rwayne
Friday 24th February 2012 3:02pm
754 posts
Quote: Marc P @ February 24 2012, 2:38 PM GMT
As you were:
: : What does it mean and where does that come from?
: "As you were" is a military drill command. If an NCO gives an order and then wishes to change it, or if he is not satisfied with the way the men react, he may give the command As you were. This tells the men to return to the earlier state and await the next command.
I see what happened here, I think. You got a little (forgive me for saying so)
over sensitive because you thought the 'obvious joke' I referred to was aimed at what you said. Let me reassure you...it wasn't.
The obvious joke, as I saw it, was to say: "I'd like to thank L.E.'s mother too..."
(The 'joke' being a suggestion than a person may have had an 'experience' with L.E.'s mother for which she should be thanked)
Now I can think of at least half a dozen people on here who might have made that joke and thought it was hilarious. I wouldn't have included you, to be honest, in that half a dozen.
You took it the wrong way and nearly, very nearly, dummies were being spat out of prams... which would explain why you chose to accuse me of something and at the same time distance yourself from that which I was being accused.
Hope that's cleared up.