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To: DNME

Okay. Can you explain the balloon goes up thing to me? That military commercial with the red balloon always drives me to distraction because I know they always use things right out of our consciousness level to market to everyone.

I like your be Carol advice. Will definitely do that. What is a trench knife? Is it the jagged multi blade that makes a wound that won’t close?


62 posted on 04/12/2016 11:31:11 AM PDT by Cats Pajamas (I am officially without a party. Let's start the INDEPENDENCE PARTY!!!!)
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To: Cats Pajamas

A trench knife is brass knuckles with a blade, I do believe.

In the Air Force, the saying “the balloon goes up” was used in place of “if the shit hits the fan” or something similar. I always took the “balloon” to be a nuke fireball but instead it traces back to World War One.

When enemy observation balloons went up, it usually signalled imminent enemy artillery and subsequent attack. In the Second World War, barrage balloons were hoisted to ward off dive bombers, who feared damage from the steel cables attached to the balloons.

Bottom line ... nothing good happens when the balloon goes up.


69 posted on 04/12/2016 1:26:12 PM PDT by DNME (The ONLY remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
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