The story I'm looking for has a paralyzed veteran who was a former athlete. He hires a nurse and they pull bits of a banned bullet from his back so he can recover. Then gets revenge.
The story I'm looking for has a paralyzed veteran who was a former athlete. He hires a nurse and they pull bits of a banned bullet from his back so he can recover. Then gets revenge.
Thank you. That was it. Was driving me nuts (short trip)!
That's good, as nuts generally don't have the legs (gams) for long walks.
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General Anthony Clement McAuliffe said it during the Battle of the Bulge to the Germans who demanded his unit's surrender.
richardshagrin
1/22/2020, 5:32:31 PM
@zagsw1
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General Anthony Clement McAuliffe said it during the Battle of the Bulge to the Germans who demanded his unit's surrender.
My understanding is that his actual reply was more in the FU mode, but that 'Nuts' was substituted for a better PR image.
My understanding is that his actual reply was more in the FU mode, but that 'Nuts' was substituted for a better PR image.
From all that I have read, the answer was consistent with how he spoke. He was well known not to to use strong language. Source for your reply? Just Curious.
limab
So, from what I understand, McAulliffe's quote is accurate but confused by history.
Supposedly when he read the German surrender demand, he muttered, "Aw, nuts." and then left. After doing some other things he was notified that the German officers that delivered the surrender demand were still waiting for an answer. His ops guy suggested that he just reply with what he said and the famous one word reply was typed up.
The confusion starts right after that as the German officers didn't understand the idiom (which didn't really translate as a one word reply anyway). An American officer said it meant 'Go to Hell.' This was all translated by a German speaking enlisted man. So who knows what the Germans heard and what ended up in their report.
Of course after the war different authors used different interviews and archives.
OK, I can see where there may be confusion. From Nuts to Go to Hell to Unsure, I reminds me of the kids game where a sentence is whispered down a chain of people, it can be - interesting - what comes out the other side. :)
Thanks, limab
We played that game in second grade, really upset the kid we we're talking about. About the third kid to get the message it got way off track.lol
Way, way back in the days when our small town still had party lines, we called the game 'Telephone'. I only remember playing it once or twice, and then only vaguely.
That's the name. While typing my reply all I could think of was "Operator", which I knew wasn't correct.
Way, way back in the days when our small town still had party lines, we called the game 'Telephone'. I only remember playing it once or twice, and then only vaguely.
here it was called Chinese Whispers.
here it was called Chinese Whispers.
Here too.
The classic example is supposedly from WWI A message sent from the front line was, "Send reinforcements, we are going to advance." But by the time it reached Headquarters was, "Send three and fourpence, we are going to a dance."
Obviously not factual, but memorable enough to make the point.