Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.litech.org!cox.net!news-xfer.cox.net!p01!news2.east.cox.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "sanjian" Newsgroups: japan.anime.evangelion,rec.arts.anime.misc,uk.media.animation.anime References: <3EC63856.4090601@invalid.pacbell.nospam.net.0123456789> <180520031345451931%billmartin2@SPAMGUARDcox.net> Subject: Re: Would Rei and Asuka be jailbait in Japan? Lines: 24 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 20:35:45 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.0.30.146 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cox.net X-Trace: news2.east.cox.net 1053894945 68.0.30.146 (Sun, 25 May 2003 16:35:45 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 16:35:45 EDT Organization: Cox Communications Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.anime.evangelion:5496 Psaiyan Prince Vegeta wrote: > On Sun, 25 May 2003 20:00:09 GMT, "sanjian" > wrote: > >> Pen^3 wrote: >> >> >>> So you would have come across the sentence: >>> "F*ck. The f*cking f*cker is f*cking f*cked. F#CK!" >>> which means: >>> "Oh dear. The [piece of equipment] is broken. What will I do?" >> >> That's where the term "mechanical agitation" comes in, which is >> technical jargon for "beat the shit out of it." > > I prefer the term 'percussive maintenance'. That works as well. And you can still tell your LPO that you're performing PMS on the item. (for those of you who raised an eyebrow, in the navy, PMS = Preventative Maintainence System)