From today's San Francisco Chronicle: "Lots of red faces down at the San Francisco Health Department -- seems a nurse out at Laguna Honda Hospital was running a bogus CPR refresher program, one that may have handed out more than 100 credentials at about $35 a pop... A week ago ... a check of a popular CPR refresher course found that a number of people had gotten credentialed without ever taking the required three-hour course. " The instant certificates were being handed out by a company called Apple-A- Day -- which turned out to be run by a nurse at Laguna Honda. Apple-A-Day also sold "home study courses" for credits needed to keep the nurses' licenses current -- at $48 each. More than 100 people will have to retake the CRP courses. The article didn't say what happens to the nurses.
So was my wife, the nurse. But if I try "Captain Punishment" at home, I'm the one whose gonna get it! Another example of why peace, not war, is the answer.
I guess I'm bored. Wondering where the rank "corporal" came from I did a google search. This is what I found. http://www.chadduck.com/ymarines/trivia2/triv4-4b.htm In short, originated from the Italian army. Experience soldiers who lead the squads were referred to as the "Square heads" (corpa de squadra) because one of the important tactical formations, the square (squadra) was lead by these squad leaders. French adopted it later, went from corpa de squadra to corporale and later to the present rank Corporal, which means "head pee-on" in latin! (hehe JK about the last part). Bill
That's a nice site, for those of us who have vaguely wondered about such things, but not enough actually to look them up. We also learn that "Captain" derives from head matters as well: "the title comes...from an older Latin word caput that meant head. It would seem that a Captain could head a unit of any size..." And what about the other meaning for 'caput' then? John Bear, who, speaking of military terms, just noticed Ben & Jerry's new flavor, yesterday, and wonders how they got away with it: SNAFU ice cream, identified as "Strawberrys & Nuts, All Fudged Up"
Other noteables from the Ben and Jerry website: Karamel Sutra™ A core of soft caramel encircled by chocolate & caramel ice creams & fudge chips Makin' Whoopie Pie™ Chocolate ice cream with a classic whoopie pie mixture of marshmallow & devil's food cookies S.N.A.F.U. is great! As long as they don't try to manufacture something for the debated term, hoo-ah (or huah, oorah, etc.) Steven King
My favorite in this genre is the hot dog product sold in Maryland, called Shickhouse Franks. Their marvelous slogan: "The most carefully pronounced hotdogs in the world." And then, of course, there's "FUBAR," which appeared in an article in a geology magazine, and seems to have upset a good percentage of the readers.