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  • It's probably some derivative of the maratime slang pipe-down.

    Pipe down: A boatswain or ‘bosun’ was a ship’s officer who was, amongst other duties, in charge of the crew. He would issue different orders to crew members by changing the sound patterns blown on his 'call', a sort of high-pitched whistle.

    'Pipe down' was the last order of the day for off-duty crew to stop talking, settle down or go to bed. Today, the phrase 'pipe down' is still used to tell someone to be quiet.

    If an officer is piping orders the expectation would be for you to pay attention.

    The second world war and its huge naval population probably brought the much older term into American slang.

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  • It's a great story.

    My grandad was a captain in the British army. He took part in the invasion and push up through Italy. He told us about the nightmare of trying to take Monte Cassino. He got put in jail (for a very short time) for punching an officer who was screaming in his face in the middle of a battle insisting that he order his men into a certain death situation. He was of the opinion that if you ever met a WWII vet that hadden't spend some time locked up for insubordination they were of low character.

  • Just a little UI query

    I done goofed up. I hit the 'block user' option instead of the 'go to user' option (need glasses) and I can't now find an option to unblock them. Is there one?

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