Well, Jackie, seems to me I should be blushing for not checking back myself! Anyway, thanks for that, it made fun reading and if I hadn’t posted then Dr Bill’s suggestion would not have been made. He may well be right I think; as Rhuby said, many RAF terms did get into the language, although recently this one seems to have had a new lease on life.

Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh. My, that’s going back a long way. Remember the radio set that always took a long time to warm up? Sam Costa with his: 'Good morning Sir, was there something?'

I found this: http:// http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/mbitm.htm

There seem to be other sites, but I haven’t explored them.