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Originally Posted by DNSB
Unless you were Daffy Duck or Bugs Bunny and referred to Elmer Fudd as Nimrod and people didn't catch the sarcasm.
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Yup, but it simply slid by most.
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Originally Posted by BobC
Hence the name of the Hawker Siddeley/ BAe Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft.
BobC
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Yup, that is indeed correct. (And you'll find a larger amount of
dogs, named Nimrod, in the UK, too, than in the US, all that purported religiosity notwithstanding.)
Hitch