a 'bimble', No one seems to know what it means apart from my wife (Ret'd RAF officer) Where does it come from? Is it military slang?
| Rossian | 27th Oct 2011 15:04 |
Bimble?
Could it not be a variation of "womble"?
Remember with amusem*nt the mess steward at MPA coming in to the ante room with a large stack of lunch boxes for those off on the Sunday trips "Right then, Ladies, Gents, who was it asked for the "veggie bimble box"?"
The Ancient Mariner
| Airborne Aircrew | 27th Oct 2011 15:14 |
On II Sqn in the late 70's and early 80's we referred to any "walk in the hills with large packs on" as a Bimble...
| Fox3WheresMyBanana | 27th Oct 2011 15:16 |
Lovely word, 'Bimble':); was certainly in use in the early '80s. Equated to a speed of about 360 kts in a fast jet. Time to take in the view.
| Warmtoast | 27th Oct 2011 15:21 |
Re my post #2 above.
I stand corrected. According to aficionados of the Harry Potter books and whatever language they speak in Hogwarts Castle, J K Rowling called Ron Weasleys pet owl "Pigwidgeon".
| airborne_artist | 27th Oct 2011 15:26 |
Bimble was certainly in use in the Services in the 70s and 80s and generally described a less than purposeful sortie (by air or on foot) that took up time but did not probably deliver much in the way of results. It may also have been used ironically ;)
| muppetofthenorth | 27th Oct 2011 15:30 |
Fwiw, the word 'bimble' has been used by me and my friends for years - and I'm the snappiest of whippers [comparatively].
For us it's just a gentle wander.
| sitigeltfel | 27th Oct 2011 15:37 |
Corruption of "bumble"?
| sisem*n | 27th Oct 2011 15:53 |
I like to spread a little light each day.:}
| EyesFront | 27th Oct 2011 16:15 |
Got a blank look when I described something as 'Heath Robinson' the other day ... the young feller claimed never to have heard the expression....
tempus fugit...
| FinelyChopped | 27th Oct 2011 18:13 |
Hmm. The German word Bummel means a stroll, and it wouldn't surprise me if that's where it comes from - picked up in RAFG or BAOR.
Likewise the Full Monty has always struck me as a take on volle Montur, with the same meaning.
Does anyone remember the German phrase of the day on BFBS back in the 80s? I seem to remember one for Danke vielmals (thanks very much), where the suggestion was to say dunk a fieldmouse quickly...
| 1.3VStall | 28th Oct 2011 08:49 |
Can't you only bimble in the bohndu?
| teeteringhead | 28th Oct 2011 09:11 |
The German word Bummel means a stroll,
.. and for today's prize piece of trivia:
In Germany, a slow, provincial train that stops everywhere (you know the sort) is called a Bummelzug!
Must get out more.....
| A2QFI | 28th Oct 2011 09:14 |
In UK a slow provincial train that stops everywhere is called First Capital Connect!
| Haraka | 28th Oct 2011 17:53 |
Hmm. The German word Bummel means a stroll, and it wouldn't surprise me if that's where it comes from - picked up in RAFG or BAOR.
That now explains the sequel by JKJ to "Three Men in a Boat" in which our chums tour Europe -with some brilliant stereotypical observations that still apply today:
"Three Men on the Bummel"
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