Sun Dec 2 22:02:21 EST 2001

    Being one of the 'quaint' englishmen on the list I'm probably speaking
out of turn but I thought SNAFU stood for

    Situation Normal - All  F$$$$ed  Up

    I may be wrong but it seems a better expression that way.

rob
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>
> Message: 12
> From: "Christopher Ritchie" <critchie1 at hotmail.com>
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: FUBAR Etymology
> Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 18:49:46
>
> > >Could you translate FUBAR for the benefit of us
> > >English speakers
>
> >F***ed up beyond all recognition
>
>
> U.S. military term.  Related to another U.S. military term that has now
come
> into common usage - "snafu" (situation now all f***ed up).  Don't know if
> it's made it into the Oxford dictionary yet, but it will.
>
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