Thunderbirds (the expression "F.A.B.")

At the Coventry convention, Gerry Anderson said this explaining the callsign
"F.A.B." in Thunderbirds, so I suppose that it can be taken as canon:-

> It is derived from the 1960's common praise expression "fab!", which is
> short for "fabulous!". It was not intended to be the initials of any
> particular phrase. But many people down the ages have suggested words for
> this "F.A.B." to stand for, some of them very rude.

--- In [hidden email], "Anthony Appleyard" <MCLSSAA2@f...>
wrote:
> At the Coventry convention, Gerry Anderson said this explaining the
callsign
> "F.A.B." in Thunderbirds, so I suppose that it can be taken as
canon:-
>
> > It is derived from the 1960's common praise expression "fab!",
which is
> > short for "fabulous!". It was not intended to be the initials of
any
> > particular phrase. But many people down the ages have suggested
words for
> > this "F.A.B." to stand for, some of them very rude.

I was told by someone it meant For All Brothers, seeing as though the
Tracy boys were brothers...

Follow As Broadcast is the correct one !

TTFN,

Darrell

-----Original Message-----
From: shadogirl1980 [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: 26 February 2004 19:35
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Subject: [SHADO] Re: Thunderbirds (the expression "F.A.B.")

--- In [hidden email], "Anthony Appleyard" <MCLSSAA2@f...>
wrote:
> At the Coventry convention, Gerry Anderson said this explaining the
callsign
> "F.A.B." in Thunderbirds, so I suppose that it can be taken as
canon:-
>
> > It is derived from the 1960's common praise expression "fab!",
which is
> > short for "fabulous!". It was not intended to be the initials of
any
> > particular phrase. But many people down the ages have suggested
words for
> > this "F.A.B." to stand for, some of them very rude.

I was told by someone it meant For All Brothers, seeing as though the
Tracy boys were brothers...





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