Comments on: I keep seeing this acronym

By: Ravenwood

Ravenwood — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:20:05 +0000

Robert: “Let�s put it this way: You don�t want anyone describing this blog as Sayunclefu.”

LOL!!!

By: David Codrea

David Codrea — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 01:23:30 +0000

Thanks Publicola.

The “U” was intended to be a homophone for the word “you”, as in “F You,” which is indeed their attitude.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:04:14 +0000

Let’s put it this way: You don’t want anyone describing this blog as Sayunclefu.

By: Standard Mischief

Standard Mischief — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:41:04 +0000

I’ve been using “Tobacco Ninjas”, ever since I read Zeitgeist, By Bruce Serling.

By: Publicola

Publicola — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:37:40 +0000

The FU part is a good description of their attitude towards gun nuts. But for the sake of keeping things family friendly you could always say that the U is for Unconstitutional – ya know, like their job description.

For the record David Codrea seems to have coined the addition of the U.

By: Jed

Jed — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:12:13 +0000

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobbaco, & F*** Ups.

By: Les Jones

Les Jones — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:04:34 +0000

Don’t listen to them, Uncle, they’re just trying to confuse you. It’s actually the ancient Asian art of beaning people with a Louisville Slugger – bat fu.

Me, I’m sitting here at my keyboard practicing the ancient Asian art of tae ping.

By: ben

ben — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:45:06 +0000

Actually it’s Bureau of Alcolol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Twinkies. They already used the T for Tobacco, so they used the U for Twinkies. I obviously don’t need to point out why twinkies made the list.

By: Thibodeaux

Thibodeaux — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:42:06 +0000

BATF is Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (and nowadays, Explosives, too).

The FU stands for something you wouldn’t print on a family-oriented website.