if you are likely to augur in over enemy territory, you may want to
carry a goolie chit so the hostiles are less likely to cut your
goolies off. Of course you hope it's a milk run, and you don't drop in
the oggin on the way back, o'wise it'll be SNAFU, and brass-monkeys
all round. You'll be bleating then alright. Best would be
tea-and-tabnabs in the canteen when you get back, hopefully with your
skiddies clean and presentable for the missus, purser's crabs nice n
all. You don't to be all hugger-mugger on yr first run, d'yeh?
Roger
On Jan 14, 2008 3:24 PM, Anny Ballardini <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> that's good lively French, I'd say...
>
>
> On 1/14/08, Pierre Joris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > assez déjà, Mark! what serious frog would buy a farm? j'en ai marre, y
> > a marre, j'en peux plus, ras le bol, ras le cul, ras, ça suffit, ça
> > suff, enough already, Pierre
> >
> > On Jan 13, 2008, at 4:53 PM, Mark Weiss wrote:
> >
> > > That should be "je n'en peut plus supporter," natch. Way rusty in
> > > French.
> > >
> > >
> > >> Well, meaningless if translated directly, though there are ways to
> > >> say them in the argot of other languages.
> > >>
> > >> I'm curious about the origins of:
> > >>
> > >> I've had it (je l'ai tenue?), in both its meanings--I can't put up
> > >> with any more of this (je ne peut plus supporter ceci), and I've
> > >> bought the farm (j'ai achete la ferme)
> > >>
> > >> I've been had (j'ai ete eu?)
> > >>
> > >> Mark
> >
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