The Cellar - View Single Post - June 9, 2007: British nuke sub nose rolls down the street

milkfish · 06-09-2007, 05:17 PM

Did they really name a class of submarine the "Astute"? And does the average British submariner like that name?

I can see that lasting about five milliseconds here among the Pentagon types who have to think up this kind of thing. Of course, over here we have dropped the r in arse.

06-09-2007, 05:17 PM	#6
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	Did they really name a class of submarine the "Astute"? And does the average British submariner like that name? I can see that lasting about five milliseconds here among the Pentagon types who have to think up this kind of thing. Of course, over here we have dropped the r in arse. __________________ A genius is one who can do anything except make a living. - Joey Lauren Adams