[ RadSafe ] Blue Riband

[Maury]

I guess we just have to either tread very carefully or give up on the 
humor and satire entirely. Actually for me your post was very 
instructive because I did not know what a riband was [is]. The 
association seemed obvious, but I just had to peek. And learned that a 
riband is also a ribbon. Saw info about speediest Atlantic crossing 
riband, horse racing, and so on.  Anyway, I enjoyed your teasing and I 
have a new word to boot! >g>
Thanks and Happy Decoration Day to all,
Maury&Dog
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On 5/26/2012 9:30 PM, Stewart Farber wrote:
> Dear sfisher373,
>
> What did you think the smiley face symbol was about in my facetious comment?
> Obviously,  my comment was made to poke fun at "Blue Ribbon" Commissions
> that generally are useless exercises that never achieve anything after
> wasting a great deal of time and money. Blue Ribbon Commissions are
> generally appointed just so some branch of Government can avoid having to
> make a decision, while the issue hopefully [from the perspective of whoever
> appoints the  Commission] is forgotten in the public's mind and concern.
>
> Did you really take my comment seriously about the Titanic winning the Blue
> Riband for its crossing the Atlantic in the shortest time?
>
> My comment about the Titanic receiving the Blue Riband Award was simply my
> having fun with the fact that most Blue Ribbon Commissions are doomed before
> their first meeting.
>
> Stewart Farber
>
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> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of sfisher373
> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 8:35 PM
> To: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Blue Riband
>
>
>
> Since the Titantic did not cross the Atlantic in a record time, it could not
> possibly have received the Blue Riband.  So the Titanic has nothing to do
> with a blue ribbon.  And if you check, the term was borrowed from horse
> racing.
>
> In a message dated 05/26/12 13:01:30 Eastern Daylight Time,
> radsafe-request at health.phys.iit.edu writes:
> Unfortunately, I believe the first Blue Riband [blue ribbon] award was
> presented to the Titanic  :-)
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