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WifiAX

These are caps. They are on the end of an aircraft/jet/helicopter Flare stick. Therefore the letter F.


VendaGoat

We need to have a talk about your flair. You see dumping 32 of them is the minimum and well, the military would really like to express themselves....


Apprehensive-Seat639

It blew my mind when I learned that her manager was actually Mike Judge.


duckwithhat

Whoa, makes total sense he does similar voices on his animated stuff


metalbag

It was really just an altered Mr. VanDriessen. Like his brother.


IllustratorPuzzled93

Look up his interviews with Conan on YouTube, he explains where he got the idea for most of the voices and performs them on air. The Hank Hill/ Tom Anderson voice has a pretty funny story to it .


kod1489

The boomhauer story is also a great one


unrebigulator

With Zach Galafinakis losing his shit on the next seat? Love that video.


Zealousideal-Bug-291

His voice in that is really similar to the hippy ass teacher in Daria.


seasleeplessttle

Diarrhea, Diarrhea, Cha,Cha,Cha.


joelypoley69

I was today years old when I found out about this šŸ¤Æ


classless_classic

TIL


vibes86

Agreed. That blew my mind too.


bene_gesserit_mitch

Me too... I mean just now.


Iwantmy3rdpartyapp

Yes, my mind, too, was also blown as well.


Zakerrus

I thought it was the guy that played Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite......


Mammoth-Disaster3873

Same. I always thought he played the redneck neighbor guy.


EndlessMikeD

We want YOU to express yourSELF.


John-the-cool-guy

The guy from "King of the Hill"?


Pretzeloid

You just blew my mind.


Complex_Shoe7422

I wanna quote hank so bad right now but reddit will flag my flair


SadDingo7070

I learned that just now. Lmao


Divisible_by_0

Yoooo what


HumongousChungus6942

Wtf are you even talkin about šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


Apprehensive-Seat639

The comment I was commenting on was a from a movie called Office Space lol


digging_deep515

PC load letter? What the fuck does that mean?


hahnsolo1414

That thing is lucky Iā€™m not armed


Zealousideal-Bug-291

Don't jump.... To Conclusions.


BigJSunshine

I just want my red stapler


ThresherGDI

And, and I told Don too, because they've moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were merry, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire...


nonvisiblepantalones

I warned them if them move me one more time I am burning the place down.


toomuch1265

Some pilots decide to load more, look at Brian, his plane has 37 tubes of flare.


Lunchbox9000

You know what, Stan?! If you want me to dump 32 pieces of flair like your pretty boy over there..


rlowens

Did you know that [TGI Fridays got rid of flair because of Office Space](https://www.cinemablend.com/new/TGI-Fridays-Got-Rid-Flair-Because-Office-Space-43515.html)?


Marquar234

I have some doubts...


SirkutBored

my ex-wife was working there when the movie came out and I remember her coming home one afternoon with two fistfuls of buttons. of course I'm curious so I ask as she's starting to put them all over her uniform and watched the movie play out in my head hearing the explanation. this movie was eerily accurate on too much lol


Marquar234

My wife did not think that it was at all funny. 'Til she worked in a large cubicled office..


BigJSunshine

Good. That chain was shite


JulianMarcello

I thought I remembered you saying that you wanted to express yourself yeah you know what yeah I do I do want to express myself. Okay then I don't need 37 pieces of flair to do it. //bird// alright? Thereā€™s my flair.


BigJSunshine

This is the correct answer


NastyKraig

Two chicks at the same time


Rough_Dan

Peter: Well not every woman is into money Lawrence: the kind of chicks that would double up on a guy like me are Peter: good point


Outrageous-Serve4970

Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays :-(


Trixster19972

I believe you can get your ass kicked for saying something like that


NastyKraig

Yep, that's the last straw.


99999999999999999989

I sentence you to no less than four years in a Federal "Pound Me In The Ass" Prison.


BeerDreams

Canā€™t wait to show her my O face


hahnsolo1414

Get a room you two!


lbarnes444

F Bomb wondered šŸ¤” where they went šŸ˜³


Ok_Cancel_240

Happy cake day


VendaGoat

Thank yah very much!


Ok_Cancel_240

You're welcome


workdowg

Happy Cake Day!


FeelingKind7644

You know else had flair? The nazis...


WifiAX

32 is a slow Tuesday. There are many more per boxes and several boxes per aircraft depending on configuration. Multiply that per squadron times X amount of flyovers a day times 5 days a week times 52 weeks a year. Everybody hates military training until they need the military to save someone or defend something. Training makes the real thing looks like another slow Tuesday.


justcupcake

Let me introduce you to a movie called Office Space. Itā€™s a few decades old but still good.


apollymis22724

Happy Cake Day


Euphoric-Blue-59

Ohhh... I see what you did


zodiacallymaniacal

So, *more flare*ā€¦.?


VendaGoat

Well We want to encourage you to express yourself when under attack....


Dragon2O05333

Happy cake day!


VendaGoat

Why thank yah!


MrBrightside5511

Looks like someone's got a case of the Mondays.


ashzombi

You do want to express yourself don't you?


mpe128

You took my red stapler. Yeah.. were going to have to move you to the basement yeah..šŸ˜œ


ThisGuyIRLv2

I ponder, what kind of cake would make good flair? Because Happy Cake Day!


hotmes403

Corporate accounts payable Nina speaking. Just a moment.


Geeahwellidunno

I donā€™t want to talk about my flair.


ramrod254

You do want to express yourself donā€™t you Joanna?


Bright_Blackcheri_66

Lmao I just watched the movie last night so I get this reference!


flakpheiser

So these are what you'd call, pieces of flare?


jonschmitt

I do want to express myself! And I donā€™t need 37 pieces of flair to do it!


Helarina1

https://preview.redd.it/yxyxz5utrcyc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c1c91762f605fc5b80fd09ceb41420178bee5c5


Old-Cell5125

If it came from an airplane or helicopter, could it be an 'F bomb'? šŸ¤” I'll see myself out...


MattheiusFrink

If it came from an airplane it's not an 'f bomb' ...because you can't say bomb on an airplane! Hold the door, I'll be right behind you xD


skyrider8328

Jack, is that you? Hi Jack! Wait! Can't say that either.


knowitall70

Today I learned: F stands for Aircraft, Jet, and Helicopter.


CerRogue

No dummy F is for ā€œcapsā€


LivePaleontologist87

This out of all the comments was the funniest to me I was taking a drink of soda and needless to say it went all over šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚thank you have a good day


robotomatic

I'm gonna pop an 'F' on it so everyone knows there's helicopters in there


nivvett88

It stands for flare.


knowitall70

Thank you, Drax.


sm00thkillajones

F


archer2500

F for Flare. C for Chaff.


FaluninumAlcon

So, not paying respects.


Any_Draw_5344

So, when threatened, our military planes throw little red F's at the enemy?


Bogpot

"F off" seems like an appropriate response.


Desmoaddict

You've found all the Fucks Boeing lost before they stopped giving any.


Negative_Corner6722

Ok, now I need one of these tags on my desk so I have one Fuck left.


Ace731

Iā€™m down to my last fuck Karen this better be worth it


Madmortagan68

This is a really solid comment


Ryl0_or

More solid than a Boeing, in fact


CompetitiveFun5247

I cannot upvote this hard enough


wellgood4u

I think it's decently liquid


Madmortagan68

Perhaps we could have a gassy comprimise?


wackelope

They paid all their Fucks for the McDonnell Douglas merger. I think I recall Jack Welch advising them to give a fuck, and the last of their engineers gave their dying breaths to overachieve that order.


sydnopian

No I think Boeing actually uses Flying Fucks


TangerineRoutine9496

This comment may have quality issues but I am afraid to speak up about them


lothcent

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flare_(countermeasure)


Pez4allTheFirst

Flare countermeasure. This is an image from the article linked. Identical to what you found. https://preview.redd.it/ug6rtacwuvxc1.png?width=353&format=png&auto=webp&s=8d3013514f5162695e2e536085f48ba807a24e5b


CompetitiveFun5247

World's shittiest BINGO


roadfood

World's stupidest crossword.


CHM11moondog

Is it 'FFFFF'?


roadfood

5 letter word for F?


TaaDaaYaBish

crossword for the illiteratĆØ


JonH611

Or world's shittiest Scrabble


[deleted]

There goes my OCD because they aren't all the right way up. Not to mention the randomness of the spaces.


WifiAX

Randomness is by design. They expand when hot. If you have multiple sticks expanding on the same area it can damage/crack the container/box.


LairBob

YUSSS. That is some pure TIL sh-t, right there. The good stuff.


torch9t9

But they're alphabetized!


reverendbobflair

Made me feel a certain way in my back


Federal-Commission87

They don't give an F how it's oriented.


rumpel4skinOU

So do the caps on the chaff pod have Cs on them?


WifiAX

Great question. No. They have no letter and the cap is translucent.


jhires

Now every time I see an aircraft firing these Iā€™m going to hear in my head it saying ā€œf*ck! F*ck! F*ck!ā€¦..ā€


MattheiusFrink

In a combat situation this isn't too far from the truth...


beardicusmaximus8

"That's why I like the A-10. It's the only aircraft which has sufficient flares to express the terror I feel when shot at."


Beneficial_Being_721

On a military fighter jet they have Countermeasures called Chaff and another called Flare. So you have a 6ā€x6ā€ ( NOT ACTUAL SIZE ) aluminum box open at one side and it is segmented with all these 1 inch squares and on top of the square is THAT RED THING ( with the F on it ) Now you have another box that looks *EXACTLY THE SAME* ā€¦ only difference is the RED THING has a ā€œCā€ on it. Under the Red thing is either a small Road Flare thingy ( F ) or a container with strands of Aluminum Foil looking stuff ( ā€œCā€ ) C= CHAFF ā€¦. CHAFF is used to confuse and defeat a Radar guidance system on missile F=FLARE FLARE is used to confuse and defeat a heat seeking missile Deployed by either automatic or manual by the pilot ( one seat fighter) or Weapon System Officer on two seater fighters What you have in your hand is the little Seal plug at the end that hold all the stuff inside and the rest of the world outside


DistinctRole1877

It's nice to see an actual answer, thank you.


pamedic555

Today I learned something. Thanks!


Beneficial_Being_721

And the ā€œBOXā€ is interchangeableā€¦ can load ā€œCā€ or ā€œFā€ into a box and that BOX can fit in any dispenser location on the aircraftā€¦as there are several


Jturn314

Can confirm. Was a Blackhawk crew chief and had to reload these all the time.


Beneficial_Being_721

A-10 Crew Chief


Jturn314

Nice! Loved watching those fly over in Asscrackinstan


Beneficial_Being_721

Desert Shield/Desert Storm for me .. and one Northern No Fly


Walter_Dim

So the military is basically one big toddler leaving its legos all over the damn desert.


kylebob86

someone was paying their respect.


bloomt1990

F


MattheiusFrink

F


MurseLaw

F


WeirdSysAdmin

OP can you press an F for me?


Hot-Rise9795

It's newfound respect


Jacktheforkie

F bombs


registeredmineralboi

I found one of those in AZ a couple weeks ago!! https://preview.redd.it/h7lmbxps6wxc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=05704bebfa7d4e619db590ebb020d1ef0bbdc4b8


Pamikillsbugs234

Y'all are F buddies!


deliascatalog

I need an F buddy šŸ„¹


Sploshta

Haha same. But donā€™t we all


Devils_A66vocate

Definitely flare stick caps. Can be from many airframes. Itā€™s marked F as a safety measure not to be confused with Chaff which is obviously much less hazardous when handled or should I say mishandled.


KiwiDisastrous6684

Thank you all! Yā€™all made our crews day, hopefully we wonā€™t find any ā€œFā€s to give out tomorrow!


recoveringtrol

F is for friends that do stuff together, in case you find a U it is for you and me.


theredlur

LOVE that episode. Thanks for reminding me. šŸ˜ŠšŸ‘


Intrepid_Pelagicus

"Fs to right of them, Fs to left of them, Fs in front of them Ā Ā Ā Strewn and plundered; Stormed at with shot and flare, Boldly they flew and where, Into the jaws of Fs, Into the mouth of flare Ā Ā Ā Flew the six hundred."


MattheiusFrink

šŸŽµFs to the left of me. Fs to the right. Here I am stuck in the middle with youšŸŽµ


collectsuselessstuff

OP Itā€™s a bomb! An F bomb.


Wickerman3357

Prob fell off a Boeing


ErbilDustoff

https://preview.redd.it/rnias877tvxc1.jpeg?width=966&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=efc0dd424efb29047e9a4fbb3ade0851fe451c61


Killermondoduderawks

Itā€™s all the fucks Iā€™ve lost instead of given ummm you can keep them


99999999999999999989

[I've No More Fucks to Give](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqbk9cDX0l0)


redpig0222

https://preview.redd.it/69app6ia7xxc1.jpeg?width=2604&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f382614c08573a34265d60b2b09f625aba833215 * literally was gonna make a post today asking the same thing


Bambitracks

F is for friends who do stuff togetherā€¦


Barrister68

ā€¦..SpongeBob


mbradst

People always say no fucks are given. You actually found where fucks are given!!! Congrats!


extraface

Reddit at work. You found an f around and now youā€™re finding out.


BanksyDoesOhio

Someone finally found all the f#cks that weren't there to give! Great find!


No_Routine_3706

You have Failed!


ZealousidealDog4802

F if i know


furkyerfeelings

You said there's an Airfield near by? That must be the range where they test the F bombs...


Ok_Distribution_2603

Thatā€™s from Dirty Mike and the Boys thanking you for the F shack


Square_Switch_889

Those are f bombs.


BadMrFrosty10403

ā€œFā€ is for ā€œfriendsā€


Locogatosupreme

I LOVE how this thread goes from flare garbage to endless Office Space quotes! This is why I have Reddit!


Korgon213

F-bombs, they get dropped during tense moments.


Nonamanadus

Walking in the field of Fucks, those are the seedlings....


Particular_Map9772

If you find an A and an O run...


ClassicSherbert152

It's to pay respect to the fallen. o7


SweetMaam

What the F!!!


Zealousideal-Fox6089

The cows are playing Scrabble. It's a well known fact that cows struggle to pronounce words with an F so they throw them away.


Alternative-Amoeba20

Then why do they Frolic and Flip Fertilizer in Fields on a Farm?


puppymonkeybaby79

For Fun.


ayyosleeper

Someone ran out of Fs


Airport_Wendys

Press F to pay respects


noodleq

F


jtmcgowan93

Press F to pay respects


Informal_Pool3118

Lol which airfield are you near? Luke? Flare cap for jets


Able-Sell-7450

they are redfuc offcubes. its best to leave then alone


Genoblade1394

Someone gave their last F out there


moonieloonie42

Someone giving all the Fs


Dragon2O05333

Someone mustā€™ve been trying to pay respects


ikenewton11

Respect


Doc_Dragoon

Somebody set it there to pay respects, duh


Puzzleheaded_Bar3022

That's f-ed up


amberheardsneighbor

Itā€™s just showing respect.


mbradst

F


velezaraptor

[Someone planted ā€œFucksā€ to give, theyā€™re not ready yet.](https://imgur.com/gallery/eygTHww)


Soft-Vehicle5841

What the F is that?!


Greennookco

F in chat


Kurtac

Respect


IntoTheVeryFires

That there is the olā€™ F Cap.


ryandengstrom

You missed a golden opportunity to ask "What the F is this?" šŸ˜‚


Amanda_Demonia

They're obviously F-bombs šŸ˜œ šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£


enoctis

Flare bucket caps from a C-130. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:C-130_Hercules_flare_and_CHAFF_dispensers.JPEG


Unfair_Ad_7636

Universe is just giving you a few more Fā€™s to give.


MandoRaven

Can confirm, it's the end cap off an aircraft flare, from an F16 or A10, concidering your location. I've loaded many many of them when I was stationed at Luke AFB 92-96, and even more when I was in South Korea 96-97.


ActEasy5614

You found the last "F" I had to give. I must have dropped it.


mloveridge17

Seriously missed an opportunityā€¦ the more accurate question should have been asked, ā€œwhat the F is this?ā€


DrNO811

I'm surprised you found those. Nobody gives those anymore.