Nancy,
>Rick-
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>>You've got it right. The way I learned it (although I can't remember where) the R stood for Recognition rather than Repair,
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>Right you are. Was it from World War II?
Yup.. As far as I know it was..
>I vaguely seem to remember it being used in Catch-22 but that might just be wishful thinking.
I think that 'Catch-22' was more from the Korean conflict era.
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>> but either one conveys the meaning that something is a hopeless mess. BTW the G-rated version is Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition < s >. A corollary acronym is SNAFU, which means Situation Normal, All Fouled Up.
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>Gee. I thought that was the asterisk was for. You mean I made it up to PG?
Best,
DD
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