[Ads-l] Blue Angel (was kakistrocrat)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Call me krazy, but maybe they're "Blue Angels" 'cause they're flashy,
high-flyin', crowd-pleasin' grandstanders, and expensive to keep.

(No offense to the real Blue Angels, who employ advanced skills and
actually do well what they're paid for!)

In any case, if that's the X-Plan(e)ation of "Blue Angels," the metaphor
will probably baffle all but the most ingenious readers.

JL

JL



On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 11:39 AM, dave at wilton.net <dave at wilton.net> wrote:

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> The Blue Angels are the US Navy aerobatics team. The USAF team is the
> Thunderbirds.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "James A. Landau" <JJJRLandau at NETSCAPE.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 8:44am
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: [ADS-L] Blue Angel (was kakistrocrat)
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> The only Blue Angels I am familiar with is an Air Force show-off flying
> group, which made the 3rd line above "the Blue Angels dropping..." sound
> like fighter planes dropping leaflets.
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> - Jim Landau
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