Chrismas gift

[blue]

At chrismas my sister gave me this new Wallet, with that brand or whatever it is, on it.

And now I have seen it on pillows and t-shirts, and Im thinking.. does it mean something, does it repesents something or what is it that mark/brand there are on?

I have seen it on some old US (or was it a English one, I dont know) ww2 airplanes, so Im thinking is has something to do with that? But what does it mean, if anything?

Do you guys know?

[Hazik]

wells the spitfire that was a english plane used in the 2nd world war had these thay are a little diffent from your 1 but thay may be the same thing

[blue]

Yes like I say I have seen them on planes to. But I wounder what they are and mean and and.. Becouse I dont think they was just decorations.

[Queen-Shinigami]

Apr 20, 2010 14:15:07 GMT blue said:

Yes like I say I have seen them on planes to. But I wounder what they are and mean and and.. Becouse I dont think they was just decorations.

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RAF logo. royal air forces logo!
It was also to do with the spitfire in battle of britain. It was a royal air force roundel, to tell who was british planes and who werent etc, etc so it was painted on many aircrafts and still is as far as i know.

[abercrab]

That was the area of the plane where gun fire would do the least damage so they were placed there as a distraction to draw enemy fire.


Oh wait, or do I have that mixed up with why Batman has a big shiny bat on his chest, to draw fire to his kevlar protected chest?

[blue]

@queen-Shinigami

Ahh you clever little girl

Thanks a mill.

[blue]

abercrab

lol.. ohh I see.. smart to make a mark where it "says" shots goes here please ;D

[Queen-Shinigami]

Apr 20, 2010 15:08:06 GMT blue said:

@queen-Shinigami

Ahh you clever little girl

Thanks a mill.

^^ np... Thank god abercrab aint in charge of the RAF xD he's only thinking of where the wont get blown up as badly lol

[Hazik]

wheres my thank you hmmmmmmmm

hee i found the plane pic said it was to do with spitfire. im feeling rather left out

[Queen-Shinigami]

Apr 20, 2010 16:31:08 GMT Hazik said:

wheres my thank you hmmmmmmmm

hee i found the plane pic said it was to do with spitfire. im feeling rather left out

Hazik, ur english. U shud hav known it was also now to do with the RAF as its a modern thing XD and they advertise on tv ffs. Every1 who knows a little common knowledge about britain, wuld know that. XD

[abercrab]

Apr 20, 2010 15:19:37 GMT Queen-Shinigami said:

Apr 20, 2010 15:08:06 GMT blue said:

@queen-Shinigami

Ahh you clever little girl

Thanks a mill.

^^ np... Thank god abercrab aint in charge of the RAF xD he's only thinking of where the wont get blown up as badly lol

I would think any pilots who survived because their plane was only shot in the least damaging area, would fully appreciate my ideas, hehe.

And... I don't think you're answer is quite complete. The ensignia on Blue's wallet is 'one' of the RAF roundels. There is story about where they came from. Plus, there are a zillion of those things and they get put all over the place on different flags and with stripes and alone etc..., look
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_roundels
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raf

Blue and Haz already basically knew it was a symbol on British aircraft.

Hehe.

Anyway, why is a French idea used by the British air force on wallets that Blue's sister can buy for him?

[Hazik]

Apr 20, 2010 13:41:30 GMT Hazik said:

wells the spitfire that was a english plane used in the 2nd world war had these thay are a little diffent from your 1 but thay may be the same thing

well acterly i said the spit fire used these 1 from the pic. what is a diffent around thing to the 1 on blue wallet. so what i ment was i wasnt sure if that 1 (blue 1) was a raf 1 as it was a diffent 1 to the spit fire. as crab said thay are put everywhere nower days and there are loads of diffent tapys of 1

[Queen-Shinigami]

Apr 20, 2010 22:52:12 GMT abercrab said:

I would think any pilots who survived because their plane was only shot in the least damaging area, would fully appreciate my ideas, hehe.

And... I don't think you're answer is quite complete. The ensignia on Blue's wallet is 'one' of the RAF roundels. There is story about where they came from. Plus, there are a zillion of those things and they get put all over the place on different flags and with stripes and alone etc..., look
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_roundels
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raf

Haha what it says on that IS what i was saying. He asked what it was, not the whole friggen history Mr.Abercrab! So i gave him a quick and readable answer and also it was a correct answer may i add. its a roundel as 4 identification. Like I said. Lmao haha

[abercrab]

Apr 21, 2010 15:07:51 GMT Queen-Shinigami said:

Apr 20, 2010 22:52:12 GMT abercrab said:

I would think any pilots who survived because their plane was only shot in the least damaging area, would fully appreciate my ideas, hehe.

And... I don't think you're answer is quite complete. The ensignia on Blue's wallet is 'one' of the RAF roundels. There is story about where they came from. Plus, there are a zillion of those things and they get put all over the place on different flags and with stripes and alone etc..., look
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_roundels
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raf

Haha what it says on that IS what i was saying. He asked what it was, not the whole friggen history Mr.Abercrab! So i gave him a quick and readable answer and also it was a correct answer may i add. its a roundel as 4 identification. Like I said. Lmao haha

I admit, I didn't notice that you did call it a roundel so you got me there, but isn't it much more interesting to know that it was initially used rather than the Union Jack because of the similarity of the Jack and the German Iron Cross? That's much more fun than, yep it marks English planes.

[Queen-Shinigami]

Apr 21, 2010 17:42:35 GMT abercrab said:

Apr 21, 2010 15:07:51 GMT Queen-Shinigami said:

Haha what it says on that IS what i was saying. He asked what it was, not the whole friggen history Mr.Abercrab! So i gave him a quick and readable answer and also it was a correct answer may i add. its a roundel as 4 identification. Like I said. Lmao haha

I admit, I didn't notice that you did call it a roundel so you got me there, but isn't it much more interesting to know that it was initially used rather than the Union Jack because of the similarity of the Jack and the German Iron Cross? That's much more fun than, yep it marks English planes.

The history isnt that interesting tbh on it in my opinion. Maybe in urs though like.

[abercrab]

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The history isnt that interesting tbh on it in my opinion. Maybe in urs though like.[/quote]

Sure its interesting. It explains the origins and reasons behind why things are the way they are. Do you find any history interesting? Have I annoyed you enough yet, hehe?

[Queen-Shinigami]

Apr 24, 2010 20:11:49 GMT abercrab said:

The history isnt that interesting tbh on it in my opinion. Maybe in urs though like.

Sure its interesting. It explains the origins and reasons behind why things are the way they are. Do you find any history interesting? Have I annoyed you enough yet, hehe?

Nah its all boring.
Nope, not at all ^^ :x

[abercrab]

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Nah its all boring.
Nope, not at all ^^ :x[/quote]

Come on. Thousands of years of recorded human history and it is all boring? You have heard the phrase 'fact is stranger than fiction"? There's some crazy stuff that's gone on in history.

[]UBC[Frootlupe]

And now it is my time to say something.

I knew what it was though I was too late to say so.
I knew that, like Crab said, the Union Jack was too like the Iron Cross to use.
I know that fighter pilots, even aces, could never possibly hope to only shoot at one particular spot the whole time, and, if they were trained like they were supposed to be, wouldn't be fooled by a silly little English joke of a "fake" target on the least damaging spot of the aircraft .

I'm with Crab on the whole history deal. In fact, I'm going to shoot for a history (very broad, I know, but I'll narrow it down later) major when the time comes. No, I'm not basing this decision on this discussion. I have always wanted one .

[abercrab]

Apr 25, 2010 15:25:50 GMT ]UBC[Frootlupe said:

I'm with Crab on the whole history deal. In fact, I'm going to shoot for a history (very broad, I know, but I'll narrow it down later) major when the time comes. No, I'm not basing this decision on this discussion. I have always wanted one .

Do you plan on teaching and/or writing as a profession or something else? Just curious what kind of work a history major sets you up for. Politics probably could work off of that or maybe even a lead into law school.

[ChinaGirl]

At chrismas my sister gave me this new Wallet, with that brand or whatever it is, on it.

Blue

Its from "Ben Sherman" clothing designer...

Thats on of his signatured logo design.

[Queen-Shinigami]

Apr 25, 2010 15:25:50 GMT ]UBC[Frootlupe said:

I'm with Crab on the whole history deal.

*Walks on attic floor boards, creek* 'creeping' hear that frootlupe anyways history is past.. Nothing more. Its boring and dull, i guess some find it fascinating, and u no i came 1st in my end of year tests in history when i was frootlupes age with out studying but i still found it as a subject that was boring and not 4 me. xD