Acronyms

[Dave B]

How's about an acronym game?

SHIT - Society for Holistic Infant Therapy

SPIT - Society for the Prevention of Idiotic Therapies

BUGGER - British United Group of Gerontologists Engaged in Research (we need one of these!)

[Later - OK, just remembered there is another "acronym" game - but this is slightly different.]

[jamesjones950]

PONTIAC

Poor Old Nutter Thinks It's A Cadillac

[jaywhat]

we've got one

[Dave B]

we've got one

Which - a game, a Pontiac or a Poor Old Nutter?

[jamesjones950]

we've got one

Which - a game, a Pontiac or a Poor Old Nutter?

or even a Cadillac?

[Nick]

When I was a lowly articled clerk, I was repremanded for abbreivating the name of the firm's client, the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child to...

Spoiler:

...SPUnC. WOuld have been even better if they substituted "Kid" for "Child".....

[Dave B]

When working for a company making units that had to undergo a thorough climatic workout we attached an unofficial label to them if they died during the process:

F. U. C. T.

for Failed Under Conditions of Test

Then a miserable boss with a sense of humour bypass told us not to do it.

[jamesjones950]

I have a couple which I thought up as suitable for defacing religious signs and posters, only please note, I say "thought", as I am not a vandal.

TING There is no God

TANG There are no Gods

or you could have DING or DANG, where D = Definitely.

[Dave B]

POSER

Spoiler:

Poor Old Sod Emulating Romeo

[jamesjones950]

RIOT

Rampaging Idiots Overrun Tottenham

[Dave B]

Good one, jj!

[jamesjones950]

NTVLRO


National TeleVision Licence Rip-Off

[jamesjones950]

DVLA

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Anachronism

[jaywhat]

MOB

Multitude of Brothers

[Griblet]

When they started reorganising the colleges in Sunderland and Newcastle, it is said that they came up with the name City University of Newcastle on Tyne. It was noticed and changed before the opening date, but all manner of stationery and notices had to be scrapped at immense cost.

[Dave B]

It seems that at one time the most senior officer in charge of the WRNS was called the Chief Officer, Women's Royal Naval Service (she not allowed to be called an Admiral, or even an Admiraless). This was, of course, abbreviated to C.O.W. in common parlance.

This being deemed insubordination they changed her title to Senior Officer, Women's Royal Naval Service.

[This is possibly apocryphal - but I like it!]

[Tetenterre]

Another possibly apocryphal one:

In the 1970s, there was in some government department an Extractive Industries Environmental Information Officer by the name of McDonald.

[Griblet]

My late mother in law and I founded the anti-vegetable pressure group Society for the Abolition of Vegetables from the English Diet.
Membership is now down to one. Anybody fancy joining?

[Nick]

Maybe you should ask Big Mama if SAVED could have a nice Special Interest Group section.....



Talking of vegetables, I am an ideal candidate for membership of SPUD: The Society for the Protection of the Unreasonably Dumped.

[Griblet]

^ Or shouldn't I be laughing?