Corny, old joke, but it makes me laugh.
A man is traveling by air for the first time. He gets to the gate and sees an aircraft at close range for the first time in his life. It has "Boeing 747" painted near the nose. He gets very excited and starts shouting "Boeing, Boeing...", creating a commotion.
An airline employee comes up to him and says, "Be silent".
So, he starts shouting "Oeing, Oeing...".
I have always liked the boinginess of the Boeing name.
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I love it! That is funny...thanks for the chuckle: )
remaining anonymous because I dont get it. this is pathetic of me. help please?
The passenger thought that the airline employee was correcting his pronunciation of the word Boeing, telling him that it had a silent B.
He was really telling him to stop shouting.
Also the word Boeing is close to "boing" English onomatopoeia for bouning on springs.
oh, that is clever. thanks for clarifying.
"Also the word Boeing is close to "boing" English onomatopoeia for bouning on springs."
Meh, perhaps closer in Canadian. ;)
"Meh, perhaps closer in Canadian. ;)"
Nah in Canada we say it dee-have-a-land. eh!? ;)
Isn't that pronounced bom-bard-ee-eh now?
The generic pronunciation is:
N T S B
"Isn't that pronounced bom-bard-ee-eh now?"
I guess it is officially but for me that name will always conjure images of yellow snow machines and water craft. Not nearly as romantic as the images of Beavers, Otters and Dash's that the former name brings.
Reminds me of an old MAD magazine of my uncle's. They had an article about onomatopoeic brand names.
Kid hits brother on head with toy truck, making "Tonka!" noise.
Then they had a picture of a plane, engine falling earthwards, and a long, drawn-out "Boeeeeeeeeeeinnnnng..." underneath :P
"If its not Boeing, I'm not going"
( to our European friends, no disrespect. Its just bus-iness. )
Newsflash: Leaked picture of Aviatrix!!!
^^^^ Wrong hair-colour as eny fule noe.
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