ATTENTION, AIR FORCE ACRONYM-MONITORING PERSONNEL
(Thanks to Patrick)
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October 23, 2009
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After he gets the job, he should go buy a mitsubishi
Posted by: Clay | October 23, 2009 at 11:50 AM
or she
Posted by: Clay | October 23, 2009 at 11:51 AM
mitsubishe?
;)
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | October 23, 2009 at 11:55 AM
I'm sending the job opening to mudstuffin. ^_^
Posted by: Diva | October 23, 2009 at 11:57 AM
Good thing the workplace is the wild blue yonder.
Posted by: Lairbo | October 23, 2009 at 12:08 PM
What's wrong with AFFART? Just askin'
Posted by: Tash | October 23, 2009 at 12:23 PM
anyone notice the professor's name sTITh?
Posted by: Mazarlarry | October 23, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Well, ICBM.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | October 23, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Tash, actually it's AFFARTP. You people are soooo silly!
Posted by: Siouxie | October 23, 2009 at 12:33 PM
We don't have an acronym problem, we have an acronym opportunity.
Posted by: Georg | October 23, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Don't see anything wrong with PAAFFARTP
Posted by: wiredog | October 23, 2009 at 12:46 PM
3<*
i didn't do it.
Posted by: mudstuffin | October 23, 2009 at 12:57 PM
Nice shart, mud. Ew.
Posted by: Diva | October 23, 2009 at 01:01 PM
Is that anything like NASA's Program Offering Orbital Training?
Posted by: snif | October 23, 2009 at 01:08 PM
i work for the gov'mnt. we gots lots a acronyms. i make up some of them. i try to make sure they spell out a pronounceable clean word. i wish i could do otherwise.
when i was in graduate school in the previous century, i was president of grad student govt and had to sit on lots of committees. we also created some. my favorite was: Committee to Review All Procedures. nobody saw that one!! ha!! we tried to get the F-word as an acronym, but were found out.....
Posted by: queensbee | October 23, 2009 at 01:10 PM
I have co-workers who are two of the universe's top police "sketch" artists. (they really hate that word) Well, they're pretty good at least. For holiday presents a few years ago I had t-shirts made up for their unit.
Forensic
Art
Reponse
Team
It took our Chief a few months to actually get the joke, and then said that she would allow them only if she got a t-shirt for herself.
Posted by: Brian | October 23, 2009 at 01:14 PM
Did you notice the job requires a Master's degree? Who knew there was a Master FARTer?... *G*
Also, would the Mitsubishi contender be a Stealth Ninja FARTer?
Posted by: Allen at Division | October 23, 2009 at 01:34 PM
Sounds like a degree in Political Correctness is needed by the applicant....
and in a Red State??
EB.
Posted by: EB | October 23, 2009 at 02:06 PM
huh?
Posted by: Cheesewiz | October 23, 2009 at 02:07 PM
Earlier in my career, I had the privilege of setting up an organizational structure for a team that was to be in charge of decomissioning a nuclear power plant; my task included formalizing, for official submittal to our regulators, the working titles of the top members of the team. I had a very good relationship with the team leader, who welcomed with howls of delight the proposed title of Sh0reham Plant Resident Manager. The regulators blessed it and, so, for the duration of the project, I reported to the SPRM.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | October 23, 2009 at 03:17 PM
I used to work for a VP at my bank. She was very confused when she sent out a new report and I immediately started cracking up. Her Trends and Analysis report, which she had named the T & A report, was very popular.
Posted by: Hammond Rye | October 23, 2009 at 04:25 PM
Sounds as popular as the Texas Women's Angler Tournament.
Posted by: bonmot | October 23, 2009 at 04:53 PM
If there are any Illini alumuni:
The Florida Avenue Residences (FAR) were originally named the Florida Avenue Residence Towers. Original advertisement for the U of I campus encouraged prospective students to investigate these towers. Amazingly, these dorms are located near the veterinary school.
Posted by: Pannus | October 23, 2009 at 06:01 PM
Illini alumni will do as well.
Posted by: Pannus | October 23, 2009 at 06:05 PM
A friend got a grant for a field research project involving both government and NGO personnel. Some government workers already had the official title of "Senior Biologist," so he designated himself as the "Senior Oversight Biologist" to clarify the hierarchy.
Posted by: Ralph | October 23, 2009 at 06:13 PM
Two of my favorites are these:
FASGROLIA -- the FASt-GROwing Language of Initialisms and Acronyms
bringing us to ETMOTA -- Explain The Meaning Of This Acronym
Take that, you [edited] bot!
Posted by: oneblankspace | October 23, 2009 at 06:29 PM
So does the family fart together or does he just make sure the paper work is in order?
Posted by: Alfred | October 23, 2009 at 07:11 PM
Geezer alert- About ten years ago the brains at work were advertising the Just In Time inventory program. They hung up these large JIT posters everywhere. They couldn't understand why us old timers were laughing our a$$es off.
Posted by: njl | October 24, 2009 at 01:06 AM
As a diplomat, Father Jrun was once posted with the snake eaters at Fort Bragg. For excercises, the name they assigned him was, "Amb. U. Lance Chaser."
Posted by: CJrun | October 24, 2009 at 07:24 AM
Roger that.
I can give a presentation on the hazards of bicycle riding on the base golf course. Hint: It has something to do with MPs.
Posted by: Mitch | October 24, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Dunno what's so surprising about this. Where else would you expect a FART director, if not at the AIR Force?
Posted by: Alex | October 26, 2009 at 01:37 PM