Question for Eric & other aviators

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Litttle Josh (aged three) has a question for Eric that lives in PistonHeads.

"In this movie that my daddy was showing me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYwO-I6FKHI

please can you tell me what the twirly thing on the back of the first aeroplane tail is.

Neither of us can figure it out.

Many thanks
Love Josh."

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Eric Mc said:

It's the captain's sock - he got it wet before take off so hung it out to dry.

(Eric - who knows everything about aeroplanes).

Smashing stuff... Josh will love that and be well pleased. However he'll not fall for that answer.

Seriously though, if you could edit your post to inlude the word 'Josh' he'll be over the moon to get a reply as he can spot his own name on a computer screen and is now certain that Eric lives in PH and knows everything about planes.

This is not a piss take, just a little boy that is interested and I'm trying to teach him that when you want answers you can ask respected people on the Internet.

Consider yourself a kind of 'Santa of the plane world'

Thanks Eric.



(I'll delete this post if needed to keep the thread clean for him - it was his question, 'What's that?' - I said 'I don't know but we can ask Eric'. 'Who's Eric?' - you get the drift)

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Thanks chaps, I'll get him to post a reply when he comes over for the weekend.

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Hi Josh here

You are really clever.

Thank you


Josh said & typed all of that himself! He might need a bit of help spelling, but he found all the letters on the keyboard himself and chose the smilie.

Thanks very much... he was over the moon that people answered his question

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mybrainhurts said:

Hi Josh,

These people know nothing.

Boeing tried to hush it up, but they crashed into Santa Claus and that's his hat....

Don't worry, he's ok, an aspirin fixed it...

I read this to Josh and then eluded the fact that you are in fact nuts.

The look on his face led me to wonder if he really knew what I meant. So I asked Josh what 'nuts' means.

He said 'they're under your willy!'

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mybrainhurts said:

Josh says:

Don't worry... my brain hurts as well.....





his words, not mine... and his choice out of all the smilies

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mybrainhurts said:

Josh has developed a slightly disturbing phrase recently that essentially runs along the lines of everytime I ask him an awkward question he just says 'leave me alone my brain hurts'

However Josh would like you, MBH to listen to this song, he say's "it's one of my favourite songs and my berain hurts will like it too..."

Where is my mind?

(His words, his choice of the tune, not mine)