I work on the'Building'and meet a varied bunch of men and women, conversation is far reaching and can be very intellectual. One such in depth verbal intercourse raised the question...'What does F.A.B stand for ,as in Thunderbirds,the TV series? It's one of those you knew but can't for the life of you remember! :confused: Anyone??? :D
Don't know, Pal, don't watch TV much. But funny you mention the word intercourse as conversation ... most people don't know that!
I'm not sure it meant anything Pal, they seemed to like acronyms in the 60s, think of U.N.C.L.E, that didn't stand for anything for a couple of years or am I thinking of T.H.R.U.S.H? Sorry I'm babbling, I'll go away and have a lie down in a darkened room.
I think it does stand for something Pal, just asked hubby and he said he was sure it was in the newspaper recently... anyway I've left him racking his brains
Just asked Mr D as he knows these things...... he says Gerry Anderson said it didn't stand for anything, and they always regretted it, and made sure that in all the following series, the acronyms did stand for something! He always does well in pub quizzes and trivial pursuit...... :rolleyes: :D
U.N.C.L.E and T.H.R.U.S.H did have meanings but not sure of them think it was United National Command for LAW and Enforcement or some such rubbish. :rolleyes: the other I can't remember or F.A.B, too long ago!
Leave him alone Fran he's mine. BTW it was United Network Command for Law Enforcement. Sadly I have the DVDs and the videos, not so easy to come by at the moment though. (ps I was only 4 when it was made so I remember the reruns!)
From Wikipedia ... "International Rescue's London agent, international socialite Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, and her cockney butler/chauffeur Aloysius "Nosey" Parker, are often seen chasing The Hood and other villains in the pink, amphibious Rolls-Royce FAB1, which is equipped with James Bond-style gadgets. (Rolls-Royce actually provided an authentic radiator grille to the production company for closeups of FAB 1, such as when the retractable machine gun was fired) Lady Penelope's yacht was called FAB2. Although credited as "London-based Agent", Lady Penelope lives in a mansion in Kent, which is actually a miniature copy of real life Stourhead House in Wiltshire. The characters use the radio sign-off "F.A.B." rather than "Roger" or "Over and out". Anderson was often asked what F.A.B. stood for, but stated it in fact simply stood for "fab" (short for "fabulous"), a 1960s catchphrase. During radio broadcasts it also stood for Fully Acknowledged Broadcast." [ 28. March 2007, 03:20 PM: Message edited by: Lady of Leisure ]
oooh, the web site i found gives a different wording for UNCLE :confused: UNCLE stands for United Network Command for Law and Enforcement " THRUSH stands for Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesireables and the Subjugation of Humanity Note that the shows producers said it didn't stand for anything, but the above definition was given in "The Dagger Affair" - the 4th (6th in the UK) in the series of paperback MFU novels in this case written by David McDaniel. This will probably be the nearest we'll ever get to an "official" definition although for accuracy one should probably side with the producers of the original series and say it stands for nothing in particular" :confused:
I see where Wikipedia says Network, glenw, but now I can't find where I found it! However, my post-a-note has National written on it! As I can't find my link, I acquiesce to yuor greater knowledge! :rolleyes:
