kohlenklau Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 ...back in the 70's my older brother (now about 64) and I (now about 58) had this name we would say for anybody that made a stupid error or goofed up something...where it came from exactly I am not sure. You touched the plastic model's paint before it was dry and left a fingerprint... Or you got too much model glue on the seams and "goobered" it up... "YOU F***KING NIMROD!!!" I was the younger brother with the lesser skills of plastic model assembly so I know you can guess which way it was mostly directed. Nimrod. Don't be a damn nimrod. A good rule to live by I suppose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domfluff Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) You'll have picked it up from Bugs Bunny. Nimrod is the name of a king, famed as a hunter in the bible. Bugs calls Elmer Fudd the name ironically, because he's an awful hunter. Since the cartoons have been around forever, and the reference was pretty obscure to begin with, the term was mostly understood to mean "idiot", and has passed into common parlance as such. This didn't stop the British giving the name to their maritime surveillance aircraft. I'm not really sure why this is a "general cm" post though, but shrug. Edited September 28, 2022 by domfluff 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 On 9/28/2022 at 12:54 AM, domfluff said: I'm not really sure why this is a "general cm" post though Thanks for the reminder on where it came from. Now I remember. This was my gentle expression of frustration toward the many wonderful nimrods here in the forums. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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