http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32923 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Tue, 21 May 2013 13:13:34 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32923#post-93964 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:49:42 +0000 Ostsee 93964@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I eventually discovered where the name came from, sadly it is very boring. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32923#post-93951 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:56:46 +0000 writinginbsl 93951@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>fnny</p> <p>late stars </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32923#post-93691 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:18:55 +0000 Boutros 93691@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Haha - spelling mistake still up on the Daily Mirror site.</p> <p>(I mention only to bump this to the top again.) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32923#post-93653 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:28:19 +0000 Danny 93653@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Love this one, very entertaining! </p> <p>What's the difference between Australians and Yoghurt?<br /> At least yoghurt started with a little culture... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32923#post-93652 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:20:18 +0000 Des Custard 93652@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Stars.</p> <p>Any student of aviation history knows the real reason there is no ‘U’. The first ever pilot and co-pilot, being coarse and cheerful Aussies, painted their orifice-based nicknames above the cockpit windows. The two words together soon caught on as the name of the plane, and eventually the airline, with Qantas being adopted as a sanitised phonetic rendition. </p> <p>I'll get my coat... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32923#post-93639 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:42:17 +0000 Boutros 93639@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Daily Mirror must read NewsBiscuit - check out <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/latest/2011/10/31/quantas-flights-take-off-again-115875-23527572/">this headline</a>: </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32923#post-93626 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:43:03 +0000 Clarky 93626@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Take five. Any way you could shoehorn Iraq into it? That one's always bugged me too. </p> <p>As a nerdy footnote, once heard that Michael Parkinson mis-spells the airline's name throughout his autobiog. Anyone know if this is true? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32923#post-93625 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:41:59 +0000 butagirl 93625@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I almost missed the punchline. Like it. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32923#post-93615 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:00:56 +0000 Al OPecia 93615@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Fab 5. Took them long enough to realise, dontcha think? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32923#post-93614 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:42:20 +0000 Boutros 93614@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Thank 'U'. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32923#post-93587 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:15:59 +0000 dvo4fun 93587@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Wonderful, a real gem </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32923#post-93585 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:54:35 +0000 Perks 93585@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Brilliant, love the punch line </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32923#post-93583 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:21:35 +0000 Golgo13 93583@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Like it. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32923#post-93577 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:39:14 +0000 Boutros 93577@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Qantas planes will remain on the ground until fitted with regulation letter 'u's. The spelling mistake was spotted by eagle-eyed chief pilot Bradley Knapper - just as flights were to resume following industrial action.</p> <p>"I was doing my usual pre-flight kick of the tyres when I happened to look up and noticed there was an A on the fuselage where there should have been a U. I frankly could not believe it. Apparently we've been flying in this state of lexical madness for years, on the brink of what could easily have become a grammatical disaster. I hate to think what might have happened at 30,000 feet had we lost another letter."</p> <p>To help get the fleet back in the air, the airline is appealing for aircraft fitters qualified to English A-level Grade C or above. Those already in the company's employ are being re-tested on 'Eats Shoots and Leaves' (IATA regulation edition).</p> <p>"We're indebted to Bradley Knapper," commented chief exec Alan Joyce, "for his sharp eyes and his qick thinking." </p>