Originally Posted by arrse_licker

is it just me or are all these acronyms going a bit OTT?

... you think it's time to clamp down on unnecessary TLA's (Three Letter Abbreviations) ... ?

Or ETLAs? (Extended Three Letter Acronyms)

I have a mate who is a crab. He told me about his day out with the army where he had to take a ride in a RBAT.

"What the fcuk is a RBAT?" I said.

"A Rumpety-Bumpety Army Truck," he explained.

Which was the best acronymn I'd heard all week.

V!

Originally Posted by Bits

Or ETLAs? (Extended Three Letter Acronyms)

For those of you who have not had enough abbreviations to contend with in your career, take a short visit to a unit with Bowman. Ask to be shown the equipment in the vehicle, and prepare to have a 3 hours demonstration without the use of one single word

Ghost

When JPA comes in RAO staff will be re-named Unit Human Resources Administration Staff.

pit those poor people working in the office north of Hadrian's Wall soon to be known as:

Unit HR Admin Staff Scotland (UHR ASS)!

Motorcycle racing in this country ,as in the UK, was (until they renamed themselves Motorcycling Australia) governed by each state or territories Auto Cycle Union , hence you had the ACU of New South Wales (ACUNSW), ACU of Queensland (ACUQLD) and so on , as a result here in the Tropical north we had The Auto Cycle Union of the Northern Territory . Looked good in the phone book.

I decided that the Tactical Exercise Without Troops (TEWT) sounded as boring as it was, so decided in the best traditions of the British Army to rename it the Practical Exercise Not Involving Soldiers (PENIS) only when i mentioned said improvement the RSM and CO heard through the open door....and my feet didn't touch the ground for a while afterwards.

POV

Privately owned vehicle.

Such as a car, or a van.

Originally Posted by Cat_Funt

Motorcycle racing in this country ,as in the UK, was (until they renamed themselves Motorcycling Australia) governed by each state or territories Auto Cycle Union , hence you had the ACU of New South Wales (ACUNSW), ACU of Queensland (ACUQLD) and so on , as a result here in the Tropical north we had The Auto Cycle Union of the Northern Territory . Looked good in the phone book.

Nearer to home. Newcastle Polytechnic seriously considered becoming the City University of North Tyneside :D

Originally Posted by arrse_licker

is it just me or are all these acronyms going a bit OTT?

Standard TLA's

JJ