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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: meaning of 'OAF' #147327 09/05/05 09:44 AM Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 2 India S shalini_ch OP stranger OP shalini_ch stranger S Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 2 India Hi, the reason why I put up this post was because I have school in my home-town which is curiously named "the Oaf Public School". Now who would name a school to state what he probably means is the exact antithesis of the name. Any guesses on this? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: meaning of 'OAF' #147328 09/05/05 10:55 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont perhaps it's someone's name? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: meaning of 'OAF' #147329 09/05/05 11:43 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 someone's name It doesn't appear to be the most common of names but: http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/firemansam/1349/fam02093.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: meaning of 'OAF' #147330 09/05/05 02:04 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Well--your mention of it being a school, plus the all caps in your opening post, lead me to think it is most likely an acronym; for what, though, I don't know. The Original Aryan Fathers, or something...(highly unlikely!) Is it by any chance in or near Bhopal? The only hint I've found so far is here, about 7/8ths. of the way down, in the paragraph that starts with "The departure of employees directly involved with the accident..." http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu21le/uu21le0c.htm It mentions "OAF's takeover bid", but nowhere did I see an explanation of what OAF is or was. I did find a mention of the word oaf in one of the Google listings, used in a way I've never seen it: "These school oaf- icials must have lower IQs than their shoe sizes. ..." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: meaning of 'OAF' #147331 09/05/05 03:07 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 > not mine, boyo yeah, I wuz aware as I clicked that I'd pinged the message above, but I thought "no one but max and the Staatspolizei will ever know..." ;) [flat earth forever!] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: meaning of 'OAF' #147332 09/05/05 04:18 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky [flat earth forever!] Boy, do I ever agree; why anyone would want to have to wait for the screen to change to read the next post is beyond me. [impatience forever e] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: meaning of 'OAF' #147333 09/05/05 08:47 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 why anyone would want to have to wait for the screen to change If you're on dial-up, for sure. There's advantages to being a threadnodist if you have a fast connection. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: meaning of 'OAF' #147334 09/07/05 05:28 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland "OAF's takeover bid": OAF is actually a typo in the quoted article. In the preceding paragraphs it is explained that the takeover bid was by a company named GAF (which was well known at the time). 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